Why does Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 fail to load the NIC firmware driver at boot time?

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Issue

NIC fails to initialize and the following message is noticed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

bnx2: Broadcom NetXtreme II Gigabit Ethernet Driver bnx2 v2.1.11 (July 20, 2011)
bnx2 0000:04:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 28 (level, low) -> IRQ 28
bnx2 0000:04:00.0: firmware: requesting bnx2/bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1a.fw
bnx2: Can't load firmware file "bnx2/bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1a.fw"

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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