DL380G5 embedded NIC's not showing up

[AndyX Zhang]

I have a DL380G5 with latest Bios (1/9/2008). In the BIOS options, both MAC addresses for the NIC's are disabled, and I can't seem to find an option to turn the NICs on in BIOS.

Would anyone point to me exactly where the options are to turn on the embedded NICs?

[Mi6t0]

There is no option to disable the NICS in bios.

Is there any activity indicated when you plug in a cable (under indication I mean the lights on the rj45 port).

Do you have windows installed? If so - what can you see in device manager?

And something more important - is the Proliant Support Pack installed?

Kind regards,

[Blazhev_1]

Hi,

are the NICs recognized during POST?
If no they are either dead or disabled.
You can go to RBSU(F9)-> PCI Devices-> Embedded NIC and check there.
Other option is to clear NVRAM to reset to default configuration .
If they are not showing in POST, you can downgrade the system ROM, then update the NIC firmware and update BIOS again.

Regards
Pac

[AndyX Zhang]

There is no LED activity from the NIC with an active link. Furthermore, Windows cannot see the device. I do not have Proliant Support Pack installed (nor have ever used it).

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There is a Broadcom NetXtreme II Boot Agent at POST (which also gives an invalid PCI device error). Under PCI Devices in Bios, there is no listing of a Broadcome Embedded PCI device (listings for USB, Lights-Out, and ATI ES1000 are there).

The firmware I am using is 1/9/2008, which I set to default after flashing. The previous firmware was from 2006, which also did not see the embedded NICs.

Thanks

[Mi6t0]

If there is no led activity on the port, it is mostly a system board failure... Change it :)