Installing Intel® PROSet

Intel® Ethernet Adapters and Devices User Guide

ID	Date	Version	Classification
705831	11/28/2024		Public

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Note:

You must install Windows* device drivers before installing Intel® PROSet. See Install Windows* Drivers for more information.

To download and install Intel PROSet:

After the Windows driver installation has finished, download and extract the Wired_PROSet_XX.X_*.zip file for your version of Windows*, where XX.X is the release number. This file will install Intel PROSet on your system.
- If you are running a 32-bit operating system, download Wired_PROSet_XX.X_32.zip.
- If you are running a 64-bit operating system, download Wired_PROSet_XX.X_x64.zip.
In the extracted files, double-click on the .exe file to launch the installation of Intel PROSet.
In the install wizard that opens, follow the onscreen prompts to select the features you want to install.
The Intel PROSet software will install. Click Finish when prompted.

Note:

You must have administrator rights to install or use Intel PROSet.
Intel PROSet requires the latest driver and software package for your Intel® Ethernet devices.
You must install Intel PROSet if you want to use Intel® Advanced Network Services (Intel® ANS) or VLANs. Intel ANS teams and VLANs are not supported on all operating systems or devices. Refer to Adapter Teaming and Virtual LANs (VLANs) for more information.
If Intel PROSet was installed without Intel ANS support, you can install support by running DxSetup.exe, and then selecting the Modify option when prompted. From the Setup Options window, select Intel® Advanced Network Services and then click Next to continue with the installation wizard.

Command Line Installation for Intel PROSet

You can also run DxSetup.exe from the files downloaded from the software release. DxSetup.exe is an install utility that allows unattended installation of Intel PROSet from a command line.

Note:

Intel PROSet cannot be installed with msiexec.exe. You must use DxSetup.exe.
If the operating system and installed adapters do not support a given feature, that feature will not be installed even if the command line option specifies it for installation.

By setting the parameters in the command line, you can enable and disable management applications. If software is already installed and parameters are not specified, only existing components are updated.

You can also use DxSetup.exe to modify or upgrade software:

If a feature is already installed, the public property for that feature will default to 1.
If a feature is not installed, the public property for that feature will default to 0.

Running DxSetup.exe without specifying properties will upgrade all installed software. You can remove installed software (except for base drivers) by setting the property to 0. If you uninstall Intel PROSet (PROSET=0), all features that rely on Intel PROSet will also be removed.

Command Line Parameters

DxSetup.exe supports the following command line parameters for fresh installations, modifying an installation, or upgrading the software:

PROSET

Installs Intel® PROSet for Windows* Device Manager or Intel® PROSet Adapter Configuration Utility (Intel® PROSet ACU) depending on your operating system.

0:: Do not install Intel PROSet. If Intel PROSet is already installed, it will be uninstalled.
1:: Install Intel PROSet feature.

Note:

If PROSET=0, Intel ANS will not be installed.
If PROSET=0 and Intel PROSet and Intel ANS are already installed, then Intel PROSet and Intel ANS will be uninstalled.

ANS

Installs Intel Advanced Network Services (Intel ANS).

0:: Do not install Intel ANS. If Intel ANS is already installed, it will be uninstalled.
1:: Install Intel ANS. The ANS parameter requires PROSET=1.

Note:

If the ANS parameter is set to ANS=1, both Intel PROSet and Intel ANS will be installed.

ISCSI

0:: Do not install iSCSI. If iSCSI is already installed, it will be uninstalled.
1:: Install iSCSI. The ISCSI parameter requires PROSET=1.

PROSet_ACU_Shortcut

If Intel PROSet ACU is installed, creates or updates the “Intel® PROSet Adapter Configuration Utility” desktop shortcut.

0:: Do not create or update the desktop shortcut.
1:: Create or update the desktop shortcut. If this parameter is not specified, the shortcut will only be created or updated if it was created by a previous software installation.

RDMA_ROUTING

0:: Do not install RDMA routing.
1:: Install RDMA routing.

IWARP_FIREWALL

Installs the iWARP firewall rule.

0:

Do not install iWARP firewall rule.

1:

Install iWARP firewall rule. If 1 is selected, the following parameters are allowed in addition to IWARP_FIREWALL:

IWARP_FIREWALL_DOMAIN [0|1]:: Applies firewall rule to corporate domains.
IWARP_FIREWALL_PUBLIC [0|1]:: Applies firewall rule to public networks.
IWARP_FIREWALL_PRIVATE [0|1]:: Applies firewall rule to private networks.

FORCE

Forces the installer to install a feature, without checking for support.

0:: Check that the installed device supports a feature (for example, iSCSI) and only install the feature if such a device is found.
1:: Install the specified features regardless of the presence of supporting devices.

/q[r|n]

Silently installs the software. The following options are supported:

r:: Reduced GUI install (only displays critical warning messages).
n:: Silent install.

/l[i|w|e|a]

Specifies the log file option for Intel PROSet installation. The following log switches are supported:

i:: Log status messages.
w:: Log non-fatal warnings.
e:: Log error messages.
a:: Log the start of all actions.

/l* <pathfilename>

Use the log file ability of SetupBD.exe. If you do not specify the path and file name, DxSetup.exe creates a log file (named SetupBD_<timestamp>.log; for example, SetupBD_18-04-2022_14-29-20.log) in the same directory as the DxSetup/MSI log.

/uninstall, /x: Uninstall Intel PROSet.

Note:

You must include a space between parameters.
If you specify a path for the log file, the path must exist. If you do not specify a complete path, the install log will be created in the current directory.
You do not need to specify default values. To install Intel ANS and Intel PROSet, the following examples are equivalent:
```
DxSetup.exe
DxSetup.exe PROSET=1 ANS=1
```
The ANS parameter should only be set to ANS=1 if PROSET=1 is set.
Even if ISCSI=1 is passed, iSCSI using DCB will not be installed if the operating system and installed adapters do not support it. If FORCE=1 is also passed, iSCSI will be installed if the operating system supports it.
Public properties are not case sensitive. No white space is allowed between characters. For example, in the following, any white space in PROSET=1 would make the setting invalid:
```
DxSetup.exe /qn PROSET=1
```