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Windows Driver Software: Broadcom NetXtreme® 57XX User Guide

Installing the Driver Software

Updating the Driver Software

Viewing or Changing the Properties of the Adapter

Setting Power Management Options

Removing the Driver Software


Installing the Driver Software

NOTE: These instructions are based on the assumption that your Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet adapter was not factory installed. If your controller was installed at the factory, the driver software has been installed for you.

When Windows first starts after a hardware device (such as a Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet adapter) has been installed, or after the existing device driver has been removed, the operating system automatically detects the hardware and prompts you to install the driver software for that device.

NOTES:

  • Before installing the driver software, verify that the Windows operating system has been upgraded to the latest version with the latest service pack applied.
  • A network device driver must be installed before the Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet adapter can be used with your Windows operating system. Drivers are located on the installation CD as well as the Broadcom website at http://www.broadcom.com.

Using the Driver Installer

  1. If the Found New Hardware Wizard installer starts, click Cancel.
  2. Insert the installation CD into the CD or DVD drive.
  3. On the installation CD, open the folder containing the driver installer program (Setup.exe), and then double-click Setup.exe to launch the InstallShield® Wizard installer.
  4. Click Next to continue.
  5. After you review the license agreement, click I accept the terms in the license agreement, and then click Next to continue.
  6. Click Install.
  7. Click Finish to close the installer.

Using the Found New Hardware Wizard

NOTE: These instructions are based on the assumption that you are using Windows XP Service Pack 2.
  1. When the Found New Hardware Wizard installer starts, click No, not this time, and then click Next.
  2. Click Install from a list or specific location (Advanced), and then click Next.
  3. Click Include this location in the search, browse to the folder on the installation CD where the drivers for Windows XP are located, and then click Next.
  4. Click Finish to close the installer.

Updating the Driver Software

  1. Start Windows and log on. You must have network administrator permissions to update the driver software.
  2. In Control Panel, click System to view System Properties.
  3. Click the Hardware tab, and then click Device Manager.
  4. Right-click the name of the Broadcom NetXtreme 57XX Gigabit Ethernet Controller and click Update Driver.
  5. Follow the on-screen instructions provided by the Hardware Update Wizard installer.

Viewing or Changing the Properties of the Adapter

  1. In Control Panel, click (or double-click) Broadcom Control Suite 2.
  2. Click the Advanced tab.
  3. See Advanced for a detailed description of the available properties as well as for instructions for viewing and changing the value of a particular property.

Setting Power Management Options

You can set Power Management options to allow the operating system to turn off the adapter to save power or to allow the adapter to wake up the server. If the adapter is busy doing something (servicing a call, for example), however, the operating system will not turn off the adapter. The operating system attempts to shut down every possible device only when the server attempts to go into hibernation. To have the adapter stay on at all times, do not click the Allow the computer to turn off the device to save power check box.

NOTES:

  • The Power Management tab is available only for servers that support power management.
  • To enable Wake on LAN (WOL) when the server is on standby, select the Allow the device to bring the computer out of standby check box.
  • For WOL to operate properly, the Wake on LAN feature must be enabled on the adapter. For instructions on how to enable WOL in an MS-DOS environment, see User Diagnostics; in a Windows environment, see Wake Up Capabilities.
  • If you select Only allow management stations to bring the computer out of standby, the server can be brought out of standby only by Magic Packet, regardless of the settings in Wake Up Capabilities.

Removing the Driver Software

  1. In Control Panel, double-click Add or Remove Programs.
  2. Click Broadcom NetXtreme Ethernet Controller, and then click Change/Remove.
  3. Click OK.

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