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Updating Support Skills from XP to Windows 7
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Hyper-V Alert: Beware of the Broadcom Nextreme II
Posted by RayC June 30, 2008 4:06 PM with 2 comment(s)
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Ever since I first installed my Dell PowerEdge 2900 with Virtual Server I have been experiencing issues with the Broadcom Nextreme II Gigabit adapter also known as the BCM5708C. After my latest disaster at a client with Hyper-V RTM with the same network adaptere in an HP Proliant ML 370 G5, I think it's time to send out an alert.

In my case I the two hosts I was installing with Hyper-V ended with corrupted network stacks on Virtual Machines and hosts that initially worked flawlessly and all of a sudden caused strange error messages. This in the end forced me to completely reinstall all systems from scratch.

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cchance said:

UGGG even before hyper-v i hated these cards, they've always had buggy drivers in my experience no wonder they have issues today.

June 30, 2008 4:44 PM
 

RayC said:

mentioned my issue at the Technet Forum for Window Virtualization and it's clear that I am not the only one having issues. Problem is that the issues are often not linked to the network interface type.

Read the forum thread at forums.technet.microsoft.com/.../7df5a89e-fbcc-4e62-8896-d50655f937d3

June 30, 2008 7:47 PM

About RayC

RayC an independent consultant and Microsoft Certified Trainer. His main expertise is in Windows based infrastructures and Security. RayC usually designs and implements Windows Infrastructures for medium to large companies. RayC is also known as a speaker and has written a number of publications about Windows Security, ISA Server, Windows Mobile and other IT infrastructure topics. Raymond his latest publication is the book "Windows Vista for XP Professionals". More info can be found at www.vistaforxpprofessionals.com.
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