                               Broadcom Limited
                         Broadcom Ethernet Software Kit
		                 Broadcom NX1 RELEASE 229.1.4.1
                              (Apr 11, 2024)

                                 RELEASE NOTES

Summary
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- Release for the Broadcom NX1 2.29 project 
- Certified EFI, Windows, and SLES drivers as marked with asterisk in the Contents of the CD section. 

- Updated Firmware Upgrade for Linux NX1 to 226.0.15
- Updated Firmware Upgrade for Windows NX1 to 226.0.7
- Updated NCSI Firmware NX1 to 1.5.53
- Updated EFI Undi to 21.6.72*
- Updated Bootcode of 5719 to 1.51
- Updated Bootcode of 5720 to 1.43
- Updated PXE NX1 to 21.6.4
- Updated BMAPI for Linux to 226.0.6

Caveats
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Open issues :
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CS00012343420 - BCM 5720 1GbE 2p BASE-T LOM - NIC not seen after FW install combo v20.26.44 (4 of 10), DL320 Gen 11
CS00012342169 - [DL20 Gen11] VPD access failed in RHEL8.8
CS00012334715 - [DCSG01689439] [SV][Microserver_Gen11_Fiano][SAT]"Server gets stuck at POST during warm reboot"
CS00012333411 - [DCSG01650598] [DL20 Gen11] BSOD(0x9F) occurred on Windows Server 2022.
CS00012330565 - [DCSG01651780][DL20][ML30] Random missing DHCP IP address on network port during PXE reboot stress
CS00012311174 - [DL320 Gen11] WOL issue for "BCM5720 1GbE 2p BASE-T LOM Adpter - NIC" on VMware/RHEL
CS00012305693 - [DCSG01535968] Failed to update NX1 FW component with inbox driver since FW 223

Software Compatibility
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This release of software supports:
- BCM5720 NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
- BCM5719 NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
- BCM5718 NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
- BCM5717 NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Adapter


Contents of the CD
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**** Release Version Information Table ****

Product                             Version                Previous Release

Win Server x64 Driver               221.0.5.0e*            221.0.5.0e*
Linux Tg3                           3.139k*                3.139k*
EFI Undi                            21.6.72*               <<    21.6.67*
PXE NX1                             21.6.4                 <<    21.6.2
NCSI Firmware NX1                   1.5.53                 <<    1.5.52
CCM                                 225.0.71.0             224.0.155.0
iSCSI Boot                          214.0.152.0            214.0.152.0
Bootcode for 5720                   1.43                   <<    1.42
Bootcode for 5719                   1.51                   <<    1.50
Bootcode for 5718                   1.65                   1.65
SelfBoot Patch for 5719             2.04                   2.04
SelfBoot Patch for 5718             2.07                   2.07
Firmware Upgrade for Linux NX1      226.0.15               <<    226.0.14
Firmware Upgrade for Windows NX1    226.0.7                <<    226.0.6
Dos Diagnostic NX1                  20.15.11               20.15.11
UEFI Diagnostic NX1                 20.15.11               20.15.11
Linux Diagnostic NX1                226.03                 226.03
BMAPI for Windows                   224.0.1                224.0.1
BMAPI for Linux                     226.0.6                <<    226.0.5

Note: An asterisk (*) following a version number represents a certified driver.
Arrows (<<) between versions indicate the component has been updated from the previous released software kit.

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