Broadcom (R) Corporation
                         Broadcom Ethernet Software Kit
                             RELEASE 17.0.4.2 Gold
                           (Thursday, February 5, 2015)

                                RELEASE NOTES

Software Compatibility
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This release of software supports:
- BCM5701 NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 
- BCM5702 NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 
- BCM5703 NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 
- BCM5704 NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 
- BCM5705 NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 
- BCM5714 NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 
- BCM5715 NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 
- BCM5717 NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 
- BCM5718 NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 
- BCM5719 NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 
- BCM5720 NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 
- BCM5721 NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 
- BCM5722 NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 
- BCM5723 NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 



Contents of the CD
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**** Release Version Information Table ****

Product                            Version

1.      Windows 2003/Windows 2008 Drivers
Windows NDIS Driver (NX1)          17.0.0.3*
iSCSI Crash Dump Driver            17.0.0


2.       Linux Drivers
Linux DKMS NX1                     3.137h-1
Linux Tg3                          3.137h

3.       Teaming software
Windows BASP                       1.6.18*

4.       Utilities
Dos b57udiag (NX1)                 17.0.6 
Dos Diagnostic (NX1)               17.0.6
Windows Diagnostic                 17.0.6
Linux Diagnostic NX1               17.0.3
Firmware Upgrade for Linux  NX1    17.0.0
Firmware Upgrade for VMWare  NX1   17.0.0         
Firmware Upgrade for Windows  NX1  17.0.1
 
5.       Documentation
HTML User Guide for NetXtreme      2CS57XX-CDUM511-R     


6.       Management Apps
BACS                               17.0.3
BACS Command Line Interface        17.0.3        
Windows BMAPI                      17.0.3
Linux BMAPI                        17.0.2
SNMP-Basp                          17.0.0         
SNMP-Extensible-Agent              17.0.0
CIM for Windows                    17.0.4  


7.       Installer
Umbrella Installer                 17.0.8.2
Windows Diagnostic Installer       17.0.3.2

8.       Pre-Boot
MBA/PXE (NX1)                      17.0.1
uEFI (NX1)                         17.0.5*
iSCSI Boot                         17.0.0

Note: An asterisk (*) following a version number represents a Windows certified driver.
* Third-party trademarks and copyrights are the property of their respective owners.

Broadcom, Broadcom Advanced Server Program, Broadcom Advanced Server Control Suite, and Smart Load Balance are registered trademarks of Broadcom Corporation.


Feature Summary 
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- Starting with software release 17.0, the Dell software kit will only contain support for Broadcom NetXtreme I Ethernet Controllers. For any NetXtreme II related deliverables, please contact QLogic. 
- Gold Release for the Broadcom 17.0 project.
- FFV 7.10.59


Fixes:
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- Broadcom 5720 NIC looping / bridging frames back to switch
- Error Returned when Extracting Drivers from DUP
- FWUpg tool does not check to make sure the file is valid before programming to nvram
- Server profile import through idrac completed with error
- Unable to configure the initator properties of 5719 nic slot in LC config
- FW DUP Fails to Update Adapter with larger NVRAM after Updating smaller NVRAM Adapter

Enhancements:
- Improved conformance to Dell mapping specification



3rd party issues
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Currently known issues 
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- BCM5720 FW update to 7.10.18 causes NIC link status in iDRAC to display incorrectly in PE VRTX with M520 Blade and Pass Through Module installed.