Description

The software is the firmware upgrade program for Broadcom BCMCD network card version 231.2.63.0.

Installation steps

Restrictions and guidelines

1.Before updating the software version, it is strongly recommended that you understand the software feature changes between versions, evaluate the potential impact of the changes on your business, and consult relevant supporting materials.

2.Firmware version 225.3.41.0 and subsequent versions delete the hotkey to enter the interface of the network card OptionRom configuration item under Legacy BIOS, and no longer support the configuration of network card under Legacy BIOS.

3.When upgrading the firmware on the Linux system, there may be an error stating that "sliff.ko" file already exists. This error does not affect the firmware upgrade and usage. Please ignore it. The "sliff.ko" file ensures that users can upgrade the network card firmware using REPO without requiring a compilation environment.

Installation steps

Linux OS

1.Log in to the system with an administrator account.

2.Upload the firmware package (nvmUpgrade_xxx_H3C_Vxx_xxx) to a system-accessible path.

3.Execute the following command:

unzip nvmUpgrade_xxx_H3C_Vxx_xxx ##Extract the file

4.cd nvmUpgrade_xxx_H3C_Vxx_xxx/ ##Enter the extracted file

5.Execute the following commands:

chmod 777 -R * ##Grant permission

./install.sh --force ##Execute the firmware upgrade script

6.After the firmware upgrade is successful, power off the server and restart it to make the new firmware effective.

7.After restarting and entering the system again, execute the ethtool -i command to check that the NIC firmware version is the target version.

Windows OS

Not Supported.

VMware OS

Not Supported.

Publish Description

Supported products

H3C UniServer B5700 G3

H3C UniServer B5700 G5

H3C UniServer B5800 G3

H3C UniServer B7800 G3

H3C UniServer E3200 G3

H3C UniServer R2700 G3

H3C UniServer R2900 G3

H3C UniServer R4300 G3

H3C UniServer R4300 G5

H3C UniServer R4330 G5

H3C UniServer R4330 G5 H3

H3C UniServer R4500 G3

H3C UniServer R4700 G3

H3C UniServer R4700 G5

H3C UniServer R4700 G6

H3C UniServer R4900 G3

H3C UniServer R4900 G5

H3C UniServer R4900 G6

H3C UniServer R4900 G6 Ultra

H3C UniServer R4930 G5

H3C UniServer R4930 G5 H3

H3C UniServer R4950 G5

H3C UniServer R4950 G5 Milan

H3C UniServer R4950 G5 Rome

H3C UniServer R4950 G6

H3C UniServer R5300 G3

H3C UniServer R5300 G5

H3C UniServer R5500 G5 AMD

H3C UniServer R5500 G5 Intel

H3C UniServer R6700 G3

H3C UniServer R6900 G3

H3C UniServer R8900 G3

H3C UniServer R5350 G6

H3C UniServer R6900 G5

H3C UniServer R5500 G6 AMD

H3C UniServer R5500 G6 Intel

H3C UniServer R5300 G6

H3C UniServer R5500LC G5 Intel

H3C UniServer R5500 G5 HYGON

H3C UniServer B5700 G6

H3C UniServer R4900LE G6 Ultra

H3C UniServer R4700LE G6

H3C UniServer R4900LC G5

H3C UniServer R4700LC G5

H3C UniServer R4930LC G5 H3

H3C UniServer R4300 G6

H3C UniServer R4500 G6

H3C UniServer R6700 G6

H3C UniServer R6900 G6

H3C UniServer R5330 G7

H3C UniServer R5500 G7 Hygon

H3C UniServer R4930 G7

H3C UniServer E3300 G6

H3C UniServer R3950 G6

H3C UniServer R4330 G7

H3C UniServer R4950 G7

H3C UniServer R3950 G7

H3C UniServer R3350 G7

Restrictions and guidelines

1.Before updating the software version, it is strongly recommended that you understand the software feature changes between versions, evaluate the potential impact of the changes on your business, and consult relevant supporting materials.

2.Firmware version 225.3.41.0 and subsequent versions delete the hotkey to enter the interface of the network card OptionRom configuration item under Legacy BIOS, and no longer support the configuration of network card under Legacy BIOS.

3.When upgrading the firmware on the Linux system, there may be an error stating that "sliff.ko" file already exists. This error does not affect the firmware upgrade and usage. Please ignore it. The "sliff.ko" file ensures that users can upgrade the network card firmware using REPO without requiring a compilation environment.

Problems Solved

1.THOR2: prbs BER is incorrect for long runs(DCSG01751218).

2.rx_stat_err incrementing immediately after the interface up(DCSG01751262).

3.THOR2 : UEFI PXE Boot fail for THOR2 Adapter(DCSG01764361).

4.Enhanced m0 firmware to send data in unit of word for smbus forwarding(DCSG01756019).

5.Prevent temp read of DAC module from returning junk value(DCSG01757804)..

6.Fixed issue with session failing to delete after application terminates(DCSG01769031).

7.Host reboots upon detecting PCIe error(DCSG01766369).

8.Added changes to persist user applied changes in congestion settings when link is toggled(DCSG01772866).

9.Fix and error while enabling RSS when eCPRI flow is present
‎DPDK: "error 65535:0:00000000:0000" on enabling rss when ecpri flow is present.
‎(DCSG01766964).

10.NCSI:GetPartitionStats(0x2F) CountersCleared field appears to be byte swapped (DCSG01766964).

11.Traffic loss upon deleting a user created RSS context(DCSG01749757).

12.VF Stats Ejection feature implemented(DCSG01730246).

13.Index the port in RIP before applying congestion control settings during initialization(DCSG01784429).

14.Add the firmware change to explore more RoCE congestion control parameters in configfs(DCSG01772881).

15.bxnt_dup firmware update failed with inbox drivers(DCSG01784432).

16.No traffic being received after hot assert(DCSG01789040).

17.Fixed the issue where P1400GD could not upgrade FW.

18.fixed the issue where iperf could cause the system to crash.

New Functions

1.Thor2: Add more LPO PN's(DCSG01754734).

2.Add a flag in omdmi data to indicate whether transceiver temperature/thresholds are valid(DCSG01758838).

3.Thor2 SPDM integration(DCSG01709653).

4.Ethernet serdes eye diagram from the tool shows only one eye plot(DCSG01698467).

5.Thor2: Roce SRQ scaling up to 64K range(DCSG01750739).

6.Initialize the firmware with ecn_marking and enable_cc as enabled(DCSG01723440).

7.Reset the newly added congestion control settings upon link speed change(DCSG01786856).

8.Added support for Ubuntu 24.04 system.

Version:231.2.63.0(2025/5/8)

Upgrade recommendations

Upgrade the firmware, as a best practice.

Problems Solved

1.THOR2: prbs BER is incorrect for long runs(DCSG01751218).

2.rx_stat_err incrementing immediately after the interface up(DCSG01751262).

3.THOR2 : UEFI PXE Boot fail for THOR2 Adapter(DCSG01764361).

4.Enhanced m0 firmware to send data in unit of word for smbus forwarding(DCSG01756019).

5.Prevent temp read of DAC module from returning junk value(DCSG01757804)..

6.Fixed issue with session failing to delete after application terminates(DCSG01769031).

7.Host reboots upon detecting PCIe error(DCSG01766369).

8.Added changes to persist user applied changes in congestion settings when link is toggled(DCSG01772866).

9.Fix and error while enabling RSS when eCPRI flow is present
‎DPDK: "error 65535:0:00000000:0000" on enabling rss when ecpri flow is present.
‎(DCSG01766964).

10.NCSI:GetPartitionStats(0x2F) CountersCleared field appears to be byte swapped (DCSG01766964).

11.Traffic loss upon deleting a user created RSS context(DCSG01749757).

12.VF Stats Ejection feature implemented(DCSG01730246).

13.Index the port in RIP before applying congestion control settings during initialization(DCSG01784429).

14.Add the firmware change to explore more RoCE congestion control parameters in configfs(DCSG01772881).

15.bxnt_dup firmware update failed with inbox drivers(DCSG01784432).

16.No traffic being received after hot assert(DCSG01789040).

17.Fixed the issue where P1400GD could not upgrade FW.

18.fixed the issue where iperf could cause the system to crash.

New Functions

1.Thor2: Add more LPO PN's(DCSG01754734).

2.Add a flag in omdmi data to indicate whether transceiver temperature/thresholds are valid(DCSG01758838).

3.Thor2 SPDM integration(DCSG01709653).

4.Ethernet serdes eye diagram from the tool shows only one eye plot(DCSG01698467).

5.Thor2: Roce SRQ scaling up to 64K range(DCSG01750739).

6.Initialize the firmware with ecn_marking and enable_cc as enabled(DCSG01723440).

7.Reset the newly added congestion control settings upon link speed change(DCSG01786856).

8.Added support for Ubuntu 24.04 system.