User Guide NetXtreme II
January 2010
Broadcom Corporation
Document ENGSRVT52-CDUM100-R Miscellaneous Page 247
Problem: The Broadcom NetXtreme II adapter may not perform at optimal level on some systems if it is added after the
system has booted.
Solution: The system BIOS in some systems does not set the cache line size and the latency timer if the adapter is added
after the system has booted. Reboot the system after the adapter has been added.
Problem: Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) is not functioning properly.
Solution: IPMI works only when LiveLink™ is disabled. See Configuring LiveLink for a Smart Load Balancing and Failover
and SLB (Auto-Fallback Disable) Team.
Problem: Although the Broadcom 5708S SerDes adapter is capable of connecting at speeds up to 2.5 Gbps when licensed
and configured, Windows Task Manager incorrectly reports the speed at 2Gbps.
Solution: This reporting error is a known Microsoft issue. Locate the actual link speed from Viewing Vital Signs in BACS.
Problem: Cannot configure Resource Reservations in BACS 3 after SNP is uninstalled.
Solution: Reinstall SNP. Prior to uninstalling SNP from the system, ensure that NDIS is enabled via the checkbox on the
Resource Configuration screen, availab le from the Resource Reservations section of t he Configurations tab (see Viewing
Resource Reservations). If NDIS is disabled and SNP is removed, there is no access to re-enable the device.
Problem: TOE performance is more susceptible to packet loss when flow control is disabled.
Solution: Enable flow control to reduce the number of packets lost.
Problem: A DCOM error message (event ID 10016) appears in the System Even Log during the installation of the Broadcom
adapter drivers.
Solution: This is a Microsoft issue. For more information, see Microsoft knowledge base KB913119 at http://
support.microsoft.com/kb/913119.
Problem: Performance is degraded when multiple BCM57710 network adapters are used in a system.
Solution: Ensure that the system has at least 2 GB of main memory when using up to four network adapters and 4 GB of
main memory when using four or more network adapters.
Problem: Remote installation of Windows Server 2008 to an iSC SI target via iSCSI offload fails to complete, and the
computer restarts, repeatedly.
Solution: This is a Microsoft issue. For more information on applying the Microsoft hotfix, see Microsoft knowledge base
article KB952942 at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952942.