Intel® Ethernet Adapters and Devices Release Notes
Intel® Ethernet Controller Products 31.2 Release Notes
This document provides an overview of the changes introduced in the latest Intel® Ethernet Controller/ Adapter family of products. References to more detailed information are provided where necessary. The information contained in this document is intended as supplemental information only; it should be used in conjunction with the documentation provided for each component.
These release notes list the features supported in this software release, known issues, and issues that were resolved during release development.
Starting with the 31.1 release, Intel is publishing the Release Notes in HTML (with an option to download a PDF). To view the PDF Release Notes for past releases, click View More, and then from the Version list, select the appropriate version.
For more information about using this family of products, see the Intel Ethernet Adapters and Devices User Guide.
Overview
The following sections provide an overview of this release.
New Features
Category | Release 31.2 |
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Hardware Support |
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Software Features |
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Firmware Features |
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Removed Features |
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Table 1: New Features
Operating Systems Supported
The following are the supported operating systems.
Linux
Operating Systems supported:
Linux Kernel 6.x and 5.x
Linux Real Time Patch 6.x and 5.x
Kylin Linux Advance Server V10 (only for Intel Ethernet E810 Series)
Red Hat* Enterprise Linux* (RHEL) 10.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 10.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
Canonical* Ubuntu* 26.04 LTS
Canonical Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Canonical Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Debian* 11 (not available for Intel Ethernet E610 Series)
openEuler (not available for Intel Ethernet E610 Series)
Product | PF Driver | VF Driver | RDMA Driver |
|---|---|---|---|
Intel® Ethernet 810/820/830 Series | 2.6.4 | 4.13.27 | 2.6.92 |
Intel® Ethernet 700 Series | 2.30.12 | 4.13.27 | 2.6.92 |
Intel® Ethernet 10 Gigabit Adapters | 6.4.1 | 5.3.25 | Not Supported |
Intel® Ethernet Gigabit Adapters | 5.20.23 | Not Supported | Not Supported |
Table 2: Supported Operating Systems: Linux
Microsoft Windows Server
Operating Systems supported:
Microsoft Windows Server 2025
Microsoft Windows Server 2022
Microsoft Windows Server 2019, Version 1903
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Not available for Intel Ethernet E610 Series)
Microsoft Azure Stack HCI
Microsoft Azure Local
Driver | Windows Server 2025 | Windows Server 2022 | Windows Server 2019 | Windows Server 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Intel® Ethernet 800 Series | ||||
icea | 1.21.114.0 | 1.21.115.0 | 1.21.113.0 | 1.14.104.0 |
iceb | 1.4.58.0 | 1.4.58.0 | 1.4.58.0 | Not Supported |
scea | 1.19.112.0 | 1.19.113.0 | 1.19.112.0 | Not Supported |
sceb | 1.18.112.0 | 1.18.110.0 | Not supported | Not Supported |
Intel® Ethernet 700 Series | ||||
i40ea | 1.25.117.0 | 1.25.115.0 | 1.25.113.0 | 1.18.369.0 |
i40eb | 1.25.110.0 | 1.25.112.0 | 1.25.114.0 | 1.18.369.0 |
Intel® Ethernet Adaptive Virtual Function | ||||
iavf | 1.19.113.0 | 1.19.113.0 | 1.19.113.0 | 1.14.203.0 |
Intel® Ethernet 600 Series / Intel® Ethernet 10 Gigabit Adapters and Connections | ||||
ixs | 4.2.7.0 | 4.1.254.0 | 4.1.254.0 | 4.1.254.0 |
sxa | 4.2.9.0 | 4.1.254.0 | 4.1.254.0 | 4.1.254.0 |
sxb | Not Supported | 4.1.254.0 | 4.1.254.0 | 4.1.254.0 |
ixt | Not Supported | Not Supported | 4.1.228.0 | 4.1.229.0 |
ixn | Not Supported | Not Supported | 4.1.254.0 | 4.1.254.0 |
ixw | 1.8.54.0 | 1.8.54.0 | 1.8.54.0 | Not Supported |
vxs | 2.3.7.0 | 2.3.7.0 | 2.1.252.0 | 2.1.232.0 |
vxn | Not Supported | Not Supported | 2.1.252.0 | 2.1.252.0 |
Intel® Ethernet 2.5 Gigabit Adapters and Connections | ||||
e2f | 2.1.5.7 | 1.1.4.45 | 1.1.4.45 | Not Supported |
Intel® Ethernet Gigabit Adapters and Connections | ||||
e1r | 14.1.24.0 | 14.0.13.0 | 14.0.7.0 | 14.0.6.0 |
Table 3: Supported Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows Server
Microsoft Windows Client
Operating Systems supported:
Microsoft Windows 11 25H2
Microsoft Windows 11 24H2
Microsoft Windows 11 23H2
Microsoft Windows 10 21H2
Microsoft Windows 10 RS5, Version 1809
Driver | Windows 11 | Windows 10 21H2/Windows 10 RSS |
|---|---|---|
Intel® Ethernet 800 Series | ||
icea | 1.20.46.0 | 1.21.113.0 |
Intel® Ethernet 700 Series[1] | ||
i40ea | 1.25.113.0 | 1.25.113.0 |
i40eb | 1.25.112.0 | 1.25.114.0 |
Intel® Ethernet Adaptive Virtual Function | ||
iavf | 1.19.113.0 | 1.19.113.0 |
Intel® Ethernet 10 Gigabit Adapters and Connections | ||
ixs | 4.1.267.0 | 4.1.254.0 |
ixt | Not Supported | 4.1.228.0 |
ixn | Not Supported | 4.1.254.0 |
ixw | 1.8.54.0 | 1.7.44.0 |
vxs | Not Supported | 2.1.252.0 |
vxn | Not Supported | 2.1.252.0 |
Intel® Ethernet 2.5 Gigabit Adapters and Connections | ||
e2fn | 2.1.5.7 | 1.1.4.45 |
Intel® Ethernet Gigabit Adapters and Connections | ||
e1r | 14.1.24.0 | 14.0.7.0 |
e1d | 12.19.2.64 | 21H2: 12.19.2.65 RSS: 12.18.9.10 |
e1dn | 20.0.3.24 | Not Supported |
e1c | Not Supported | Not Supported |
v1q | Not Supported | 1.4.7.3 |
Table 4: Supported Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows Client
FreeBSD
Operating Systems supported:
FreeBSD 15.0
FreeBSD 14.4
Driver | PF Driver | VF Driver | RDMA Driver |
|---|---|---|---|
Intel® Ethernet 810/820/830/835 Series | 2.1.4 | 3.1.6 | 1.4.15 |
Intel® Ethernet 700 Series | 1.14.2 | 3.1.6 | Not Supported |
Intel® Ethernet 10 Gigabit Adapters | 3.4.38 | 1.6.12 | Not Supported |
Intel® Ethernet Gigabit Adapters | 2.5.31 | Not Supported | Not Supported |
Table 5: Supported Operating Systems: FreeBSD
ESXi Drivers
Intel® ESXi drivers are available from VMware*.
Operating Systems supported:
VMWare ESXi 9.0
VMWare ESXi 8.0
Refer to VMWare’s download site for the latest ESXi drivers for Intel® Ethernet® devices.
NVM Versions Supported
The following table shows the NVM versions supported in this release.
Product | NVM Version |
|---|---|
810 Series | |
E810 | 5.00 |
820 Series | |
E822 | 3.44 |
E823-C | 3.44 |
E823-L | 3.44 |
825 Series | |
E825 | 4.10 |
835 Series | |
E835 | 2.10 |
830 Series | |
E830 | 2.10 |
700 Series | |
X710 | 9.57 |
X722 | 6.50 |
600 Series | |
E610 | 1.60 |
500 Series | |
X550 | 3.70 |
X552NS | 2.10 |
X552DE | 2.10 |
X553 | 2.10 |
200 Series | |
I210 | 2.00 |
I225 | 1.00 |
Table 6: NVM Versions Supported
DDP Versions Supported
The following table shows the DDP versions supported in this release.
Package | DDP Version |
|---|---|
OS Package | 1.3.59.0 |
Comms Package | 1.3.63.0 |
Wireless Edge Package | 1.3.28.0 |
Table 7: DDP Versions Supported
Fixed Issues
The following issues are fixed in this release.
Intel® Ethernet 800 Series Network Adapters
Intel® Ethernet 810 Series
General
None in this release.
Firmware/NVM/NVM Update
None in this release.
Linux
None in this release.
FreeBSD Driver
A PE Critical Error may be observed during traffic in RoCEv2 mode and, using a large number of QPs (>64). In such circumstances the card may become in-operational, and a reboot is required to restore RDMA capability. [18023279252]
Windows Driver
The power-down sequence did not wait for pending work items to complete before transitioning the adapter to D3 state. This race condition caused work items to execute while the hardware was powered down, leading to device errors (yellow bang in Device Manager) when the port was powered up. [15018899179]
Workaround: Ensure all pending work items are completed before the driver begins initialization, additionally wait for sufficient time for the HW/FW to be up so that all device initialization operations are successful.
An issue was identified in the driver INF file where the FW_LOGGING registry key was not included in icea.inf and regedit for Windows 11 Client OS. [16028024961]
Windows Server
None for this release.
ESX Driver
None for this release.
Pre-Boot
None for this release.
Intel® Ethernet 820 Series
General
None for this release.
Firmware/NVM/NVM Update
None for this release.
Linux Driver
None for this release.
Intel® Ethernet 825 Series
Windows Driver
BSOD occurs on Windows Server 2022 Host after disabling one SET switch team port. [18044044491]
Workaround: Use the iAVF driver from the 30.5.1 release (1.17.63.0).
Intel® Ethernet 830 Series
General
None for this release.
Linux Driver
None for this release.
Firmware/NVM/NVM Update
Correct the mapping issue and that resolves the Port.LLDPReceive showing empty contents [15019092256]
Fix PFA structure to resolve incompatibility issue by adding TLV 0x152 at the end of PFA. (This issue was fixed in the earlier release 31.1) [15018996907]
FreeBSD Driver
None in this release.
ESX Driver
None in this release.
Windows Driver
On Windows Server, Intel E835 NICs may not achieve expected bidirectional throughput targets. [18044278981], [22022163204], [22022106241]
Intel® Ethernet 700 Series Network Adapters
General
None for this release.
Linux Driver
None in this release.
Firmware/NVM/NVM Update
Increased SMBus data hold time to ensure meeting the SMBus 2.0 timing requirement even when the clock fall time is slow. [15018544955]
Windows Driver
None for this release.
ESX Driver
None for this release.
Pre-boot
None for this release.
Intel® Ethernet I211/I210 Series Network Adapters
General
None for this release.
Intel® Ethernet 610 Series Network Adapters
General
None for this release.
Firmware/NVM/NVM Update
Unexpected sensor (ID 0x5) can be encountered on PLDM sensor list. [13013128204]
Bringing the link down through RDE Port.LinkState property does not reflect new link state in host OS tools. [18044367220]
NDF.Ethernet.MACAddress RDE property was not updated immediately after PATCH operation. [15018890928]
Windows Driver
None in this release.
Linux Driver
Correct the Link State Event to have FW/SW reflect the proper link state. [15018786883]
NDF.Ethernet.MACAddress is not updated immediately [15018890413]
VMware Driver
None in this release.
ESX Driver
None in this release.
Intel® Ethernet I350 Series Network Adapters
Windows Driver
None in this release.
Intel® Ethernet 500 Series Network Adapters
General
None in this release.
Known Issues
Intel® Ethernet 800 Series Network Adapters
Intel® Ethernet 810 Series
General
Windows Server 21H1 OS is unable to save memory dump (crash dump) on disk. It is considered to be an OS defect. [18014988594]
DPDK traffic is stopped after FLR reset. This issue has been documented in the rte_eth_dev_reset API. [16018959537]
Workaround: testpmd can be used to recover a VF after a reset.
When a VF reset happens, testpmd will print out “port reset” event to the console.
Use the “port reset” command to call rte_eth_dev_reset, and everything will go back to normal
Firmware/NVM/NVM Update
The firmware aligns to DMTF spec clarification. The port schema defines that all the LLDPRecieve sub-properties shall not be present in the resource if the property was not received. [15019109850]
Linux
East-West (VF-VF) traffic fails when using switchdev SR-IOV link aggregation (LAG) in active-backup mode [16029737566]
Configuration of a link down on PF0 in LAG mode resulted in a rping test failure. [15018677889]
The system crash is observed when user is changing ring size (ethtool -G) when Jumbo frames are enabled (MTU 9000) with traffic present. [22021169950]
DPDK traffic is stopped after FLR reset. This issue has been documented in the rte_eth_dev_reset API. [16018959537]
Workaround: testpmd can be used to recover a VF after a reset.
When a VF reset happens, testpmd will print out “port reset” event to the console.
Use the “port reset’ command to call rte_eth_dev_reset, and everything will go back to normal.
On a Linux host, iavf interfaces in FreeBSD-13.0 guests may experience poor receive performance during stress. [18019784282]
Workaround: The workaround for this behavior is to do the power cycle of the setup to see the assigned DCB-MAP is reflecting.
When user sets more than 8 VLANs for trusted VF, and then moves VF as untrusted, the VLAN configuration will be lost. [18032096535]
Workaround: To avoid losing VLAN configuration, user shall first reduce VLANs configuration allowed for untrusted VF (not more than 8 VLANs per VF), and then switch the VF to untrusted mode.
FreeBSD Driver
FreeBSD-13.0 guests may experience a poor receive performance on iavf virtual interfaces during stress. [18019784282]
RDMA Driver
None for this release.
VMware Driver
None for this release.
Windows Driver
None for this release.
ESX Driver
VF-to-PF and PF-to-VF traffic may fail intermittently when SR-IOV Trusted Mode is used with ENS on ESXi. [18040914960]
Workaround: Avoid ENS + SR-IOV Trusted Mode combinations in production/cert flows; use a supported networking mode until VMware support is available (targeted with newer VCF stack).
Running Unreliable Datagram (UD) RDMA mixed traffic with more than 2 QPs may lead to a receiver side UD application hang. [18015677916]
Workaround: Restart the RDMA UD application. This is not expected to impact storage (NVMeoF, iSER, VSAN) applications since they do not rely on UD communication.
<VMWARE> When instantiating the maximum number of VFs in NSX-T, adding a Transport Node afterwards might fail due to timeout. [18021236660]
Intel® Ethernet 820 Series
General
None for this release.
Firmware/NVM/NVM Update
After advertising the link to 1G in the MRVL system, the link down and up happened 2 times in SUT and a single time in TG. [16022825930]
Using the EPCT tool to change the port configuration requires 2 reboots to complete the programming process. Blank mode or PTP initialization failures may be observed after a single reboot and will be resolved after performing a second reboot. [16021278765]
When loading the ICE driver with cages populated, the system displays the error message “Module is not present.” [1509371756]
ethtool gives an invalid argument error when using ethtool -m <interface>. [22021254023]
When 100 MB option is selected in Windows Device Manager, a link cannot be established. [18017637026]
Lane Reversal is broken preventing proper functionality of 2x1x50g port option on quad 1. CPI opcode 0x67 PortLaneOrder does not support setting lane 1 as the autoneg lane and returns error code 1 (Configuration Error). [22016503876]
Linux Driver
None for this release.
FreeBSD Driver
None for this release.
Windows Driver
None for this release.
ESX Driver
Multiple PF resets cause VMXnet3 adapter VFs in ENS mode to fail sporadically, resulting in no traffic. [18038466648]
Intel® Ethernet 825 Series
General
On Azure Stack HCI 23H2, Event Log reports Error 289 during execution of hyperv.basic.large_send_offload_vf. This behavior is unexpected and is currently under investigation. [15016108905]
Firmware/NVM/NVM Update
When CISCO-OPLINK TRMTFEAS1CCISE1G modules are inserted without fiber, the system incorrectly shows the link as active. LEDs turn on and ethtool reports link up, even though no physical connection exists. [22021216529]
NC-SI Health Status 0x508 / 0x507 is not generated, when Global Health Status is enabled. [18042250212]
Module FINISAR CORP.FTRJ8519P1BNL is unable to regain link after issuing a link reset. Recovery requires removing the module from both E825 and switch to reacquire link. [22021219549]
Inconsistencies in LED behavior during system shutdown for E825-C under S5 state when using PV LEK with “NO MNG” configuration. [22021342973]
Linux Driver
It is observed that forcing link speed to 1GbE for e823 with fibre optics cable causing netlink errors. [18042136652]
It is observed that Traffic Classes for Tx queues are set to ZERO, when the DCB is configured and traffic with VLANs are sent. [16027773606]
The dmesg log shows “link settings prevent physical link to set to OFF” when unplugging multiple cables at once. This issue seems to be limited to SFP and is under investigation. [22020900546]
Intermittent PTP “send sync failed” can occur in Boundary Clock mode due to host-side timestamp delivery delays (observed with OS workqueue contention). [16030313929]
Workaround: Use host configurations that minimize workqueue/graphics-driver interference during PTP runs, monitor for mgag200/EDID-related CPU hogging, and avoid affected host setups for timing-critical BC validation.
ESX Driver
No traffic (ICMP, tcp, udp) after VF reset with NSX-T and DS configuration. [18041512300]
After enabling PCI passthrough on different adapter there is no traffic. [18041539956]
Intel® Ethernet 830 Series
General
Large number of UDP threads can cause traffic to go to very low throughput. [22020878880]
Firmware/NVM/NVM Update
The firmware aligns to DMTF spec clarification. The port schema defines that all the LLDPRecieve sub-properties shall not be present in the resource if the property was not received. [15019109850]
Sysfs ‘ echo 1 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/<PCI BUS address>/remove’ command might cause the order the devices probed to change. If this is the case, the subsequent ice driver probe attempts might end up in kernel WARNING around PTP initialization, if removed PCI device is PF0. PF0 is usually a source timer owner for the devices handled by ice driver (like E825C or E830 devices) and it is a control PF for other PFs. So, non-PF0 devices require PF0 to be initialized first for a successful initialization. [16027730521]
Workaround: If the current device probe order is disturbed, the user needs to remove all other PFs as well (PF0 as the first one) and rescan PCI bus then.
Linux Driver
There is issue with changing msix_eth value via devlink param interface - some settings of it on E830 cards cause bandwidth degradation. [22021080345]
VF fails to create the expected Flow Director rules, halting due to hardware resource limitations. [15016522165]
Flow Director rules do not correctly steer traffic on Geneve tunnels, causing packets to hit random queues instead of the specified queue. [16024525933]
Stack trace occurs when CRC strip and VLAN strip are enabled together on RHEL 8.9 with ice PF driver 2.0.0_rc21. [16025390212]
Running the devlink reload command on CVL/CNV hardware with driver versions 1.16.3 or 2.0.11 on Fedora 6.11.9 causes a WARN_ON call trace and the error “unable to move VSI idx 1 into aggregator 1 node.” The reload operation fails instead of completing successfully. [22020980371]
FreeBSD Driver
Setting E830 and XXVDA2 OCP to only advertise 10G triggers AHS messages about failed link attempts before link comes up. [14022546016]
ucmatose fails with RDMA_CM_EVENT_UNREACHABLE (-60) on XXVDA2 OCPwhen running with -c 15000 connections. [18040525298]
RDMA Driver
When loading a DDP package in ENS or ENS Interrupt mode, a warning log and intermittent ping failures may be observed. [16029517816]
Workaround: Adding a 1-minute delay after loading the DDP package resolves the issue.
ESX Driver
DDP updates triggered from ENS uplink ports on mixed mode devices may take longer due to extended driver recovery, and the workaround is to wait a minimum of 30 seconds before issuing any subsequent DDP commands. [16029636950]
<VMWARE> When instantiating the maximum number of VFs in NSX-T, adding a Transport Node afterwards might fail due to timeout. [18037659908]
Windows Driver
TX counters are missing on Dell switches when PFC is enabled. Retrace counters are observed on hosts during testing, even with different PFC bandwidth allocations (50/50 split) [18041177557]
Intel® Ethernet 700 Series Network Adapters
General
None for this release.
Intel® Ethernet Controller V710-AT2/X710-AT2/TM4
Upon unloading the i40e driver when some VFs are assigned to VM before it fully operates may cause the VF to hang. To avoid the VF from hanging, destroy the VFs before unloading i40e Linux driver. [22019028699]
Linux Driver
In some cases ./nvmupdate64e can’t initialize the XL710 card in recovery mode: [13011806960]
Intel® Ethernet NVM Update Tool NVMUpdate version 1.41.3.1 Copyright © 2013 - 2024 Intel Corporation. Config file read. Warning: Cannot initialize port: [00:059:00:00] Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter XL710-Q2 Warning: Cannot initialize port: [00:059:00:01] Intel® Ethernet Controller XL710 Generic ID
Changing the inner or outer VLAN tag protocols after setting the private flag “vf-true-promiscsupport” disables the promiscuity on the VF’s VLAN interfaces. [18026565857]
Pre-Boot
None for this release.
ESX Driver
None for this release.
Firmware/NVM/NVM Update
AutoSpeedNegotiationEnabled property returns current status of the Autonegotiation from the link, not the configured value to control AN. [15016417165]
After updating to NVM 4.11 in some servers, one port of X557/X527 OCP adapter appears link down from Windows Device Manager after reboot. (disabling SR-IOV increases repro rate) [1508313580]
Workaround: Link status is restored back to normal after unplug/plug cable or disable/enable the affected port from Windows Device Manager.
NVM content might be corrupted after nvmupdate due to old FW version generating errors. In this cases “i40e: eeprom check failed (-5), Tx/Rx traffic disabled” will appear. [15016157644]
Windows Driver
X710 has changed the value of DMAR “DmaRemapping in Windows 11 (value == 1)” due to BSOD. [15017340700]
ESX Driver
When MTU is set to 9000, sending ICMP packets larger than 1500 bytes between ESXi hosts may occasionally trigger Receive Oversize Errors on the receiving side; this issue is rare and was observed only in one setup. [16027856645]
Intel® Ethernet 600 Series Network Adapters
General
It may be possible that invalid PCIe configuration can cause that EEUpdate will not show the adapter in OS. [18040371079]
Linux Driver
PTP time synchronization via ptp4l is currently not supported. Enabling ptp4l may lead to system instability. Customers are advised not to enable this feature. This issue is expected to be addressed in a next release. [16030656682]
SLES 15SP6 - NIC ports may not be initialized via NVM Update Tool (via inventory switch). Devlink can be used instead - which is accessible by nvmupdate - if devlink flag. [18039533944]
Windows Driver
On quad-port adapters, sporadic interface reset or disconnect events may be observed during SR-IOV stress testing when the maximum number of VFs is allocated on each port and all VFs are restarted simultaneously without any delays. When this issue occurs, Windows Event Viewer may report Event ID 10400, and some VFs may enter a degraded state, and a PF reset is required to recover the affected VFs. [22021911795]
On Windows Server 2025 VMs, configuring RSS parameters in rapid succession by script may cause VM crashes (BSOD). [18044201644]
Workaround: To avoid the issue, add a delay (sleep) between each configuration step.
On Windows, Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) may be incorrectly reported as “Not Supported” in Intel Ethernet Cmdlets, despite EEE functionality being present. [16029901801]
If two vNICs are connected through a vSwitch and the adapter is unexpectedly removed, the network connection may be lost. Restoring connectivity might require reinstalling the driver or rebooting the system. [18040051448]
Speed and duplex values set on PF may not be properly displayed on VF. It’s related only to 100MB and 1G speed. [18038848471]
VMware Driver
Firmware/NVM/NVM Update
Firmware may occasionally respond with ERROR_NOT_READY to GetFirmwareParameters PLDM command after power cycle for extended period of time (15+ seconds). [15019168824]
PLDM GetSensorReading for Link Speed sensor returns value 0 when link speed is 100M/2.5G/5G, but shows proper value at 1G/10G. [13015151139]
RDE Port.MaxFrameSize shows lower value than expected when system is in S5 power state. [13014542458]
Value of RDE property Port.FlowControlStatus is not updated after PATCH to Port.FlowControlConfiguration. [13013713472]
E610 incorrectly reports RDE property EthernetInterface.MaxFrameSize as 9022 bytes instead of 9728. [13013939525]
After NVM Update from Firmware Recovery mode, additional NVM Update is required for adapter to get back into operational state. [18041922895]
Once NVM is updated via NVM Update Tool, it might be possible that target image is not loaded yet. If such situation occurs then warm reset (reboot) is required, then target image will be fully loaded. [18040950466]
ESX Driver
None for this release.
Intel® Ethernet 500 Series Network Adapters
For X550 Windows Driver design, vectors 0 through 7 are enabled at driver init and all RSS queues and queues form various TCs are mapped to it. But more vectors are available to use (GetVectorsAvailableForRssQueues = 16 , NumRssQueues = 8). After getting an RSS indirection table update, a new vector outside of 0 to 7 range can be chosen for a queue while doing the queue to CPU remapping process. If that vector is outside of the 0-7 range, current design will have trouble for the queue to CPU remapping process and cause 10400 event. [15015966177]
Workaround: Change RSS processor count & queue count max/default value to 8 to align with max 8 queue mapping support on driver to avoid issue.
Intermittent Traffic Delivery Failure on SLES 15 SP5/SP6 with VF Connected to SW Bridge: an issue has been identified in SLES 15 SP5/SP6 where network traffic from a Virtual Function (VF) connected to a software bridge (SW bridge) may intermittently fail to reach the intended client. This problem is impacting the reliability of network communications in virtualized environments utilizing software bridges.
Result: traffic from vf connected to SW bridge sometimes may not reach a client. [18037781233]
Intel® Ethernet I350 Series Network Adapters
None for this release.
Legacy Devices
None for this release.
NVM Upgrade/Downgrade 800 Series/700 Series/600 series and X550
Refer to the Feature Support Matrix (FSM) links listed in Feature Support Matrix for more detail. FSMs list the exact feature support provided by the NVM and software device drivers for a given release.
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