User Manual

● 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.
● This tool is available in the bnxtqos folder in ‘Driver’ → ‘Broadcom NetXtreme-E Linux
Installer’
NVRAM_Images:
● Pre-built NVRAM package files are available in the ‘NVRAM_Images’ folder in ‘Driver’ →
‘Broadcom NetXtreme-E Linux Installer’
● NVRAM package files are also available in the ‘Firmware’ tab on the respective Ethernet
Adapter product page.
Linux:
● There are several Linux related drivers/packages in the ‘Linux’ folder in ‘Driver’ →
‘Broadcom NetXtreme-E Linux Installer’
○ GPU_Driver: GPUDirect drivers
○ KMP-L2-Only: DKMS Linux driver packages
○ KMP-L2-RoCE: RPMs for Linux and RoCE
○ KMP-RoCE-Lib: RPMs for RoCE library
○ KMP-RoCE-Only: DKMS RoCE driver packages
○ Linux_RoCE: RoCE driver and library source
○ Linux_Driver: Linux and RoCE driver source
○ Linux_Installer: Installer script for installing the Linux & RoCE drivers and
Firmware upgrade. Refer to 'README.md' for the installer usage
● DCSG00411462.self.cert.der: Secure boot openssl certificate
● UEFISecureBootReadme.txt: Secure boot readme
● There is tarball in the above ‘Linux_Driver’ folder, "netxtreme-bnxt_en-x.xx” tar file is the
package combined with L2 and RoCE drivers.
● For the Linux driver included as part of the SW package please refer to the "Readme.txt"
file included in the driver tarball for commands, driver settings and other important
information.
FreeBSD: FreeBSD drivers are available in ‘Driver’ → ‘Broadcom NetXtreme-E FreeBSD
Driver’
SUSE: SUSE signed packages are available in ‘Driver’ → ‘Broadcom NetXtreme-E Linux
Installer’ under ‘Linux/KMP-L2-RoCE/KMP/Novell’
VMware: ESXi signed drivers are to be downloaded from VMware.com