Broadcom bnx2 BCM5709 not detected in RHEL4

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Our server is not able to detect newly installed NIC.
  • lspci shows:
    0c:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5
  • Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet card

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