XCP-ng 8.3 and Dell R660 - crash during boot, halts remainder of installer process (bnxt_en?)
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The name is
xcp-ng-8.3.0-20250606.2.isobecause it's the same update level as back then... Only with two updated drivers. -
Great! Thanks! I will test it out on my Dell R7525 hosts this afternoon.
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@dcskinner The correct link is: xcp-ng-8.3.0-20250606.2.iso
@olivierlambert The December 2025 blog post has the wrong link...
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@Andrew had the wrong link. I fixed it as soon as it was mentioned.
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@stormi The new installer boots fine on my systems. I was able to update my hosts from 8.2.1 to 8.3. Huzzah!
Thanks for all the hard work!
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Yes!! Congrats for everyone (including you for the feedback @dcskinner !)
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It still fails with latest iso (xcp-ng-8.3.0-20250606.2.iso) on Dell R770 and Broadcom 57508 100GbE QSFP56 Dual Port Adapter, PCIe Full Height
See post here
By the way, it works ok with 8.2.1 iso -
Crashes also for me while installing in UEFI mode to bunch of different Dell R620 / R630 servers with Broadcom NICs. If the integrated Broadcom card is disabled in Bios, then the installer starts fine.
Also strangely works fine if installing in BIOS mode.
Same here that 8.2.1 ISO starts fine.
It would be really great to finally get working ISO for 8.3 for Dell servers....
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Yes but why it works with some and not others. I suspect the firmware version in the NIC itself.
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@stormi Thank you so much. Only now getting around to setting up another set of R660s, will let you know how this works.
Edit: worked beautifully on a new set of R660s. Using the old 20250606 ISO, the BCM57414 were not detected. The new ISO works as expected (BIOS install, did not attempt UEFI) and the NICs are all enumerated properly.
