Intel Ethernet Connections Boot Driver/Utility 26.1

What's New in This Release:

- Linux and FreeBSD support for the Intel Ethernet Network Adapter E810-2C-Q2
- QinQ support
- NVM Update using devlink: Kernel versions 5.10 and later are needed for full devlink support using NVMUpdate
- FreeBSD RDMA driver for Intel Ethernet Controller 800 Series devices
- The Microsoft Windows download package has been split into a driver package and a Intel PROSet package. You can still download the entire release all in one package.

Intel Ethernet 800 Series Fixed Issues:

- Linux Driver: When the XDP program is loaded in native mode, a system crash might occur.
- Linux Driver: On Intel Ethernet E810-2C-Q2, you may see errors when there are more than 128 queues per traffic class.
- Linux Driver: The rx_gro_dropped statistics was removed and is no longer accounted for in rx_dropped netstats.
- Linux Driver: Until the system is rebooted, you may see a loss of traffic following an NVM Update. Rebooting the system resumes traffic.
- Linux Driver: The Intel ice driver interrupt moderation mechanism now utilizes the kernel DIMLIB library. This change has shown improvement across many workloads including large packet latency and UDP streams. Note that the ice driver from Release 25.6 (and earlier) does not have this change.
- Linux Driver: Unified Ethtool Statistics was added to Linux driver starting from Release 25.5.
- Windows Driver: On some platforms, an Intel Ethernet E810 OCP-based device might not retain link when the platform is powered down. The device regains link when the platform is powered up. Sending a Magic Packet to such a device does not wake the system.
- Windows Driver: Under heavy stress on Windows Server 2019, customers might see Event 260: "Failed to move RSS queue from VMQ.." in the system event viewer. This is due to the driver not moving a particular queue in time for it to move to a new CPU. This is a non-fatal message and traffic is still processed as expected.
- Linux RDMA Driver: In RoCEv2 mode, running the perftest ib_send_bw benchmark application with high QP count, rdma_cm, and the duration option might occasionally result in a Destroy QP Cmd Error and a device reset.
- NVM Update Tool: In ESXi, the device serial number appears as N/A.
- NVM: A workaround was added to prevent Errata "Device Fails to Initialize PCIe Link After Reboot".
- FreeBSD Driver: The FreeBSD ICE driver might show the wrong media type (25GBASE-AOC) for 25G-LR/SR optics when the advertise_speed parameter is set to 164 (1G+10G+25G).

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-CQDA1
- Intel Ethernet Network Adapter E810-CQDA1 for OCP
- Intel Ethernet Network Adapter E810-CQDA1 for OCP 3.0
- 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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