Broadcom bnx2 driver crashing with Dell OMSA 7.1.0 in RHEL 5.8

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Issue

When service network restart command executes , NIC driver crashing and network connection going offline.

Driver fails to reset/unload, the following messages are logged to system console/log:

bnx2: fw sync timeout, reset code = 5040006

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.8 (Tikanga)
  • Dell OMSA 7.1.0 and Broadcom driver for Linux (bnx2)

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