Broadcom Limited
                         Broadcom Ethernet Software Kit
                        RELEASE 20.02.04.02 Gold Release 
                           (Monday, April 4th, 2016)

                                RELEASE NOTES


Summary
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- Combined NX (5719, 5720)and NXE (5740x) release
- NX : Family Firmware Version 20.2.15
- NXE : Family Firmware Version 20.02.04.02

Notables
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- The drivers and firmware provided on this SW kit are tested in conjunction with each other.
- Mixing and matching drivers or firmware with a previous release is not supported.

NetXtreme E-Series
- Link Configuration Options:
    For non-10GBASE-T controllers, only forced link speed/settings are currently supported.  Auto-negotiation is not currently supported.
  - Mismatching link speed between ports on a 2 port device is not supported. (Eg: 10G on port 1 and 25G on port 2, is not a supported speed combination.) 


Known Issues:
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n/a

Resolved Issues:
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- NetXtreme
  - Server gets BSOD with code 0000001E on b57nd60a.sys.
  - BCM5720 does not work under Win2012 R2 after adding Hyper-V service without virtual switch.
  - BACS: unable to connect to localhost.
  - When IPV6 is enabled, unable to disable IPAutoConfig via RE.


3rd party issues
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- There is a known issue with ESX OS where VM crashes/reboot when running I/O with Jumbo Frame and TPA enabled.

Software Compatibility
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This release of software supports:

- BCM5719 NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 
- BCM5720 NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 
- BCM57406 Broadcom NetXtreme E-Series Dual-port 10GBASE-T Ethernet PCIe Adapter 
- BCM57402 Broadcom NetXtreme E-Series Dual-port 10Gb SP+ Ethernet PCIe Adapter 
- BCM57404 Broadcom NetXtreme E-Series Dual-port 25Gb SFP28 Ethernet PCIe Adapter 


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

Product                              Version
---------------------------------------------             
1. Windows 2008/Windows 2012 Drivers
Windows NDIS Driver NX1              17.4.0.0*            
Windows 2012/2012R2 NDIS Driver NXE  20.2.8.0*            
iSCSI Crash Dump Driver              17.0.0               

2. Linux Drivers 
Linux Tg3                            3.137o               
Linux BNXT Driver (NXE)              1.2.1                
      
3. Teaming Software
Windows BASP                         1.7.0*               
 
4. Installer
Windows Diagnostic Installer NX1     20.2.2.2             
Umbrella Installer for NX1           20.2.2.3             
Umbrella Installer for NXE x64       20.2.4.2             
  
5. Management Apps
Windows BACS                         17.0.5               
BACS Command Line Interface          17.0.5               
Windows BMAPI                        17.0.3               
Linux BMAPI                          17.0.2               
SNMP-Basp                            17.0.0               
SNMP-Extensible-Agent                17.0.0               
CIM for Windows                      17.0.7               
    
6. Pre-Boot
PXE NX1                              20.2.0               
MBA NXE                              20.2.2               
UEFI Driver NX1                      20.2.0*              
UEFI_UNDI NXE                        20.2.9*              
iSCSI Boot                           20.2.1               
         
7. Firmware  
Bootcode for 5719                    1.46                 
Bootcode for 5720                    1.39                 
Bootcode for 57404_57402_57406       20.2.20              
NCSI Firmware 5718_5719_5720         1.3.16               
NCSI Firmware 57402_57404_57406      1.1.4                

8. Documentation
HTML User Guide for NetXtreme        2CS57XX-CDUM511-R    


Note: An asterisk (*) following a version number represents a certified driver.

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