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Page 2: ...r operating system Before You Begin Supported Devices For help identifying your network device and finding supported devices click the link below http www intel com support Compatibility Notes In order for an adapter based on the XL710 controller to reach its full potential you must install it in a PCIe Gen3 x8 slot Installing it in a shorter slot or a Gen2 or Gen1 slot will limit the throughput o...

Page 3: ...USE Linux l FreeBSD Supported Operating Systems for Itanium based Systems l Linux v2 x kernel and higher except v2 6 Some older Intel Ethernet Adapters do not have full software support for the most recent versions of Microsoft Windows Many older Intel Ethernet Adapters have base drivers supplied by Microsoft Windows Lists of supported devices per OS are available at http www intel com support go ...

Page 4: ...ory 3 wiring supports only 10 Mbps NOTE To insure compliance with CISPR 24 and the EU s EN55024 devices based on the 82576 controller should be used only with CAT 5E shielded cables that are properly terminated according to the recommendations in EN50174 2 Intel 10 Gigabit Adapters Fiber Optic Cables l Laser wavelength 850 nanometer not visible l SC Cable type l Multi mode fiber with 50 micron cor...

Page 5: ... l Connector type LC Copper Cables l 40 Gigabit Ethernet over SFP Direct Attached Cable Twinaxial l Length is 7 meters max Installation Overview Installing the Adapter 1 Turn off the computer and unplug the power cord 2 Remove the computer cover and the adapter slot cover from the slot that matches your adapter 3 Insert the adapter edge connector into the slot and secure the bracket to the chassis...

Page 6: ...em BIOS Linux users see the README file in the Linux driver package for Linux specific performance enhancement details l When using performance test software refer to the documentation of the application for optimal results General Optimization l Install the adapter in an appropriate slot NOTE Some PCIe x8 slots are actually configured as x4 slots These slots have insufficient bandwidth for full l...

Page 7: ...ber of RSS processors settings ensure non overlapping cores 1 Identify the adapter ports to be adjusted and inspect at their RssProcessorArray using the Get NetAdapterRSS PowerShell cmdlet 2 Identify the processors with NUMA distance 0 These are the cores in the adapter s local NUMA Node Socket and will provide the best performance 3 Adjust the RSS Base processor on each port to use a non overlapp...

Page 8: ... 802 1AB and 802 1Qaz respectively The firmware based DCBX agent runs in willing mode only and can accept settings from a DCBX capable peer Software configuration of DCBX parameters via dcbtool lldptool are not supported iSCSI Over DCB Intel Ethernet adapters support iSCSI software initiators that are native to the underlying operating system In the case of Windows the Microsoft iSCSI Software Ini...

Page 9: ... 7 l SLES 12 SP1 l SLES 11 SP4 l VMware ESX 6 0 Jumbo Frames The base driver supports FCoE mini Jumbo Frames 2 5k bytes independent of the LAN Jumbo Frames setting FCoE VN to VN VN2VN Support FCoE VN to VN also called VN2VN is a standard for connecting two end nodes ENodes directly using FCoE An ENode can create a VN2VN virtual link with another remote ENode by not connecting to FC or FCoE switche...

Page 10: ...Point to Point PT2PT Mode In Point to Point mode there are only two ENodes and they are connected either directly or through a lossless Ethernet switch ...

Page 11: ...ws you to boot a system using only an Ethernet adapter You connect to a server that contains an operating system image and use that to boot your local system Intel Boot Agent The Intel Boot Agent is a software product that allows your networked client computer to boot using a program code image supplied by a remote server Intel Boot Agent complies with the Pre boot eXecution Environment PXE Versio...

Page 12: ...to run simultaneously on the same physical system as virtual machines This allows you to consolidate several servers onto one system even if they are running different operating systems Intel Network Adapters work with and within virtual machines with their standard drivers and software NOTES l Some virtualization options are not available on some adapter operating system com binations l The jumbo...

Page 13: ...eue VMQ offloading in Intel PROSet will automatically enable VMQ in the virtual machine switch For driver only installations you must manually enable VMQ in the virtual machine switch Using ANS VLANs If you create ANS VLANs in the parent partition and you then create a Hyper V Virtual NIC interface on an ANS VLAN then the Virtual NIC interface must have the same VLAN ID as the ANS VLAN Using a dif...

Page 14: ...o set up the configuration Use Windows PowerShell to create the team or VLAN NOTE Support for the Intel PROSet command line utilities prosetcl exe and crashdmp exe has been removed and is no longer installed This functionality has been replaced by the Intel Netcmdlets for Microsoft Windows PowerShell Please transition all of your scripts and processes to use the Intel Netcmdlets for Microsoft Wind...

Page 15: ...t VMQ is added to a team VMQ will be disabled for the team l Virtual NICs cannot be created on a team with Receive Load Balancing enabled Receive Load Balan cing is automatically disabled if you create a virtual NIC on a team l If a team is bound to a Hyper V virtual NIC you cannot change the Primary or Secondary adapter Virtual Machine Multiple Queues Virtual Machine Multiple Queues VMMQ enables ...

Page 16: ...2012 SR IOV is not supported with teaming and VLANS This occurs because the Hyper V virtual switch does not enable SR IOV on virtual interfaces such as teaming or VLANs To enable SR IOV remove all teams and VLANs SR IOV Benefits SR IOV has the ability to increase the number of virtual machines supported per physical host improving I O device sharing among virtual machines for higher overall perfor...

Page 17: ...Intel Ethernet User Mode iWARP Provider is supported on Linux operating systems and Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 or later For Windows installations Microsoft HPC Pack or Intel MPI Library must be installed Installation NOTE For installation on Windows Server 2016 Nano Server see Installing on Nano Server below Network Direct Kernel NDK features are included in the Intel base drivers Follow the...

Page 18: ...information http www intel com network Legal Disclaimers Copyright C 2016 Intel Corporation All rights reserved Intel Corporation assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in this document Nor does Intel make any commitment to update the information contained herein Intel is a trademark of Intel Corporation in the U S and or other countries Other names and brands may be claimed as the prop...

Page 19: ...puter s cover Failure to do so could endanger you and may damage the adapter or computer 3 Remove the cover bracket from an available slot 4 Insert the adapter pushing it into the slot until the adapter is firmly seated You can install a smaller PCI Express adapter in a larger PCI Express slot CAUTION Some PCI Express adapters may have a short connector making them more fragile than PCI adapters E...

Page 20: ...ted 4 pair copper l Make sure you use Category 5 cabling that complies with the TIA 568 wiring specification For more information on this specification see the Telecommunications Industry Association s web site www tiaonline org l Length is 100 meters max l Category 3 wiring supports only 10 Mbps CAUTION If using less than 4 pair cabling you must manually configure the speed and duplex setting of ...

Page 21: ...to the ports on the network adapter bracket as shown below Most connectors and ports are keyed for proper orientation If the cable you are using is not keyed check to be sure the connector is oriented properly transmit port connected to receive port on the link partner and vice versa The adapter must be connected to a compatible link partner operating at the same laser wavelength as the adapter Co...

Page 22: ...Intel optics other modules may function but are not val idated by Intel Contact Intel for supported media types l In systems that do not have adequate airflow to cool the adapter and optical modules you must use high temperature optical modules l For XXV710 based SFP adapters Intel recommends using Intel optics and cables Other modules may function but are not validated by Intel Contact Intel for ...

Page 23: ...ng Not all modules are applicable to all devices Supplier Type Part Numbers Finisar SFP SR bailed 10G single rate FTLX8571D3BCL Avago SFP SR bailed 10G single rate AFBR 700SDZ Finisar SFP LR bailed 10G single rate FTLX1471D3BCL Finisar DUAL RATE 1G 10G SFP SR No Bail FTLX8571D3QCV IT Avago DUAL RATE 1G 10G SFP SR No Bail AFBR 703SDZ IN1 Finisar DUAL RATE 1G 10G SFP LR No Bail FTLX1471D3QCV IT Avag...

Page 24: ...SFP LR bailed 10G single rate FTLX1471D3BCL Molex 1m Twin ax cable 74752 1101 Molex 3m Twin ax cable 74752 2301 Molex 5m Twin ax cable 74752 3501 Molex 10m Twin ax cable 74752 9004 Tyco 1m Twin ax cable 2032237 2 Tyco 3m Twin ax cable 2032237 4 Tyco 5m Twin ax cable 2032237 6 Tyco 10m Twin ax cable 1 2032237 1 THIRD PARTY OPTIC MODULES AND CABLES REFERRED TO ABOVE ARE LISTED ONLY FOR THE PURPOSE O...

Page 25: ...ot place the removed adapter back into the same network until the server has rebooted unless you return it to the same slot and same team as before This prevents a conflict in having two of the same Ethernet addresses on the same network The system will require a reboot if you l Change the primary adapter designator l Add a new adapter to an existing team and make the new adapter the primary adapt...

Page 26: ...acement adapter unless you remove the adapter from the team and add it back in If you do not remove and restore the replacement adapter from the team and the original adapter is used elsewhere on your network a MAC address conflict will occur l For SLA teams ensure that the replacement NIC is a member of the team before connecting it to the switch ...

Page 27: ...ort website and transfer them to the system 2 If the Found New Hardware Wizard screen is displayed click Cancel 3 Start the autorun located in the downloaded the software package The autorun may automatically start after you have extracted the files 4 Click Install Drivers and Software 5 Follow the instructions in the install wizard NOTE Intel PROSet is installed by default when you install the de...

Page 28: ...Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager is installed by default when you install the device drivers For information on usage see Using Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager is installed with the same process used to install drivers NOTES l You must have administrator rights to install or use Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager l Upgrading PROSet for Wi...

Page 29: ...g command line parameters Parameter Definition BD Base Driver 0 do not install the base driver 1 install the base driver default ANS Advanced Network Services 0 do not install ANS default If ANS is already installed it will be uninstalled 1 install ANS The ANS property requires DMIX 1 NOTE If the ANS parameter is set to ANS 1 both Intel PROSet and ANS will be installed DMIX PROSet for Windows Devi...

Page 30: ...cted the following parameters are allowed in addition to IWARP_FIREWALL l IWARP_FIREWALL_DOMAIN 0 1 Applies firewall rule to corporate domains l IWARP_FIREWALL_PUBLIC 0 1 Applies firewall rule to public networks l IWARP_FIREWALL_PRIVATE 0 1 Applies firewall rule to private networks FORCE 0 check that the installed device supports a feature FCOE iSCSI and only install the feature if such a device i...

Page 31: ...ers do not support it If FORCE 1 is also passed FCoE will be installed if the operating system supports it l 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 l Public properties are not case sensitive No white space is allowed between...

Page 32: ...ve installed software except for base drivers by setting the property to 0 If you uninstall PROSet DMIX 0 all features that rely on PROSet will also be removed Windows Server Core Command Line Options SetupBD exe supports the following command line switches NOTE You must include a space between switches Switch Description s silent install r force reboot must be used with the s switch nr no reboot ...

Page 33: ... Windows PowerShell to change most Intel PROSet settings under Windows Server Core Please refer to the aboutIntelNetCmdlets hlp txt help file For iSCSI Crash Dump configuration use the Intel NetCmdlets for Microsoft Windows PowerShell and refer to the aboutIntelNetCmdlets help txt help file NOTE Support for the Intel PROSet command line utilities prosetcl exe and crashdmp exe has been removed and ...

Page 34: ...nk partner set to full duplex The adapter can send and receive packets at the same time You must set this mode manually see below l 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps full duplex requires a link partner set to full duplex The adapter can send and receive packets at the same time You must set this mode manually see below l 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps half duplex requires a link partner set to half duplex The adapter perf...

Page 35: ...e Inter Frame Spacing Compensates for excessive Ethernet packet collisions on the network The default setting works best for most computers and networks By enabling this feature the network adapter dynamically adapts to the network traffic conditions However in some rare cases you might obtain better performance by disabling this feature This setting forces a static gap between packets Default Dis...

Page 36: ...g in NPar mode Flow Control is limited to the root partition of each port Default RX TX Enabled Range l Disabled l RX Enabled l TX Enabled l RX TX Enabled Gigabit Master Slave Mode Determines whether the adapter or link partner is designated as the master The other device is designated as the slave By default the IEEE 802 3ab specification defines how conflicts are handled Multi port devices such ...

Page 37: ...ve traffic throughput for certain network and system configurations however the default setting is optimal for common network and system configurations Do not change this setting without verifying that the desired change will have a positive effect on network performance Default Adaptive Range l Adaptive l Extreme l High l Medium l Low l Minimal l Off IPv4 Checksum Offload This allows the adapter ...

Page 38: ...mes 64 to 1518 bytes are used there is no benefit to configuring Jumbo Frames l The Jumbo Packets setting on the switch must be set to at least 8 bytes larger than the adapter setting for Microsoft Windows operating systems and at least 22 bytes larger for all other operating systems Default Disabled Range Disabled 1514 4088 or 9014 bytes Set the switch 4 bytes higher for CRC plus 4 bytes if using...

Page 39: ... 4567 8999 NOTE In a team Intel PROSet uses either l The primary adapter s permanent MAC address if the team does not have an LAA con figured or l The team s LAA if the team has an LAA configured Intel PROSet does not use an adapter s LAA if the adapter is the primary adapter in a team and the team has an LAA Log Link State Event This setting is used to enable disable the logging of link state cha...

Page 40: ...ices perform Network Virtualization using Generic Routing Encapsulation NVGRE processing offloading it from the operating system This reduces CPU utilization Performance Options Performance Profile Performance Profiles are supported on Intel 10GbE adapters and allow you to quickly optimize the performance of your Intel Ethernet Adapter Selecting a performance profile will automatically adjust some...

Page 41: ...iority VLAN Enabled Range l Priority VLAN Disabled l Priority Enabled l VLAN Enabled l Priority VLAN Enabled Quality of Service Quality of Service QoS allows the adapter to send and receive IEEE 802 3ac tagged frames 802 3ac tagged frames include 802 1p priority tagged frames and 802 1Q VLAN tagged frames In order to implement QoS the adapter must be connected to a switch that supports and is conf...

Page 42: ...ct if your system has only one processing unit LAN RSS Configuration RSS is enabled on the Advanced tab of the adapter property sheet If your adapter does not support RSS or if the SNP or SP2 is not installed the RSS setting will not be displayed If RSS is supported in your system environment the following will be displayed l Port NUMA Node This is the NUMA node number of a device l Starting RSS C...

Page 43: ...ager is installed If PROSet is not installed only 4 queues are available l Using 8 or more queues will require the system to reboot NOTE Not all settings are available on all adapters LAN RSS and Teaming l If RSS is not enabled for all adapters in a team RSS will be disabled for the team l If an adapter that does not support RSS is added to a team RSS will be disabled for the team l If you create ...

Page 44: ... to the operating system helps define the relation of PCI devices to individual processors However this detail is not currently reliably provided in all platforms Therefore using the tuning options may produce unexpected results Consistent or predictable results when using the performance options cannot be guaranteed The performance tuning options are listed in the LAN RSS Configuration section Ex...

Page 45: ...This example highlights the fact that platform architectures can vary in the number of PCI buses and where they are attached The figures below show two simplified platform architectures The first is the older common FSB style architecture in which multiple CPUs share access to a single MCH and or ESB that provides PCI bus and memory connectivity The second is a more recent architecture in which mu...

Page 46: ... options discussed above To make the locality of the FCoE queues even more obvious the application affinity can be assigned to an isolated set of CPUs on the same or another processor socket For example the IoMeter application can be set to run only on a finite number of hyper thread CPUs on any processor If the performance options have been set to direct queue allocation on a specific NUMA node t...

Page 47: ...g system verifies the TCP checksum With Offloading on the adapter completes the verification for the operating system Default RX TX Enabled Range l Disabled l RX Enabled l TX Enabled l RX TX Enabled TCP IP Offloading Options Thermal Monitoring Adapters and network controllers based on the Intel Ethernet Controller I350 and later controllers can display temperature data and automatically reduce the...

Page 48: ...s the adapter to verify the UDP checksum of incoming packets and compute the UDP checksum of outgoing packets This feature enhances receive and transmit performance and reduces CPU utilization With Offloading off the operating system verifies the UDP checksum With Offloading on the adapter completes the verification for the operating system Default RX TX Enabled Range l Disabled l RX Enabled l TX ...

Page 49: ...Microsoft Windows Server 2016 and later l Intel ANS VLANs are not compatible with Microsoft s Load Balancing and Failover LBFO teams Intel PROSet will block a member of an LBFO team from being added to an Intel ANS VLAN You should not add a port that is already part of an Intel ANS VLAN to an LBFO team as this may cause system instability The term VLAN Virtual Local Area Network refers to a collec...

Page 50: ...m are supported by Intel software l VLANs can co exist with teaming if the adapter supports both If you do this the team must be defined first then you can set up your VLAN l The Intel PRO 100 VE and VM Desktop Adapters and Network Connections can be used in a switch based VLAN but do not support IEEE Tagging l You can set up only one untagged VLAN per adapter or team You must have at least one ta...

Page 51: ...tem by grouping them together ANS teaming can use features like fault tolerance and load balancing to increase throughput and reliability Before creating a team or adding team members make sure each team member has been configured similarly Settings to check include VLANs and QoS Packet Tagging Jumbo Packets and the various offloads Pay particular attention when using different adapter models or a...

Page 52: ...eturned to service failback Alternatively an activation delay may be configured on the adapters to prevent data loss when spanning tree is used Set the Activation Delay on the advanced tab of team properties l Fibre Channel over Ethernet Data Center Bridging will be automatically disabled when an adapter is added to a team with non FCoE DCB capable adapters Configuring ANS Teams Advanced Network S...

Page 53: ...adapter that you want to remove from the team 5 Click OK Renaming a Team 1 Open the Team Properties dialog box by double clicking on a team listing in the Computer Man agement window 2 Click the Settings tab 3 Click Modify Team then click the Name tab 4 Type a new team name then click OK Removing a Team 1 Open the Team Properties dialog box by double clicking on a team listing in the Computer Man ...

Page 54: ... reboot Server Manager will report that LBFO is Enabled and the LBFO interface is present in the NIC Teaming GUI 3 Remove the ANS teams and VLANs involved in the LBFO team and recreate them This is an optional all bindings are restored when the LBFO team is removed but strongly recommended step NOTES l If you add an Intel AMT enabled port to an LBFO team do not set the port to Standby in the LBFO ...

Page 55: ... device l The device has OS Controlled selected on the Data Center tab l The device has a virtual NIC bound to it l The device is part of a Microsoft Load Balancing and Failover LBFO team Teaming Modes Adapter Fault Tolerance AFT provides automatic redundancy for a server s network connection If the primary adapter fails the secondary adapter takes over Adapter Fault Tolerance supports two to eigh...

Page 56: ...gs are available in Intel PROSet s Advanced tab Pay particular atten tion when using different adapter models or adapter versions as adapter capabilities vary l If team members implement Advanced features differently failover and team functionality will be affected To avoid team implementation issues l Create teams that use similar adapter types and models l Reload the team after adding an adapter...

Page 57: ...ide fault tolerance will continue to send and receive traffic Failover is the initial transfer of traffic from the failed link to a good link Failback occurs when the original adapter regains link You can use the Activation Delay setting located on the Advanced tab of the team s properties in Device Manager to specify a how long the failover adapter waits before becoming active If you don t want y...

Page 58: ...ntermediate driver running on the server performs the load balancing function The ALB architecture utilizes knowledge of Layer 3 information to achieve optimum distribution of the server transmission load ALB is implemented by assigning one of the physical channels as Primary and all other physical channels as Secondary Packets leaving the server can use any one of the physical channels but incomi...

Page 59: ...t be connected to a Static Link Aggregation capable switch If the speed capabilities of adapters in a Static Link Aggregation team are different the speed of the team is dependent on the switch l Static Link Aggregation teaming requires that the switch be set up for Static Link Aggregation teaming and that spanning tree protocol is turned off l An Intel AMT enabled adapter cannot be used in an SLA...

Page 60: ...e adapter to the switch Although you can change speed and duplex settings after the team is created Intel recommends you disconnect the cables until settings are in effect In some cases switches or servers might not appro priately recognize modified speed or duplex settings if settings are changed when there is an active link to the network l If you are configuring a VLAN check your switch documen...

Page 61: ...ment tab replaces the standard Microsoft Windows Power Management tab in Device Manager The standard Windows power management functionality is included on the Intel PROSet tab NOTES l The options available on the Power Management tab are adapter and system dependent Not all adapters will display all options There may be BIOS or operating system settings that need to be enabled for your system to w...

Page 62: ...ACPI capable Windows does not support waking from a power off S5 state only from standby S3 or hibernate S4 When shutting down the system these states shut down ACPI devices including Intel adapters This disarms the adapter s remote wake up capability However in some ACPI capable computers the BIOS may have a setting that allows you to override the operating system and wake from an S5 state anyway...

Page 63: ...ter l Intel Ethernet Server Adapter X520 2 l Intel Ethernet Server Adapter X520 1 l Intel Ethernet Server Adapter X540 T1 l Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X540 T2 l Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X540 T1 l Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710 2 l Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710 4 l Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710 T4 l Intel Ethernet Converge...

Page 64: ...port Module command delete the trailing backslash from the path before pressing Return to execute the command See Microsoft TechNet for more information about the Import Module cmdlet System requirements for using IntelNetCmdlets l Microsoft Windows PowerShell version 2 0 l NET version 2 0 Configuring SR IOV for improved network security In a virtualized environment on Intel Server Adapters that s...

Page 65: ...ws PowerShell not the 32 bit x86 version when running the SaveRestore ps1 script Command Line Syntax SaveRestore ps1 Action save restore ConfigPath BDF SaveRestore ps1 has the following command line options Option Description Action Required Valid values save restore The save option saves adapter and team settings that have been changed from the default settings When you restore with the resulting...

Page 66: ...s Intel Wired Networking DMIX 3 Type the following SaveRestore ps1 Action Save ConfigPath e settings txt Restore Example To restore the adapter settings from a file on removable media do the following 1 Open a Windows PowerShell Prompt 2 Navigate to the directory where SaveRestore ps1 is located generally c Program Files Intel Wired Networking DMIX 3 Type the following SaveRestore ps1 Action Resto...

Page 67: ...d in the scanning list etc When the driver detects multiple NICs Ports it will report all of the possible slots The only way for the driver to know which driver instance is being loaded is to use the DRIVERNAME parameter instance number Therefore it is essential that the DRIVERNAME parameter instance syntax defined below be used correctly The adapters are automatically configured by the PCI system...

Page 68: ...s its section in PROTOCOL INI by matching its instance ID to the value for this parameter Possible Errors The device driver uses a DOS function to display the name of the driver it is expecting This function cannot display a character For this reason the user may see a message refer ring to this value without the the user must remember to enter the character as part of the parameter s value SPEEDD...

Page 69: ...l The value can not be all zeros l The value can not have the Multicast bit set LSB of 2nd digit 1 Example NODE 00AA00123456 Default Value from EEPROM installed on adapter Normal Behavior The Current Station Address in the NDIS MAC Service Specific Characteristics MSSC table is assigned the value of this parameter The adapter hardware is programmed to receive frames with the destination address eq...

Page 70: ...PAUSE frames if the ReportTxEarly parameter is set to 1 Thus if ReportTxEarly 1 and the driver is running on an adapter using this silicon such as the PWLA8490 the driver will modify the FlowControl parameter to disable the ability to receive PAUSE frames l If half duplex is forced or auto negotiated the driver will completely disable flow control Syntax FLOWCONTROL 0 1 2 3 0xFF Example FLOWCONTRO...

Page 71: ...nabled Possible Errors None TXLOOPCOUNT This parameter controls the number of times the transmit routine loops while waiting for a free transmit buffer This parameter can affect Transmit performance Syntax TXLOOPCOUNT 32 bit value Example TXLOOPCOUNT 10000 Default 1000 Normal Behavior Default Possible Errors None ...

Page 72: ...is transmitting IEEE TLVs it will automatically transition to the IEEE version For more information on DCB including the DCB Capability Exchange Protocol Specification go to http www ieee802 org 1 pages dcbridges html DCB for Windows Configuration Intel Ethernet Adapter DCB functions can be configured using Windows Device Manager Open the adapter s property sheet and select the Data Center tab You...

Page 73: ... installation of the iSCSI DCB Agent iscsidcb exe user mode service The Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator enables the connection of a Windows host to an external iSCSI storage array using an Intel Ethernet adapter Please consult your operating system documentation for configuration details Enable DCB on the adapter by the following 1 From Windows Device Manager expand Networking Adapters and high...

Page 74: ...al configuration details on their particular Open iSCSI initiator Intel 82599 and X540 based adapters support iSCSI within a Data Center Bridging cloud Used in conjunction with switches and targets that support the iSCSI DCB application TLV this solution can provide guaranteed minimum bandwidth for iSCSI traffic between the host and target This solution enables storage administrators to segment iS...

Page 75: ...s tab in Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager will allow the UEFI FLB image to be installed on the network adapter Updating the Flash from Linux The BootUtil command line utility can update the flash on an Intel Ethernet network adapter Run BootUtil with the following command line options to update the flash on all supported Intel network adapters For example enter the following command line bo...

Page 76: ...k source code are available for download at www tianocore org Loading the UEFI Network Driver The network driver can be loaded using the UEFI shell load command load e3040e2 efi Configuring UEFI Network Stack for PXE The PXE Preboot eXecution Environment based UEFI network stack provides support for UEFI network boot loaders downloaded from a WFM compliant PXE server Services which can be enabled ...

Page 77: ...P F8 00000010 D 2 ARP Network Service Driver Arp F9 00000010 D 2 Tcp Network Service Driver Tcp4 FA 00000010 D 2 IP4 Network Service Driver Ip4 FB 00000010 D 2 DHCP Protocol Driver Dhcp4 FC 00000010 D 6 UDP Network Service Driver Udp4 FD 00000010 D 2 MTFTP4 Network Service Mtftp4 FE 00000010 B 2 6 MNP Network Service Driver mnp efi FF 03099900 B X X 2 2 Intel R Network Connection 3 0 00 e3000e2 ef...

Page 78: ...e If the port is connected and link is up initialize will generally finish in about 3 5 seconds the time needed to establish link dependent on link conditions link speed and controller type and returns PXE_STATFLAGS_ COMMAND_COMPLETE If the port is disconnected link is down initialize will complete in about 5 seconds and return PXE_STATFLAGS_INIIALIZED_NO_MEDIA driver initializes hardware then wai...

Page 79: ...hat setting from the Value drop down list 6 Repeat the preceding two steps to change any additional settings 7 Once you have completed your changes click Apply Changes to update the adapter with the new values Configuring the Intel Boot Agent in an MS DOS Environment Intel provides a utility Intel Ethernet Flash Firmware Utility BootUtil for installing and configuring the Intel Boot Agent using th...

Page 80: ...nly Sets the boot order in which devices are selected during boot up if the computer does not have its own control method If your client computer s BIOS supports the BIOS Boot Specification BBS or allows PnP compliant selection of the boot order in the BIOS setup program then this setting will always be Use BIOS Setup Boot Order and cannot be changed In this case refer to the BIOS setup manual spe...

Page 81: ...ociated instructions for Windows Deployment Services For more information on Windows Deployment Services perform a search of Microsoft articles at http technet microsoft com en us library default aspx Intel Boot Agent Messages Message Text Cause Invalid PMM function num ber PMM is not installed or is not working correctly Try updating the BIOS PMM allocation error PMM could not or did not allocate...

Page 82: ...l Boot Agent determined that the adapter EEPROM checksum is incorrect The agent will return control to the BIOS and not attempt to remote boot Try to update the flash image If this does not solve the problem contact your system administrator or Intel Customer Support PXE E06 Option ROM requires DDIM support The system BIOS does not support DDIM The BIOS does not support the mapping of the PCI expa...

Page 83: ...ter does not detect link Please make sure that the cable is good and is attached to a working hub or switch The link light visible from the back of the adapter should be lit PXE EC1 Base code ROM ID struc ture was not found No base code could be located An incorrect flash image is installed or the image has become corrupted Try to update the flash image PXE EC3 BC ROM ID struc ture is invalid Base...

Page 84: ...onsult your system administrator PXE M0E Retrying net work boot press ESC to cancel The Intel Boot Agent did not successfully complete a network boot due to a network error such as not receiving a DHCP offer The Intel Boot Agent will continue to attempt to boot from the network until successful or until canceled by the user This feature is disabled by default For information on how to enable this ...

Page 85: ... need further assistance POST hang may occur if two or more ports on Quad Port Server Adapters are configured for PXE If you have an Intel Gigabit VT Quad Port Server Adapter Intel PRO 1000 PT Quad Port LP Server Adapter or an Intel PRO 1000 PF Quad Port Server Adapter with two or more ports configured for PXE you may experience POST hangs on some server systems If this occurs the suggested workar...

Page 86: ...RQ The hardware interrupt assigned by the system BIOS UNB The address in upper memory where the Boot Agent is installed by the BIOS PCI ID The set of PCI identification values from the adapter in the form VendorID DeviceID SubvendorID SubdeviceID Revision Slot The PCI bus address slot number reported by the BIOS NOTE The number displayed is the BIOS version of the PCI slot number Therefore actual ...

Page 87: ...n iSCSI initiator utilities yum y install iscsi inititator utils 2 Refer to the README file found at https github com mikechristie open iscsi 3 Configure your iSCSI array to allow access a Examine etc iscsi initiatorname iscsi for the Linux host initiator name b Update your volume manager with this host initiator name 4 Set iscsi to start on boot chkconfig iscscd on chkconfig iscsi on 5 Start iSCS...

Page 88: ...described below l One network port in the system can be selected as the primary boot port by pressing the P key when highlighted The primary boot port will be the first port used by Intel Ethernet iSCSI Boot to connect to the iSCSI target Only one port may be selected as a primary boot port l One network port in the system can be selected as the secondary boot port by pressing the S key when highl...

Page 89: ...tail in the section below l Discard Changes and Exit Selecting this option will discard all changes made in the iSCSI Boot Configuration and CHAP Configuration setup screens and return back to the iSCSI Boot Port Selec tion Menu l Save Changes and Exit Selecting this option will save all changes made in the iSCSI Boot Con figuration and CHAP Configuration setup screens After selecting this option ...

Page 90: ...used by the port during the entire iSCSI session This option is visible if DHCP is not enabled l Subnet Mask Enter the IP subnet mask in this field This should be the IP subnet mask used on the network which the selected port will be connecting to for iSCSI This option is visible if DHCP is not enabled l Gateway IP Enter the IP address of the network gateway in this field This field is necessary i...

Page 91: ...authentication a user name and target pass word must be entered l User Name Enter the CHAP user name in this field This must be the same as the CHAP user name configured on the iSCSI target l Target Secret Enter the CHAP password in this field This must be the same as the CHAP password configured on the iSCSI target and must be between 12 and 16 characters in length This password can not be the sa...

Page 92: ... at the same time Both these initiators use the same Initiator Name and IP Address to con nect and access the OS disk but these two initiators will establish different iSCSI sessions In order for the target to support iSCSI Boot the target must be capable of supporting multiple sessions and client logins 1 Configure a disk volume on your iSCSI target system Note the LUN ID of this volume for use w...

Page 93: ...ollowing format iscsi server name or IP address protocol port LUN targetname l Server name DHCP server name or valid IPv4 address literal Example 192 168 0 20 l Protocol Transportation protocol used by ISCSI Default is tcp 6 No other protocols are currently supported l Port Port number of the iSCSI A default value of 3260 will be used if this field is left blank l LUN LUN ID configured on iSCSI ta...

Page 94: ...SCSI booted Windows Server x64 by the Intel iSCSI Crash Dump Driver To ensure a full memory dump is created 1 Set the page file size equal to or greater than the amount of RAM installed on your system is necessary for a full memory dump 2 Ensure that the amount of free space on your hard disk is able to handle the amount of RAM installed on your system To setup crash dump support follow these step...

Page 95: ...sive after Intel Ethernet iSCSI Boot displays the sign on banner or after connecting to the iSCSI target l A critical system error has occurred during iSCSI Remote Boot initialization Power on the system and press the s key or ESC key before Intel iSCSI Remote Boot initializes This will bypass the Intel Ethernet iSCSI Boot initialization process and allow the system to boot to a local drive Use th...

Page 96: ...ot be made Verify that the iSCSI initiator name iSCSI target name target IP address and target port number are configured properly in the iSCSI setup menu for static configuration or on the DHCP server for dynamic BOOTP configuration Error message displayed Unsupported SCSI disk block size l The iSCSI target system is configured to use a disk block size that is not supported by Intel Ethernet iSCS...

Page 97: ...th the specified iSCSI target name could not be found on the target system Verify that the con figured iSCSI target name and initiator name match the settings on the iSCSI target Error message dis played ERROR iSCSI target can not accept any more connections l The iSCSI target cannot accept any new connections This error could be caused by a configured limit on the iSCSI target or a lim itation of...

Page 98: ... a blue screen During installation of Microsoft Windows Server 2012 on an iSCSI LUN if you inject drivers from a DUP during the installation you may experience a blue screen Please install the hotfix described in kb2782676 to resolve the issue Microsoft Initiator does not boot without link on boot port After setting up the system for Intel Ethernet iSCSI Boot with two ports connected to a target a...

Page 99: ...n you may experience a blue screen Please install the hotfix described in kb2782676 to resolve the issue Adapters flashed with iSCSI image are not removed from the Device Manager during uninstall During uninstallation all other Intel Network Connection Software is removed but drivers for iSCSI Boot adapters that have boot priority I OAT Offload may stop with Intel Ethernet iSCSI Boot or with Micro...

Page 100: ...0 of Installing Windows 2003 without a Local Disk because of a conflict between the Intel F6 driver the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator and the following EMC target model firmware versions l AX4 5 arrays 02 23 050 5 705 or higher l CX300 CX500 CX700 and CX 3 Series arrays 03 26 020 5 021 or higher l CX 4 Series arrays 04 28 000 5 701 or higher including all 04 29 000 5 xxx revisions To avoid the failure...

Page 101: ...Linux Known Issues Channel Bonding Linux Channel Bonding has basic compatibility issues with iSCSI Boot and should not be used Authentications errors on EqualLogic target may show up in dmesg when running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 These error messages do not indicate a block in login or booting and may safely be ignored LRO and iSCSI Incompatibility LRO Large Receive Offload is incompatible with ...

Page 102: ... additional information about these registry settings Set the PathRecoveryInterval value to 60 Intel Ethernet FCoE Configuration Using Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager Many FCoE functions can also be configured or revised using Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager accessed from the FCoE Properties button within the Data Center tab You can use Intel PROSet to perform the following tasks l...

Page 103: ...orts FCoE Boot l Intel Ethernet FCoE Boot is an Active Image option if FCoE Boot is supported by the combo image l The Active Image setting enables disables Intel Ethernet FCoE Boot in the EEPROM l Intel Ethernet FCoE Boot settings are displayed if FCoE Boot is the active image Installing Windows Server from a Remote Disk Diskless Install After the Option ROM is installed if you wish to install th...

Page 104: ...rved partition exists on the FCoE disk type bcdboot F Windows s E where E is the FCoE System Reserved partition and F is the FCoE partition with the Win dows directory l If a System Reserved partition does not exist type bcdboot E Windows s E where E is the FCoE partition with the Windows directory 7 Shut down and remove the local disk 8 Configure the system BIOS to boot from the FCoE disk and boo...

Page 105: ...ion Menu To configure Intel Ethernet FCoE Boot switch on or reset the system and press Ctrl D when the message Press Ctrl D to run setup is displayed After pressing Ctrl D you will be taken to the Intel Ethernet FCoE Boot Port Selection Setup Menu The first screen of the Intel Ethernet FCoE Boot Setup Menu displays a list of Intel FCoE Boot capable adapters For each adapter port the associated SAN...

Page 106: ...e Discover VLAN value displayed is not what you want enter the correct value Highlight Discover Targets and then press Enter to show targets associated with the Discover VLAN value Under Target WWPN if you know the desired WWPN you can manually enter it or press Enter to display a list of previously discovered targets ...

Page 107: ...FCoE Target Selection Menu ...

Page 108: ... Targets which will display a VLAN If the VLAN displayed is not the one you require enter the VLAN manually and then perform Discover Targets on that VLAN Hit Save NOTE After the Discover Targets function is executed the Option ROM will attempt to remain logged into the fabric until the FCoE Boot Targets Configuration Menu is exited l Keyboard Shortcuts Up Down TAB and SHIFT TAB to move between th...

Page 109: ...xample nic 1 NOTE The UEFI FCoE driver must be loaded before you perform the following steps Accessing the FCoE Configuration Screen Boot the system into its BIOS and proceed as follows 1 Select the Advanced tab then choose PCI Configuration then UEFI Option ROM Control then FCOE Configuration 2 The following screen is displayed Adding an FCoE Attempt An FCoE Attempt is a configured instance of a ...

Page 110: ...natively you can manually enter the fields on the FCoE Boot Targets Configuration screen The Select from Discovered Tar gets option displays a list of previously discovered targets 4 Select Auto Discovery Note that the auto discovery process may take several minutes When auto discovery is complete the Select Target screen is displayed Discover VLAN is the VLAN associated with a discovered adapter ...

Page 111: ...he list The FCoE Boot Targets Configuration screen is displayed with completed fields for the selected target 6 Press F10 Save to add this FCoE attempt The FCoE Configuration screen is displayed with the newly added FCoE attempt listed ...

Page 112: ...Delete Attempts 2 Select one or more attempts to delete as shown below note that the example now shows three added attempts 3 To delete the selected attempts choose Commit Changes and Exit To exit this screen without deleted the selected attempts choose Discard Changes and Exit ...

Page 113: ...vided by your system or operating system vendor Listed below are the basic steps necessary to setup Intel Ethernet FCoE Boot to work with most FCoE targets The specific steps will vary from one vendor to another NOTE If your FCoE Boot target is on a VLAN other than VLAN 1 then you must use the POST Boot Menu Ctrl D to discover the target Installing Microsoft Windows Server from a Remote Disk Diskl...

Page 114: ... Boot disk is available in the Fabric View tab of Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager and verify that you are online using Windows Disk Manager 3 Open a command prompt run the fcoeprep bat batch file To find the batch file navigate to your archi tecture s directory within the APPS FCOEBOOT Winx64 Setup directory 4 Shut Windows down and capture the OS image to a local disk partition 5 Transfer ...

Page 115: ... disks s from the Virtual Machine before altering the Intel adapter configuration Virtual Port may disappear from Virtual Machine When the Virtual Machine starts it asks the Intel Ethernet Virtual Storage Miniport Driver for FCoE the driver to create a Virtual Port If the driver is subsequently disabled the Virtual Port may disappear The only way to get the Virtual Port back is to enable the drive...

Page 116: ...e to direct crash dump to another FCoE LUN FCoE uninstall from a local disk may be blocked because installer inaccurately reports system is booted from FCoE When the FCoE Option ROM connects to an FCoE disk during boot the Windows installer may be unable to determine if the system was booted from FCoE or not and will block the FCoE uninstall To uninstall configure the Option ROM so that it does no...

Page 117: ...install method The following situation may arise when installing Windows for FCoE Boot using the imaging method Windows boots successfully from the FCoE LUN when the local drive is installed but when the local drive is removed Windows seems to boot but fails before reaching the desktop In this case it is likely that the Windows installation resides on both the FCoE LUN and local drive This can be ...

Page 118: ...ry 5 for 1000BASE T or 100BASE TX or a 4 pair Category 6 for 10GBASE T l Perform a cable test l Replace the cable l Check the link partner switch hub etc l Make sure the link partner is active and can send and receive traffic l Make sure the adapter and link partner settings match one another or are set to auto negotiate l Make sure the port is enabled l Re connect to another available port or ano...

Page 119: ...icts and sharing problems Make sure the other adapter supports shared interrupts Also make sure your operating system supports shared interrupts Unload all PCI device drivers then reload all drivers Adapter unable to connect to switch at correct speed Gigabit adapter connects at 100 Mbps and 10 gigabit adapter con nects at 1000 Mbps This is applicable only to copper based connections Make sure the...

Page 120: ...onitoring the lights The diagnostic utility reports the adapter is Not enabled by BIOS The PCI BIOS isn t configuring the adapter correctly See PCI PCI X PCI Express Configuration The computer hangs when the drivers are loaded Try changing the PCI BIOS interrupt settings See PCI PCI X PCI Express Configuration The Fan Fail LED of the 10 Gigabit AT Server Adapter is on red The fan cooling solution ...

Page 121: ... operating at peak efficiency Among them are the following l Cable quality and length Do not exceed the maximum recommended length for your cable type Shorter lengths often provide better results Check for loose or damaged connectors Check the cable for kinked or damaged sections l Bus speed and traffic The PCI bus speed accommodates the slowest PCI card installed Check to see if you have a card t...

Page 122: ...lets for testing your adapter l Test IntelNetDiagnostics runs the specified test suite on the specified device See the Test IntelNetDiagnostics help inside PowerShell for more information l Test IntelNetIdentifyAdapter blinks the LED on the specified device Linux Diagnostics The driver utilizes the ethtool interface for driver configuration and diagnostics as well as displaying statistical informa...

Page 123: ...rk connection in your system this screen will be bypassed l If you have a dual port or quad port adapter each port is listed separately starting with Port A then Port B etc You can find the port information on the bracket label 3 Select the adapter you want to test by moving the highlight and pressing Enter The test utility pro gram displays its main menu View Adapter Configuration Selecting View ...

Page 124: ...rrupt by setting the interrupt cause register and then verifies that an interrupt has been triggered Loopback There are two internal loopback tests These tests set the adapter in the appropriate loopback mode and send packets back through the adapter s receive circuitry and logic These tests are chipset dependent and may not be selectable Link Checks to see if the adapter has link or does not have...

Page 125: ...board The following tables define the meaning for the possible states of the indicator lights for each adapter board Dual Port QSFP Adapters Label Indication Meaning ACT LNK Green Linked at 40 Gb Yellow Linked at 1 10 Gb Blinking On OFF Actively transmitting or receiving data Off No link The Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter XL710 Q2 has the following indicator lights ...

Page 126: ...receiving data Off No link The Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter XL710 Q1 has the following indicator lights Label Indication Meaning ACT LNK Green Linked at 10 Gb Yellow Linked at 1 Gb Blinking On OFF Actively transmitting or receiving data Off No link The Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X520 Q1 has the following indicator lights ...

Page 127: ...onverged Network Adapter X710 2 has the following indicator lights Label Indication Meaning GRN 10G A or B Green On Linked to the LAN Off Not linked to the LAN ACT LNK A or B Green Blinking On Off Actively transmitting or receiving data Off No link The Intel 10 Gigabit AF DA Dual Port Server Adapter and Intel Ethernet Server Adapter X520 series of adapters have the following indicator lights ...

Page 128: ...receiving data Off No link The Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710 4 has the following indicator lights Label Indication Meaning ACT L NK Green Linked at 10 Gb Yellow Linked at 1 Gb Blinking On OFF Actively transmitting or receiving data Off No link The Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X520 4 has the following indicator lights ...

Page 129: ...Meaning Link Green Linked at 10 Gb Yellow Linked at 1 Gb Off Linked at 100 Mbps Activity Blinking On Off Actively transmitting or receiving data Off No link The Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X550 T2 has the following indicator lights ...

Page 130: ...aning Link Green Linked at 10 Gb Yellow Linked at 1 Gb Off No link Activity Blinking On Off Actively transmitting or receiving data Off No link The Intel Ethernet Server Adapter X520 T2 has the following indicator lights ...

Page 131: ...er I350 T2 I340 T2 PRO 1000 P PT Dual Port and Gigabit ET Dual Port Server Adapters have the following indicator lights Label Indication Meaning ACT LNK Green on The port is connected to a valid link partner Green flashing Data activity Yellow flashing Identity Use the Identify Adapter button in Intel PROSet to control blinking See Intel PROSet Help for more information Off No link 10 OFF 100 GRN ...

Page 132: ...r adapter with three LEDs per port has the following indicator lights Label Indication Meaning ACT LNK On The adapter and switch are receiving power the cable connection between the switch and adapter is good NOTE if only one port appears to be operating go into the Network control panel Windows or a configuration file for other operating system and check the status of the second port Off The adap...

Page 133: ... Meaning Link Green Linked at 10 Gb Yellow Linked at 1 Gb Off Linked at 100 Mbps Activity Off No link Blinking On Off Actively transmitting or receiving data The Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X550 T1 has the following indicator lights ...

Page 134: ...K Green on The adapter is connected to a valid link partner Green blinking Data activity Off No link Green blinking Identity Use the Identify Adapter button in Intel PROSet or the BLINK command in IBAUtil to control blinking See Intel PROSet Help for more inform ation 1Gig 10Gig Off No link Green 10 Gbps Yellow 1 Gbps FAN FAIL Red Over temperature event occurred The adapter will be shut down to av...

Page 135: ...et Help for more information The Intel PRO 1000 PT Server Adapter has the following indicator lights Label Indication Meaning ACT LNK Green on The adapter is connected to a valid link partner Green flashing Data activity Off No link Yellow flashing Identity Use the Identify Adapter button in Intel PROSet to control blinking See Intel PROSet Help for more information 10 OFF 100 GRN 1000 ORG Off 10 ...

Page 136: ...00 Mbps The Intel Gigabit CT2 Gigabit CT PRO 1000 T and PRO 1000 MT Desktop Adapters have the fol lowing indicator lights Label Indication Meaning ACT LNK Green on The adapter is connected to a valid link partner Green flashing Data activity Off No link Yellow flashing Identity Use the Identify Adapter button in Intel PROSet to control blinking See Intel PROSet Help for more information 10 100 100...

Page 137: ... has the following indicator lights Label Indication Meaning ACT LNK On The adapter and switch are receiving power the cable connection between the switch and adapter is good Off The adapter and switch are not receiving power or you have a driver configuration problem Flashing The adapter is sending or receiving net work data The frequency of the flashes varies with the amount of network traffic 1...

Page 138: ... Meaning ACT Green on The adapter is connected to a valid link partner Green flashing Data activity Off No link LNK Green 10 Gbps Yellow 1 Gbps Off 100 Mbps The Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710 T4 has the following indicator lights ...

Page 139: ...r I350 T4 I340 T4 Gigabit ET and PRO 1000 PT Quad Port LP Server Adapters have the following indicator lights Label Indication Meaning Top LED ACT LNK Green on The port is connected to a valid link partner Green flashing Data activity Orange flashing Identity Use the Identify Adapter button in Intel PROSet to control blinking See Intel PROSet Help for more information Off No link Bottom LED 10 100...

Page 140: ...the following indicator lights Label Indication Meaning ACT LNK On The adapter is connected to a valid link partner Blinking Adapter is actively passing traffic Identity Use the Identify Adapter button in Intel PROSet to control blinking See Intel PROSet Help for more information Off No link The Intel PRO 1000 MF PF and Gigabit EF Dual Port Server Adapters have the following indicator lights for e...

Page 141: ...el PROSet Help for more information Off No link Label Indication Meaning ACT LNK On The adapter is connected to a valid link partner Blinking Adapter is actively passing traffic Identity Use the Identify Adapter button in Intel PROSet to control blinking See Intel PROSet Help for more information Off No link The Intel PRO 1000 MF and PF Server Adapters have the following indicator lights ...

Page 142: ...e information The Intel PRO 1000 XF Server Adapter has the following indicator lights Label Indication Meaning TX On The adapter is sending data RX On The adapter is receiving data LNK On The adapter is connected to a valid link partner and is receiving link pulses Off No link not labeled Flashing Identity Use the Identify Adapter button in Intel PROSet to control blinking See Intel PROSet Help fo...

Page 143: ...Adapters Label Indication Meaning GRN 1G Green on The adapter is connected to a valid link part ner Green flash ing Data activity Off No link The Intel Ethernet Server Adapter I340 F4 has the following indicator lights ...

Page 144: ...Indication Meaning ACT LNK Green on The adapter is connected to a valid link partner Green flashing Data activity Off No link The Intel PRO 1000 PF Quad Port Server Adapter has the following indicator lights ...

Page 145: ...sable TSO or update the network to operate in full duplex or 1 Gbps Throughput Reduction After Hot Replace If an Intel gigabit adapter is under extreme stress and is hot swapped throughput may significantly drop This may be due to the PCI property configuration by the Hot Plug software If this occurs throughput can be restored by restarting the system CPU Utilization Higher Than Expected Setting R...

Page 146: ...rames setting Inside a guest partition on a Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper V virtual machine if you change the jumbo frame Advanced setting on an Intel X540 based Ethernet Device or associated Hyper V NetAdapter you may lose link Changing any other Advanced Setting will resolve the issue Virtual Machine Queues are not allocated until reboot On a Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 system with...

Page 147: ...ging the setting to NUMAScalingStatic will resolve the issue Opening Windows Device Manager property sheet takes longer than expected The Windows Device Manager property sheet may take 60 seconds or longer to open The driver must discover all Intel Ethernet devices and initialize them before it can open the property sheet This data is cached so subsequent openings of the property sheet are general...

Page 148: ...2599 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controllers might not pass traffic Attempting to make driver changes in this state may cause system instability Set the value of RSSBaseCpu to 0x0 or to a value corresponding to a physical processor and reboot the system to resolve the issue Continuous PFC pause frames sent from Intel Ethernet X520 based devices If you have an Intel Ethernet X520 based device connected to ...

Page 149: ...ller do not support diagnostics Support will be added in a future release Unexpected IntelDCB errors in the Windows Application Event Log After upgrading your X710 drivers you may see several IntelDCB errors in the Windows Application Event Log These errors are erroneous and can be ignored Lower than expected throughput on X710 XL710 based devices If you have an X710 or XL710 based device installe...

Page 150: ...el 10 Gigabit SR Dual Port Express Module l Intel 10 Gigabit AT Server Adapter l Intel Gigabit ET Quad Port Mezzanine Card l Intel PRO 1000 MT Quad Port Server Adapter FCC Class B Products l Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710 2 l Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710 4 l Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710 T4 l Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter XL710 Q1 l Intel ...

Page 151: ...ntel PRO 1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter l Intel PRO 1000 GT Quad Port Server Adapter l Intel PRO 1000 PT Quad Port Server Adapter l Intel PRO 1000 PT Quad Port LP Server Adapter l Intel PRO 1000 GT Desktop Adapter l Intel PRO 1000 PT Desktop Adapter l Intel PRO 1000 MF Server Adapter l Intel PRO 1000 MF Dual Port Server Adapter l Intel PRO 1000 PF Server Adapter l Intel PRO 1000 PF Dual Port Ser...

Page 152: ...otice No 2012 14 2012 06 28 Korea Class B products l FCC Part 15 Class B Radiated Conducted Emissions USA l CAN ICES 3 B NMB 3 B Radiated Conducted Emissions Canada l CISPR 22 Radiated Conducted Emissions International l EN55022 2010 Radiated Conducted Emissions European Union l EN55024 2010 Immunity European Union l EU EMC Directive 2004 108 EC l VCCI Class B Radiated Conducted Emissions Japan ex...

Page 153: ...e designed to provide reasonable pro tection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio com munications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful...

Page 154: ...r there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures l Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna l Increase the separation b...

Page 155: ...c Compatibility Notices FCC Declaration of Conformity Statement The following products have been tested to Comply with FCC Standards for Home or Office Use PRO 1000 MT PRO 1000 PT PRO 1000 GT Gigabit PT Gigabit ET I210 T1 I340 T2 T4 I350 T2 T4 PRO 100 M Desktop Adapter PRO 100 S Desktop Adapter PRO 100 S Server Adapter and PRO 100 S Dual Port Server Adapter Canadian Compliance Industry Canada CAN ...

Page 156: ...eclares that the equipment described in this document is in conformance with the requirements of the European Council Directive listed below l Low Voltage Directive 2006 95 EC l EMC Directive2004 108 EC l RoHS Directive 2011 65 EU These products follow the provisions of the European Directive 1999 5 EC ...

Page 157: ...PR 22 Class A RF Emissions Control EN 55024 2010 CISPR 24 Immunity to Electromagnetic Disturbance EN 60950 1 2006 A11 2009A1 2010 A12 2011 Information Technology Equipment Safety Part 1 General Requirements EN 50581 2012 Technical documentation for the assessment of electrical and electronic products with respect to the restriction of hazardous substances This declaration is based upon compliance ...

Page 158: ... fiber optics cable properly connected when power is available to the product The Laser device must be factory serviced ONLY by the responsible manufacturer NO adjustments service or maintenance is to be performed otherwise CAUTION Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure These Class 1 Laser devices Com...

Page 159: ...he most up to date information about Intel products including installation instructions troubleshooting tips and general product information Web and Internet Sites Support http www intel com support Corporate Site for Network Products http www intel com products ethernet overview htm ...

Page 160: ...l component products is not licensed hereunder 2 Subject to all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement Intel Corporation Intel grants to you a non exclusive non assignable copyright license to use the Software 3 You may not copy modify rent sell distribute or transfer any part of the Software except as provided in this Agreement and you agree to prevent unauthorized copying of the Software ...

Page 161: ... derivatives thereof to any third party without the express written consent of Intel 7 The Software may include portions offered on terms differing from those set out here as set out in a license accompanying those portions LICENSE RESTRICTIONS You may NOT i use or copy the Software except as provided in this Agreement ii rent or lease the Software to any third party iii assign this Agreement or t...

Page 162: ... written agreement your use of the pre release Software is also governed by such agreement LIMITED MEDIA WARRANTY If the Software has been delivered by Intel on physical media Intel warrants the media to be free from material physical defects for a period of ninety days after delivery by Intel If such a defect is found return the media to Intel for replacement or alternate delivery of the Software...

Page 163: ... You may not export the Software in violation of applicable export laws and regulations Intel is not obligated under any other agreements unless they are in writing and signed by an authorized representative of Intel GOVERNMENT RESTRICTED RIGHTS The enclosed Software and documentation were developed at private expense and are provided with RESTRICTED RIGHTS Use duplication or disclosure by the Gov...

Page 164: ...ial Authorization RMA number by calling 1 916 377 7000 If the Customer Support Group verifies that the adapter product is defective they will have the RMA department issue you an RMA number to place on the outer package of the adapter product Intel cannot accept any product without an RMA number on the package All other locations Return the adapter product to the place of purchase for a refund or ...

Page 165: ... ground traffic control systems by Licensee or Sublicensees and such use is entirely at the user s risk Licensee agrees to defend indemnify and hold Intel harmless from and against any and all claims arising out of use of the adapter product in such applications by Licensee or Sublicensees Software Software provided with the adapter product is not covered under the hardware warranty described abov...

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