How do I enable a Broadcom 5709C Gigabit NIC on an IBM System x3850 M2 running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4?

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This system needs 3rd party device drivers (not provided by Red Hat) to support the Broadcom 5709C Gigabit NIC. IBM provides the support for this driver and it can be downloaded from the following url: http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5073130&brandind=5000008 .

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