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Guidelines for Installing BROADCOM Network Card Drivers
Time: 2025-01-03
We have introduced Broadcom BCM957508-P2100G NIC Tests ,Today Moduletek Laboratory takes BROADCOM BCM957508-P2100G network card as an example to show you how to install BROADCOM network card driver.
First of all, confirm the model of the card and download the driver for the corresponding operating system from the official website. In this case, take the Linux system driver version 218.0.219.21 (driver file: bcm_218.0.219.21.tar.gz) as an example. (The official website path is as follows: www.broadcom.com/products/ethernet-connectivity/network-adapters/p2100g)
Figure 1 Driver download interface
Copy the driver files to the server's system directory using a USB flash drive. In this case, they are stored in the opt folder. Open the terminal on the server, navigate to the directory where the driver files are stored, and extract the driver installation package.
Figure 2 Extract the installation package
Enter the subdirectory Linux/Linux_Driver under the extracted driver folder, locate the driver program file named netxtremes-bnxt_en-1.10.2-218.0.219.2.tar.gz , and extract it.
Figure 3 Extracting the driver file
After the extraction is completed, navigate to the directory of this driver program folder and execute the command "make" to compile the driver source code.
Figure 4 Compile the driver source code
After compiling, execute the command "make install" to install the corresponding driver program.
Figure 5 Install the driver program
Copy the driver bnxt_en.ko from /lib/modules/3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64/updates directory to its subdirectory /drivers/net ; go to the driver folder bnxt_en after copying; execute the command "depmod -a" to load the driver.
You can test the driver after executing "modprobe bnxt_en", if there are no error messages, it indicates success. Execute the command "lsmod" to check the loaded driver programs.
Figure 6 Install driver program
After the driver installation is completed, access the network card, you can recognize the network card information.
Figure 7 View network card information
Note: All open file directory and copy file operations, can be directly operated in the server folder directory, this paper in order to better demonstrate the unified use of Linux commands show.
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