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Broadcom Ethernet Controllers Software Kit

BCM5741X/5750X Release

RELEASE 227.1.111.0b

RELEASE NOTES

Summary

Feature Support

Core support

Poll mode drivers

Virtualization

Offload

RoCE

Management

OS support

Tools

Reliability, Accessibility, Serviceability (RAS)

Security

Misc

Supported Devices

Supported Cables

User Guide

Notes

Major issues resolved

Known issues

Usage and Release folder structure

Release Version Information Table

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Summary of content (11 pages)

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Broadcom Limited Broadcom Ethernet Controllers Software Kit BCM5741X/5750X Release RELEASE 227.1.111.
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Summary ● ● ● ● Gold Release for the Broadcom Software Release 227.1 project. This is a Gold Release of 5750x(Thor) and 5741x(Whitney+) software kit for single host adapters. This release is based on SIT build 227.1.111.0b Certified EFI, Windows, SUSE and VMWare ESX drivers are marked with an asterisk in the ‘Release Version Information’ Table.
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Offload ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● NIC stateless offload features such as checksum & tunneling Configurable Flow Acceleration - CFA Tunneling offload such as: NVGRE,VxLAN DPDK 21.
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● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Windows 11 v23H2 (NEW) Windows 10 and Windows 11 Client OS for Thor Windows 10 22H2 GA ESX 7.0 U3 ESXi 8.0 inbox driver RHEL 8.4 RHEL 8.5 ○ RT Kernel Support for RHEL 8.5 RHEL 8.6 ○ RT Kernel Support for RHEL 8.6 RHEL 8.7 GA RHEL 8.8 GA (NEW) RHEL 9.0 ○ RT Kernel Support for RHEL 9.0 RHEL 9.1 GA RHEL 9.2 GA (NEW) Oracle Linux 8.4 Oracle UEK R7 Oracle 9 UEK R7 GA Oracle 9.
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● ● ● ● ● ● Support CMIS 4.0 using ethtool ESXi 8.
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● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Onboarding NVM Configurations for LOM (Thor) 200G PAM-4 Support NVMe/TCP Support (VMWare cert) Method to control the activation of the attestation feature Enable "Filter Mode" for non-PTP packets Generic UCX - GA Support Live patching for Whitney+ Validation of SyncE on Thor B2 Silicon Add support for simultaneous update of NICs Adaptive Interrupt Coalescing Enhancements Enhancement for Linux Default Number of Queues NPAR 1.
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These cables and transceivers were tested and deemed interoperable with Broadcom's Ethernet network adapters. Note this list does not imply full qualification of the cables. User Guide Please refer to the following user guide for configuring Broadcom Ethernet Adapters: Broadcom Ethernet Network Adapter User Guide Notes Repaving Feature: ● The repaving feature is new with the 220.0 release. It currently supports restoring the firmware only to revision 220.0 or later.
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● ● ● ● ● OpenMPI with UCX PML OSU microbenchmarks with OpenMPI/UCX ucx perftest RDMA Transport Note: Atomic operations with UCX are not supported RoCE and NPAR: ● If NPAR is enabled, RoCE and ENS cannot be used together Linux Automated Installer: ● Linux Automated Installer might fail with secure boot on SLES15 SP3 Before running the installer, all existing *bnx* packages must be removed first. Run the following commands before install ○ rm /tmp/ansible.* ○ bash uninstall.
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● The Linux version of the bnxtnvm tool is also available in the bnxtnvm folder in ‘Driver’ → ‘Broadcom NetXtreme-E Linux Installer’ bnxtqos: ● Tool used for managing DCB parameters ETS, PFC and AppTLV in Linux OS without using lldptool.
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Windows: Windows signed drivers are available in ‘Driver’ → ‘Broadcom NetXtreme-E Windows Drivers’ niccli: ● New tool used for updating NVRAM, including firmware updates and configuration parameters. ● The tool for different OSes is available under the ‘Firmware’ tab. Release Version Information Table Product Version Previous Version NVM Package Boot Code MBA Driver UEFI UNDI dpdk_20.11-brcm-lts dpdk_21.11-brcm-lts dpdk_22.
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UEFI UNDI 227.0.133.0 * << 226.0.135.0* Note: An asterisk (*) following a version number represents a certified driver. Arrows (<<) between versions indicate the component has been updated from the previously released software kit.