| Version |
|---|
| Dell PowerEdge R610 |
| Broadcom NetXtreme II Gigabit Ethernet |
| PERC H700 Raid Controller |
| Debian 11 "bullseye" |
Download Debian 11(amd64,standard) iso at link
Download Broadcom NetXtremeII firmware at link
Create bootable USB drive using Rufus and boot the USB to install the OS. During installation, skip the network setup and skip the mirror setup.
After done installation, remove USB drive and let it restart to boot the OS.
Login, then login as root using su then sudo usermod -aG sudo $USER and exit then relogin
Then install Broadcom NetXtremeII firmware from USB drive using sudo dpkg -i <package.deb>. need to mount the USB drive mount /dev/<usb-partition> /mnt/<any-folder>
Use ip a to check the interfaces names. Enable DHCP on enp1s0f0 for ethernet port #1 by adding below using sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces
auto enp1s0f0
iface enp1s0f0 inet dhcp
Ping google to test the connection, ping google.com
Update the sources.list by adding below to /etc/apt/sources.list; then sudo apt-get -y update && sudo apt-get -y upgrade && sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
Enable sudo for main user sudo usermod -aG sudo <user>
Install git and zsh using sudo apt-get -y install git zsh and install ohmyzsh at link