Eerder schreef ik over een brakke Broadcom driver van HP die de netwerkperformance van je server compleet onderuit haalt; degene met versie nummer 11.7.0.0
Het gaat zelfs zover, dat ik een speciale broadcom tag heb gemaakt voor de artikelen.

Vandaag zag ik dat HP het opnieuw probeert. Ditmaal met versie 12.0.0.5

Kijk hieronder voor de Change Log. Let op, dat er geen melding is van problemen met performance… Helemaal onderaan vind je de link naar de losse nieuwe driver (versie 12.0.0.5), maar als het goed is, vind je eenzelfde link in de HP System Management Home Page van je server, natuurlijk!

Earlier, I wrote about the buggy Broadcom driver, which is supplied by HP and totally cripples your server’s network performance; it’s the one with version number 11.7.0.0
I decided to make a special Broadcom tag for my articles.

Today I noticed HP released a new version 12.0.0.5

Find the Change Log below (notice there is no mention of performance problems…) and at the bottom of my article there’s a direct link to the separate driver, although your server’s HP System Management Home Page has a similar link.

File cp010406.exe
Name HP NC-Series Broadcom 1Gb Driver for Windows Server 2003 Version 12.0.0.5
Version 12.0.0.5
Languages English (US), Japanese
Release Date 24-03-2009
Description This Component Package contains the driver for HP NC-Series Broadcom 1Gb Ethernet NICs for Windows Server 2003.
Installation Notes

• Download the Smart Component to a directory on your hard drive and change to that directory.
• The downloaded file is a self-extracting executable with a filename based on the Smart Component number.
• From that drive and directory, execute the downloaded file.
• Click the Install button to proceed with the installation.

Revision History

Version 12.0.0.5 (Enhancements)
Enhancements

• This driver file has been renamed to b57xp32.sys.
• The installation files for this component have been modified to allow for jumbo-frame support on NC324x, NC325x, and NC326x network adapters.

Version 11.7.0.0B (Enhancements)
Enhancements

• The component installer has been updated to recognize if it is running within a virtualized guest environment.

Version 11.7.0.0 (Contains Bug Fixes)
Fixes

• This driver no longer writes a large number of erroneous error events to the system event log when loading.
• This driver now completes FTP file transfers in an expected amount of time when Large Send Offload (LSO) is enabled.

Version 10.85.0.0 (Enhancements)
Enhancements

• This driver now supports the NC107i network adapter.

HP ProLiant DL385 Server series –  HP NC-Series Broadcom 1Gb Driver for Windows Server 2003 – HP Business Support Center.