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I purchased an Oracle Dual 40 Gb Ethernet Adapter - documentation here.

The card was sold to me as pure Intel. I realised it was OEM after I installed the card and checked it on Linux, but meanwhile the seller disappeared of course.

I politely ask to help me and give me a hint, where I could get

  • the latest NVM firmware
  • Oracle firmware update tool

for that network adapter,so I can update the card and let it work with my QSFP+ SR4 breakout cables (4x10 GbE) or SFP SX/LX optical modules (single speed) - current NVM v4.26 does not support these optics. Maybe someone on ServerFault would have access to MOS here. I could then update firmware over Oracle Linux. Would appreciate your help and pay with leg or something!

I have same problem as guys here.

I have searched Oracle website, found documentation under the link provided in my first sentence above. Oracle firmware download site does not list ethernet adapters. I only was able to register on Oracle Support site and download Port Configuration Software QCU, but firmware patches and firmware update tool are provided only if you have maintenance support. Contacted Oracle Support - they require an enterprise account on support site :( Have placed my request on Oracle Forum1 and Oracle Forum2 without any result.

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  • Isn't the firmware automatically shipped as part of the OS? That it's automatically recognized. For Debian for example in the non-free firmware
    – Turdie
    Commented Nov 28, 2023 at 21:45
  • Thank you for the hint! Will download Oracle Linux and check.
    – cygent
    Commented Nov 28, 2023 at 21:47
  • No try with debian, with a live cd for example.
    – Turdie
    Commented Nov 28, 2023 at 21:48

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Try the non-free firmware of Debian for example

Set this in your /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
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  • Dear @Turdie, thank you very much for the info. Question: I'm trying to update the NVM version on the card to enable support for QSFP+ SR4 breakout cables (4x10 GbE). Can I do that with Debian firmware? The card is running on latest Debian now and I can check the NVM version of the card, but the card does not support QSFP+ SR4 breakout cables (4x10 GbE) - I strongly assume due to the old NVM version (v4.26 according to ethtool -i output on Debian CLI). non-free non-free-firmware is already in the /etc/apt/sources.list
    – cygent
    Commented Nov 29, 2023 at 12:12
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Have found Oracle firmware for the card and was able to flash NVM.

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