X86 Or Amd64/Em64T On Xw4300 Does Not Contain The Updated Lan Driver Necessary To Enable Network/Pxe Boot Installations; Scope; Resolution - HP xw3400 User Manual

The following is an example of the steps required to include the tg3-2.4.21-32-1-0 files for a kernel
rebuild:
cp tg3-2.4.21-32-1-0.src.rpm /usr/src/redhat/SRPMS
1.
cd /usr/src/redhat/SRPMS
2.
rpm -ivh tg3-2.4.21-32-1-0.src.rpm
3.
cd ../SOURCES
4.
tar xvfz tg3-rhel3u5.tgz
5.
Change directory to your kernel build directory that contains tg3- generally this is /usr/src/linux-
6.
{version}/kernel/drivers/net/
cp /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/tg3.c.
7.
cp /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/tg3.h.
8.
cp /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/tg3_compat.h .
9.
Add the following to your pci_ids.h that exists in your kernel build tree
10.
0x14e4 0x1600 "tg3"
re-build the kernel
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x86 or AMD64/EM64T on xw4300 Does Not Contain the Updated
LAN Driver Necessary to Enable Network/PXE Boot Installations
DESCRIPTION
The HP xw4300 Workstation LAN-on-Motherboard driver is not integrated in Red Hat Enterprise Linux
(RHEL) 3 WS Update 5 kernel. Therefore, to enable PXE boot installation, a new initrd image has
been provided which includes the updated tg3 driver (v3.27RH).

SCOPE

HP xw4300 Workstation with RHEL3U5 WS which attempt to do PXEboot installs

RESOLUTION

NOTE: This issue is resolved in RHEL3U6. If you are using RHEL3U5, then the following resolution
still applies.
From an alternate Internet connected computer, download the new PXE boot image from
http://www.hp.com/go/workstationsupport
Select "download drivers and software".
1.
Select "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (AMD64/EM64T)" or "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (x86)"
2.
Under the Utility Tools section of the table, you will find:
3.
Network/PXE Boot Support for Broadcom 5752
Select "obtain software" to download xw4300_network_install.tgz
4.
Unpack the files on the desired system with:
5.
tar xvfz xw4300_network_install.tgz
The tar file contains:
i386/isolinux/initrd.img
i386/images/boot.iso
i386/images/pxeboot/initrd.img
x86_64/isolinux/initrd.img
x86_64/images/boot.iso
x86_64/images/pxeboot/initrd.img
SRPMS/kernel-2.4.21-32.EL.src.rpm
SRPMS/tg3-2.4.21-32-1-0.src.rpm
"BROADCOM Corporation|NetXtreme BMC5752 Gigabit Ethernet"
and select the product name "hp xw4300 Workstation".
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