TheOwl has given some good advice. I have had to replace quite a few NIC's on the eBridgeI machines. I just want to point out one thing which might save some frustration if you replace the NIC. It will be ruined if the firmware you install is at an older version than what is already on the NIC. Perhaps the following quote from Toshiba's TechNet will clairify what I mean:
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| To avoid corrupting the NIC board on these models, do not rewrite (downgrade) the NIC firmware to a version older than the following.
230/280 2.01B
350/450 2.02D
3511/4511 2.02D
If the firmware is downgraded to older versions, the board will be damaged and have to be replaced. | |
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It should be pointed out that if you updating via the USB thumbdrive, version 200 is the version with 2.02D NIC firmware on it so any version at or after 200 will be safe.
When I am in front of an eBridgeI machine which is stuck on "network initializing" I will try and update the firmware to the latest version and if it fails at the NIC part then I know the board has been corrupted and I relplace it.