DL140 G2 with Win2003, no network support

[office manager_1]

We purchased a new ProLiant DL140 G2, and Win2003.
The NICs are not recognized by the OS, which is no surprise after having read about the problems trying to upgrade from Win2000 to Win2003.

Unfortunately HP.COM has not posted a solution for people installing Win2003 rather than upgrading to it.

Both of the following drivers are supposed to be supported by DL140 G2:

HP NC61xx/71xx/310x Gigabit Ethernet NIC Driver for Windows Server 2003

HP NC370x Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter Driver for Windows Servers 2003

Reference: http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/networking/us/download/20449.html

However neither one works. After downloading, burning to CD, copying to HDD, and running, an error states that the hardware requirements have not been met.

So NOW WHAT ?????

[Ivan Ferreira]

The link you posted is the software to make a teaming of network cards, you need the network card driver first.

http://h18023.www1.hp.com/support/files/server/us/download/22253.html

[office manager_1]

The driver HP NC31xx Fast Ethernet NIC Driver for Windows Server 2003 does not list the DL 140 G2 as being supported. We tried it anyway, and it does NOT work. I agree we need a valid network driver. But where is it ??

[Oleg Koroz]

from Specifications
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00367672&locale=en_US&taskId=101&prodSeriesId=455149&prodTypeId=15351

NIC Broadcom 5721

G1 use 57xx NIC try for G2 same driver

http://h18023.www1.hp.com/support/files/server/us/download/19689.html
http://h18023.www1.hp.com/support/files/server/us/download/20676.html

[office manager_1]

Tried the NIC Broadcom 5721 installer.

Agreed to license.
Selected [x] control suite

Successful, go to control panel. Open Broadcom control suite. Then this error message comes up:

"No active Broadcom controllers detected in this system. Do you want to uninstall?" Yes...

So back to square one.

[office manager_1]

KEY POINT (which we had not noticed before) :

When the setup screen shows which feature will be installed, make sure the BASP checkbox is checked along with Control Suite.

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Anyhow before we noticed that, we tried Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Devices > Ethernet. Found the NICs and click Update Driver, and used the HP "Server Support CD" and .... it was there! And it worked, and we are live on the net.

[office manager_1]

The NIC driver is on the HP Server Support CD.