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Windows Driver Software: Broadcom NetXtreme® 57XX User Guide

Installing the Driver Software

Updating the Driver Software

Viewing or Changing the Properties of the Controller

Setting Power Management Options

Removing the Device Drivers


Installing the Driver Software

NOTE: If your adapter was installed at the factory, the driver software has been installed for you.

When Windows first starts after a hardware device (such as a Broadcom NetXtreme 57XX Gigabit Ethernet Controller) has been installed, or after the existing device driver has been removed, the operating system automatically detects the hardware and prompts you to install the driver software for that device.

Both a graphical interactive installation mode (see Using the InstallShield Installer and a command-line silent mode for unattended installation (see Using Silent Installation) are available.

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Using the InstallShield Installer

  1. When Found New Hardware Wizard opens, click Cancel.
  2. Insert the installation CD into the CD-ROM or DVD drive.
  3. On the installation CD, open the DrvInst folder for your operating system, and then double-click the Setup.exe file to open InstallShield Wizard.
  4. Click Next to continue.
  5. After you review the license agreement, click I accept the terms in the license agreement, and then click Next to continue.
  6. Select the features you want installed.
  7. Click Next.
  8. Click Install.
  9. Click Finish to close the wizard.

Using Silent Installation

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To perform a silent install from within the installer source folder

Type the following:

setup /s /v/qn

-or-

msiexec /i "BDrvInst.msi" /qn

To perform a silent upgrade from within the installer source folder

Type the following:

setup /s /v/qn

To perform a silent uninstall from within the installer source folder

Type the following:

msiexec /x "BDrvInst.msi" /qn

To perform a silent uninstall from any folder

Type the following:
msiexec /x "{B7F54262-AB66-44B3-88BF-9FC69941B643}" /qn

To perform a silent reinstall of the same installer

Type the following:

setup /s /v"/qn REINSTALL=ALL"

To perform a GUI reinstall of the same installer

Type the following:

setup /V"REINSTALL=ALL"

Using the Found New Hardware Wizard

These instructions apply to Windows Server 2003.

  1. When Found New Hardware Wizard opens, click No, not this time, and then click Next.
  2. Click Install from a list or specific location (Advanced), and then click Next.
  3. Click Include this location in the search, browse to the folder on the installation CD where the drivers are located, and then click Next.
  4. Click Finish to close the wizard.

Updating the Driver Software

To update the driver software

  1. Start Windows and log on. You must have administrative privileges to update the driver software.
  2. In Control Panel, click System to view System Properties.
  3. Click the Hardware tab, and then click Device Manager.
  4. Right-click the name of the Broadcom NetXtreme 57XX Gigabit Ethernet Controller and click Update Driver.
  5. Follow the on-screen instructions provided by the Hardware Update Wizard.
  6. Click Include this location in the search, browse to the folder on the installation CD where the drivers are located, and then click Next.
  7. Click Finish to close the wizard.

Removing the Device Drivers

  1. Open Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel.
  2. Click Broadcom NetXtreme Ethernet Controller, and then click Remove.
  3. Click Yes to remove the drivers and management applications.
  4. Restart your system.
  5. NOTE: You can also remove the device drivers by running the InstallShield installer again and clicking Remove.

Viewing or Changing the Properties of the Controller

To view or change the properties of the Broadcom NetXtreme 57XX Gigabit Ethernet Controller

  1. Right-click the Control Suite icon in the taskbar notification area, and then click Launch BACS.
  2. Click the Advanced tab.
  3. See for a detailed description of the available properties as well as for instructions for viewing and changing the value of a particular property.
  4. NOTE: You can also open Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 in Control Panel.

Setting Power Management Options

You can set Power Management options to allow the operating system to turn off the adapter to save power or to allow the adapter to wake up the system. If the device is busy doing something (servicing a call, for example) however, the operating system will not shut down the device. The operating system attempts to shut down every possible device only when the system attempts to go into hibernation. To have the adapter stay on at all times, do not select the Allow the computer to turn off the device to save power check box.

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