Determining the Correct Driver for Broadcom Ethernet Products

Determining the Correct Driver for Broadcom Ethernet Products

Device Manager provides information about how a computer's hardware is installed and configured, and how the hardware interacts with your computer's programs. Device Manager can be used to update the device drivers for the hardware installed on your computer, modify hardware settings, and troubleshoot problems.

Note: To perform this task, the user may be required to be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrator's group.

To obtain the device ID of the Ethernet controller installed on your computer, complete these steps:

1. Open Device Manager.

• Click Start, and then click Control Panel
• Double-click System
• On the Hardware tab, click Device Manager

2. Click Network Adapters to expand the network list of network devices installed on your computer

3. Right-click Broadcom NetXtreme 57xxGigabit Controller, and then click Properties

4. Click the Details tab

On the details tab, a line similar to the following is displayed:

PCI\VEN_14E&DEV_1673&SUBSYS_01F91028&REV_02\4&1E93A591&0&00E5

Where: 14E4 identifies the controller as a Broadcom device. DEV_XXXX is the device ID.

5. After obtaining the device ID, use Table 1 to identify the associated Broadcom part

BROADCOM ETHERNET CONTROLLER DEVICE IDS

Table 1 lists the device IDs for Broadcom NetXtreme, NetXtreme II, and NetLink based Ethernet products and their associated Broadcom part numbers.

Note: To go directly to download driver support page for your Broadcom Ethernet controller product, click on the device ID hyperlink below.

Table 1: Broadcom Ethernet Controller Device ID