Upgrade BCM5709 Firmware / Drivers

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Can someone please help me figure out how to upgrade the drivers and firmware for my Dell R610 BCM5709 NIC?

I'm baffled why it's so confusing on Dell's site.

#lspci -nnk

Code:
[root@server ~]# lspci -v | grep Ethernet -A 1
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20)
        Subsystem: Dell PowerEdge R610 BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 30
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01:00.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20)
        Subsystem: Dell PowerEdge R610 BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 31
--
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20)
        Subsystem: Dell PowerEdge R610 BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 32
--
02:00.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20)
        Subsystem: Dell PowerEdge R610 BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 33

Code:
[root@server ~]# ethtool -i em1
driver: bnx2
version: 2.2.6
firmware-version: 08.07.26 bc 7.10.0 NCSI 2.0.13
expansion-rom-version:
bus-info: 0000:01:00.0
supports-statistics: yes
supports-test: yes
supports-eeprom-access: yes
supports-register-dump: yes
supports-priv-flags: no

I'm running Centos 7 on the server.
 


I'm running Centos 7 on the server.
Welcome to the forums
your first problem is CentOS is now dead, the final release [CentOS 8] came to an end in 2021. it is recomended on the old CentOS forums you upgrade to Rocky/Alma/OEL/Springdale ASAP.
 

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