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---Problem Description---
I am trying to install Ubuntu 15.04 on a PowerNV system using a network installation.  I am able to obtain an IP address with DHCP from the petitboot menu.  I am also able to load the installation kernel and begin the installation but the network configuration within the installer fails.  I tried to manually configure the network, but that failed too.  When I exited to the shell of the installer, I can see my interface has the IP address that I manually configured(10.33.8.112), but I cannot connect to the local LAN:

~ # ip address
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue 
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc mq qlen 1000
    link/ether 6c:ae:8b:02:10:88 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc mq qlen 1000
    link/ether 6c:ae:8b:02:10:89 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
4: eth2: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc mq qlen 1000
    link/ether 6c:ae:8b:02:10:8a brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
5: eth3: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc mq qlen 1000
    link/ether 6c:ae:8b:02:10:8b brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
6: eth4: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop qlen 1000
    link/ether 40:f2:e9:31:08:f4 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 10.33.8.112/16 brd 10.33.255.255 scope global eth4
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
7: eth5: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop qlen 1000
    link/ether 40:f2:e9:31:08:f5 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
8: eth6: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop qlen 1000
    link/ether 40:f2:e9:31:08:f6 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
9: eth7: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop qlen 1000
    link/ether 40:f2:e9:31:08:f7 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
	
~ # ping 10.33.0.1
PING 10.33.0.1 (10.33.0.1): 56 data bytes
ping: sendto: Network is unreachable

I noticed in the /var/log/syslog for the install the following errors related to the bnx2x driver:
Feb 23 18:49:34 kernel: [  546.172944] bnx2x 0005:01:00.2: Direct firmware load for bnx2x/bnx2x-e2-7.10.51.0.fw failed with error -2
Feb 23 18:49:34 kernel: [  546.172950] bnx2x: [bnx2x_init_firmware:12958(eth6)]Can't load firmware file bnx2x/bnx2x-e2-7.10.51.0.fw
Feb 23 18:49:34 kernel: [  546.172952] bnx2x: [bnx2x_func_hw_init:5523(eth6)]Error loading firmware
Feb 23 18:49:34 kernel: [  546.172957] bnx2x: [bnx2x_nic_load:2704(eth6)]HW init failed, aborting

I'm wondering if this failure message for the network driver is what is preventing me from connecting to the network during the install?
  
---uname output---
N/A - Trying to do a fresh install of 15.04
 
Machine Type = 8247-42L 
  
---Steps to Reproduce---
Boot the PowerNV system to petitboot menu and select network install of Ubuntu 15.04.  
 
Install method: Network install
  
Install ISO Information: vivid-server-ppc64el.iso	 23-Feb-2015 14:25 	388M
 
The initrd has an older set of fw files and not the one the driver is expecting to load:

/lib/firmware/bnx2x # ls
bnx2x-e1-7.8.19.0.fw   bnx2x-e1h-7.8.19.0.fw  bnx2x-e2-7.8.19.0.fw
/lib/firmware/bnx2x #

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: architecture-ppc64le bugnameltc-122009 severity-high targetmilestone-inin1504
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Ubuntu 15.04 PowerNV install error during network due to bnx2x driver errors
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1424884
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