Intel(R) Network Connections Software Release Notes
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May 06, 2018


Contents
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- Supported Operating Systems
- Viewing the User Guide
- Known Issues
- Customer Support
- Supported Adapters
- Legal / Disclaimers


Supported Operating Systems
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64-bit Operating Systems
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- Microsoft* Windows* Server 2012 R2
- Microsoft Windows Server 2016
- Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Nano Server
- VMWare* ESXi 6.5 U1
- Red Hat* Enterprise Linux* (RHEL) 6.9
- Novell* SUSE* Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12 SP3

NOTE: The following devices also support Microsoft Windows 7 x64, Windows 8.1
x64, and Windows 10 x64.
- Intel(R) Gigabit 4P I350-t rNDC
- Intel(R) Gigabit 4P X550/I350 rNDC
- Intel(R) Gigabit 4P X710/I350 rNDC
- Intel(R) Ethernet 10G 4P X550/I350 rNDC
- Intel(R) Ethernet 10G 4P X710/I350 rNDC (Not supported on Windows 8.1 x64)


Viewing the User Guide
======================

Additional information can be found in the User's Guide. To access it:
1. Navigate to the MANUAL directory and double-click index.htm OR
2. Go to Dell web support site:
http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-support/product/intel-pro-adapters/manuals


Known Issues
============
Note: Microsoft Stop Code INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE occurs when installing Windows Server 2016
via iSCSI boot on Intel(R) I350 adapters using inbox drivers.

SR-IOV Performance
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For best SR-IOV performance, allow the VMs to use 4 queues by
executing the following PowerShell command on the host OS,
"Set-VMNetworkAdapter 'VM_Name' -IovQueuePairsRequested 4", and
assign 4 or more virtual CPUs to the VM. From the VM, in Device Manager,
set the 'Maximum number of RSS Queues" option to '4' in the properties of
the adapter that includes "Virtual Function" in its name.

Linux Guest virtual machine crashes
-----------------------------------
Devices based on the Intel 710 Series of network controllers do not support Linux
as the SR-IOV guest operating system on any Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V Host.

Incorrect branding strings
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Intel(R) X700 Series devices, Intel(R) Gigabit 4P X550/I350 rNDC, and
Intel(R) Ethernet 10G 4P X550/I350 rNDC may display incorrect branding
strings in Windows Device Manager. This issue does not affect the
functionality of the device. This issue only affects Microsoft*
Windows Server* 2016.

Binding errors with uio_pci_generic DPDK drivers on Linux
---------------------------------------------------------
Binding the uio_pci_generic drivers to an X710/XL710 device may fail due to a
hardware limitation. Use the vfio/vfio-pci module to enable DPDK instead of the
uio_pci_generic module to workaround the issue.


Supported Adapters
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- Intel(R) Gigabit 2P I350-t Adapter
- Intel(R) Gigabit 4P I350-t Adapter
- Intel(R) Ethernet 10G 2P X550-t Adapter
- Intel(R) Ethernet 10G 2P X540-t Adapter
- Intel(R) Converged Network Adapter X710-T
- Intel(R) Ethernet Server Adapter X710-DA2 for OCP
- Intel(R) Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710
- Intel(R) Ethernet 25G 2P XXV710 Adapter
- Intel(R) Ethernet Converged Network Adapter XL710-Q2
- Intel(R) Ethernet 10G 2P X520 Adapter
- Intel(R) Gigabit 4P I350-t Mezz
- Intel(R) Ethernet X520 10GbE Dual Port KX4-KR Mezz
- Intel(R) Ethernet 25G 2P XXV710 Mezz
- Intel(R) Gigabit 4P I350-t rNDC
- Intel(R) Ethernet 10G 4P X540/I350 rNDC
- Intel(R) Ethernet 10G 4P X520/I350 rNDC
- Intel(R) Ethernet 10G 2P X520-k bNDC
- Intel(R) Ethernet 10G 4P X710/I350 rNDC
- Intel(R) Gigabit 4P I350 bNDC
- Intel(R) Ethernet 10G 2P X710-k bNDC
- Intel(R) Ethernet 10G 4P X710-k bNDC
- Intel(R) Ethernet 10G X710-k bNDC
- Intel(R) Ethernet 10G X710 rNDC
- Intel(R) Ethernet 10G 4P X710 SFP+ rNDC
- Intel(R) Ethernet 40G 2P XL710 QSFP+ rNDC
- Intel(R) Gigabit I350-t LOM
- Intel(R) Gigabit 2P I350-t LOM
- Intel(R) Ethernet 10G X520 LOM
- Intel(R) Gigabit 2P I350 LOM


Customer Support
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- Main Dell web support site: http://www.support.dell.com


Legal / Disclaimers
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