How can I use the HP NC370 PCI-X GbE NIC that ships with HP DL360 G4p and ML350 G4p on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4?

The HP DL360 G4p and the HP ML350 G4p ship with a Broadcom 5706 based NIC; the HP NC370F PCI-X Multifunction 1000SX Gigabit Server Adapter and the HP NC370T PCI-X Multifunction 1000T Gigabit Server Adapter.

These cards require a bnx2 driver, which will not ship in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 until Update 3 (U3) which is scheduled for February 2006. Once Update 3 is released, Red Hat will start supporting bnx2 driver.

HP provides a driver for these cards at the following URL: http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/networking/us/download/23119.html