Topic: Setting up Dell T410 with Embedded NICs

[mindea]

Hi. I'm installing SME 7.4 on a Dell PowerEdge T410 which has twin embedded Broadcom BCM5716 NICs. Everything installs fine, but I cant get the network cards working. I don't necessarily need/want NIC Bonding. At this point I just need to get the server to a usable state.

I've tried various configuration settings in the SME setup: with Bonding, without Bonding. This server is slated to act just as a server (no gateway, etc).

The BIOS has two settings for "Embedded NIC1 and NIC2": "Enabled" or "Disabled (OS)". How should this be set?

I downloaded and installed the Broadcom BCM5716 .rpm, but what then?

Any hints would be appreciated.

[Stefano]

as far as I can see, Dell t410 is certified only for RHEL 5.3, so you should try SME 8 (which, atm, is in beta stage)

otherwise, you can install a supported nic and disable the ones onboard

HTH

[mindea]

Thanks. Where can I get SME 8 beta?

[Stefano]

Thanks. Where can I get SME 8 beta?

here

if you find something wrong, please go to bugzilla, thank you

[mindea]

Thanks, but that link doesn't work. Can you help?

[janet]

http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/smeserver/releases/testing/8.0beta4/iso/i386/

[cactus]

http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/smeserver/releases/testing/8.0beta4/iso/i386/

please posts links like this:
http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/8.0beta4/iso/i386/
to prevent issues with outdated/obsoleted mirrors.