Intel Ethernet Connections Boot Driver/Utility 25.2 for Linux

What's New in This Release

- Support for the Intel Ethernet Controller E810-C
- Support for the Intel Ethernet Controller E810-C for backplane
- Support for the Intel Ethernet Controller E810-C for QSFP
- Support for the Intel Ethernet Controller E810-C for SFP
- Support for the Intel Ethernet Network Adapter E810-C-Q2
- Support for the Intel Ethernet Network Adapter E810-XXV-4

Changes:

- The Intel Ethernet Controller E810 supports up to 100Gb/s throughput for the mainstream market for a variety of workloads used in Communications, Storage, Enterprise, Hybrid Cloud, Artificial Intelligence etc.
- For X722 devices installed in a Linux system, added a mechanism to set Forward Error Correction (FEC) mode

Intel Ethernet 700 Series Changes:

- General: MPLS (mpls-pay.pkg) and eCPRI (ecpri.pkg) DDP packages cannot be loaded.
- Linux Driver: More than 16 VLANs assigned to a Virtual Function (VF) in untrust mode are operational
- Linux Driver: Ethtool (via ethtool -m comand) and dmesg displays information that the SFP module is not inserted on the platform where there is no SFP cage.
- Linux Driver: FEC mode setting is not available for Intel Ethernet Controller X722 devices (via ethtool -- show-fec command).
- Linux Driver: VF is not operational when a number of queues has been changed without turning off the VF first.
- Linux Driver: List of MAC addresses assigned to VF is removed after an Intel AVF driver reload.
- Linux Driver: Reloading the Intel AVF driver clears VF mirrors ingress settings while both Physical Function (PF) and VF mirrors have been added.
- Linux Driver: Despite being added, PF egress or ingress mirrors still show as turned off.
- Linux Driver: Trunk settings have no effect on filtering traffic of host VLANs.
- Linux Driver: Allow broadcast (allow_bcast) option is not present in sysfs.
- Linux RDMA Driver: In RedHat 8.1, the i40iw driver does not compile.
- NVM Update Tool: The X722 adapter doesn't allow for updates through other physical ports when dummy deviceId 0x37CC is detected at the first physical port. It's not possible to swap between different OCP PHY modules.
- NVM Update Tool: On X710-T4L and X710-T4L for OCP 3.0 adapters, fast update executed by the NVM Update Tool with RESET TYPE: PHY entry in config file ends with PHY reset failed information and exit code 18.
- EFI Driver: Wake on LAN (WoL) settings can only be saved after a power cycle on X710 OCP3.0 adapters.
- Virtualization: SR-IOV is disconnected when 2.5G or 5G speed is set on X710TLG GbE RJ45 PCIe adapters.

Intel Ethernet 500 Series:

- EEupdate: EEupdate doesn't provide information that changes of device ID and MAC addresses are locked.
- QoS Windows: Powershell command Get-NetAdapterQos does not show current setting after a firmware transition from non-willing to willing.

Intel Ethernet 200 Series

- EFI Driver: Intel Ethernet Controller I210 might not establish a link with probability of one failure per 1000 power cycles or even more. Such behavior can be observed only if power cycle is performed during D3 state.

Release 25.0 is the last release to support:

- Microsoft Windows 7
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
- Intel QSFP+ Configuration Utility (QCU)
- IOUtil

This download is valid for the products listed below:

- Intel 10 Gigabit AT Server Adapter
- Intel 82579LM Gigabit Ethernet PHY
- Intel 82579V Gigabit Ethernet PHY
- Intel 82580DB Gigabit Ethernet Controller
- Intel 82580EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller
- Intel 82583V Gigabit Ethernet Controller
- Intel 82599EB 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
- Intel 82599EN 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
- Intel 82599ES 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
- Intel Boot Agent
- Intel Ethernet Connection I217-LM
- Intel Ethernet Connection I217-V
- Intel Ethernet Connection I218-LM
- Intel Ethernet Connection I218-V
- Intel Ethernet Connection I219-LM
- Intel Ethernet Connection I219-V
- Intel Ethernet Connection X557-AT
- Intel Ethernet Connection X557-AT2
- Intel Ethernet Connection X557-AT4
- Intel Ethernet Controller E810-CAM1
- Intel Ethernet Controller E810-CAM2
- Intel Ethernet Controller E810-XXVAM2
- Intel Ethernet Controller I210-AS
- Intel Ethernet Controller I210-AT
- Intel Ethernet Controller I210-CL
- Intel Ethernet Controller I210-CS
- Intel Ethernet Controller I210-IS
- Intel Ethernet Controller I210-IT
- Intel Ethernet Controller I211-AT
- Intel Ethernet Controller I225-IT
- Intel Ethernet Controller I225-LM
- Intel Ethernet Controller I225-V
- Intel Ethernet Controller I350-AM2
- Intel Ethernet Controller I350-AM4
- Intel Ethernet Controller I350-BT2
- Intel Ethernet Controller V710-AT2
- Intel Ethernet Controller X540-AT2
- Intel Ethernet Controller X540-BT2
- Intel Ethernet Controller X550-AT
- Intel Ethernet Controller X550-AT2
- Intel Ethernet Controller X550-BT2
- Intel Ethernet Controller X710-AM2
- Intel Ethernet Controller X710-AT2
- Intel Ethernet Controller X710-BM2
- Intel Ethernet Controller X710-TM4
- Intel Ethernet Controller XL710-AM1
- Intel Ethernet Controller XL710-AM2
- Intel Ethernet Controller XL710-BM1
- Intel Ethernet Controller XL710-BM2
- Intel Ethernet Controller XXV710-AM1
- Intel Ethernet Controller XXV710-AM2
- Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X520-DA1
- Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X520-DA2
- Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X520-LR1
- Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X520-QDA1
- Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X520-SR1
- Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X520-SR2
- Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X520-T2
- Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X540-T1
- Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X540-T2
- Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X550-T1
- Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X550-T2
- Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710-DA2
- Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710-DA4
- Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710-T4
- Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter XL710-QDA1
- Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter XL710-QDA2
- Intel Ethernet Network Adapter E810-CQDA2
- Intel Ethernet Network Adapter E810-CQDA2 for OCP 3.0
- Intel Ethernet Network Adapter E810-XXVDA2
- Intel Ethernet Network Adapter E810-XXVDA2 for OCP 3.0
- Intel Ethernet Network Adapter E810-XXVDA4
- Intel Ethernet Network Adapter I350-T4 for OCP 3.0
- Intel Ethernet Network Adapter X710-DA2 for OCP 3.0
- Intel Ethernet Network Adapter X710-DA4 for OCP 3.0
- Intel Ethernet Network Adapter X710-T2L
- Intel Ethernet Network Adapter X710-T2L for OCP 3.0
- Intel Ethernet Network Adapter X710-T4L
- Intel Ethernet Network Adapter X710-T4L for OCP 3.0
- Intel Ethernet Network Adapter X722-DA2
- Intel Ethernet Network Adapter X722-DA4
- Intel Ethernet Network Adapter XXV710-DA1
- Intel Ethernet Network Adapter XXV710-DA1 for OCP
- Intel Ethernet Network Adapter XXV710-DA2
- Intel Ethernet Network Adapter XXV710-DA2 for OCP
- Intel Ethernet Network Connection I347-AT4
- Intel Ethernet Server Adapter I210-T1
- Intel Ethernet Server Adapter I340-F4
- Intel Ethernet Server Adapter I340-T4
- Intel Ethernet Server Adapter I350-F2
- Intel Ethernet Server Adapter I350-F4
- Intel Ethernet Server Adapter I350-T2
- Intel Ethernet Server Adapter I350-T2V2
- Intel Ethernet Server Adapter I350-T4V2
- Intel Ethernet Server Adapter X520-DA1 for Open Compute Project
- Intel Ethernet Server Adapter X520-DA2
- Intel Ethernet Server Adapter X520-DA2 for Open Compute Project
- Intel Ethernet Server Adapter X710-DA2 for OCP
- Intel Ethernet Server Adapter XL710-QDA1 for Open Compute Project
- Intel Ethernet Server Adapter XL710-QDA2 for Open Compute Project
- Intel Ethernet Server Bypass Adapter X520-LR2
- Intel Ethernet Server Bypass Adapter X520-SR2
- Intel Ethernet Server Bypass Adapter X540-T2
- Intel Gigabit CT Desktop Adapter
- Intel Gigabit EF Dual Port Server Adapter
- Intel Gigabit ET Dual Port Server Adapter
- Intel Gigabit ET2 Quad Port Server Adapter
- Intel Gigabit VT Quad Port Server Adapter
- Intel PRO/100 M Desktop Adapter
- Intel PRO/100 S Desktop Adapter
- Intel PRO/100 S Dual Port Server Adapter
- Intel PRO/100 S Management Adapter
- Intel PRO/100 S Server Adapter
- Intel PRO/100+ Adapter
- Intel PRO/100+ Management Adapter
- Intel PRO/100+ Server Adapter
- Intel PRO/1000 GT Desktop Adapter
- Intel PRO/1000 MF Dual Port Server Adapter
- Intel PRO/1000 MF Server Adapter
- Intel PRO/1000 MF Server Adapter (LX)
- Intel PRO/1000 MT Desktop Adapter
- Intel PRO/1000 MT Dual Port Server Adapter
- Intel PRO/1000 MT Quad Port Server Adapter
- Intel PRO/1000 PF Dual Port Server Adapter
- Intel PRO/1000 PT Desktop Adapter
- Intel PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter
- Intel PRO/1000 PT Quad Port Low Profile Server Adapter
- Intel PRO/1000 PT Quad Port Server Adapter
- Intel PRO/1000 XF Server Adapter
- Intel PRO/1000 XT Low Profile Server Adapter
- Intel PRO/1000 XT Server Adapter

About Network Adapter Drivers:

When connected, the operating system usually installs a generic driver that helps the computer to recognize the newly attached device.

However, proper software must be applied if you want to make use of all features that the network adapter has available. This task also allows computers to properly recognize all device characteristics such as manufacturer, chipset, technology, and others.

Updating the adapter's drivers and utilities version might improve overall performance and stability, increase transfer speeds, fix different compatibility problems and several network-related errors, as well as bring various other changes.

To install this release, simply get the package, extract it if necessary, run the setup, and follow the instructions displayed on-screen. When done, don't forget to perform a system restart and reconnect the network adapter to make sure that all changes take effect properly.

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