SummaryTo deactivate the management function of a Broadcom CorporationNetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet NIC, you need to create a MS-DOS Boot CD and use the Broadcom Utilities from a second CD-R. You can find an image of a MS-DOS Boot CD at the following link: http://www.bootdisks.us/wp-content/bootable-cd-images/DOS6.22.iso You can find the Broadcom Utilities under the following link: http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R125802&SystemID=PWE_1950&os=DOS&osl=en&deviceid=8641&devlib=0&typecnt=2&vercnt=1&formatcnt=1&libid=5&fileid=166797 You'll need to unzip the file and copy its directory tree to a CD-R. Procedure - Boot from the DOS boot CD.
- After boot, remove the DOS CD and insert the Broadcom Utilities CD.
- Switch to the R: drive and change directory into the Userdiag directory with the following commands:
R:
cd Userdiag
- Display the current status of the NICs with the following commands:
uxdiag -help
uxdiag -ver
- You should see output similar to:
Brd:Rv Bus PCI Spd Base IRQ MAC FmwVer Configuration
1:5708C:B1 04:00:00 PCIE-4 2.5 0xF800 6 001372F8CA7A 1.8.0 MF,auto Note the "MF" under the Configuration heading.
- Disable the management firmware on integrated NIC with the following command:
uxdiag -c 1 -mfw 0 -t abcd
If there is a second card listed by the uxdiag -ver command, then it is not disabled in the BIOS. If so, disable the firmware on the second NIC also, as follows:
uxdiag -c 2 -mfw 0 -t abcd
- Display the current status of the NICs again with the command:
uxdiag -ver
This time, the output of the command should be:
Brd:Rv Bus PCI Spd Base IRQ MAC FmwVer Configuration
1:5708C:B1 04:00:00 PCIE-4 2.5 0xF800 6 001372F8CA7A 1.8.0 auto Note that the "MF" under the Configuration heading is now gone.
- Remove the CD and reboot the computer.
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