Intel Ethernet Controller Products

Release 26.2 Release Notes

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Revision History

Revision Date Comments

1.0 March 2021 • Initial release.

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1.0 Overview
This document provides an overview of the changes introduced in the latest Intel® Ethernet controller/
adapter family of products. References to more detailed information are provided where necessary. The
information contained in this document is intended as supplemental information only; it should be used
in conjunction with the documentation provided for each component.
These release notes list the features supported in this software release, known issues, and issues that
were resolved during release development.

1.1 Supported Intel® Ethernet Controller Devices

Note: Bold Text indicates the main changes for Software Release 26.2.

Windows* Linux* FreeBSD

Controller Family Driver Driver Driver NVM Version
Version Version Version

Intel® Ethernet 800 Series 1.7.29.0 1.4.11 0.28.6 2.4x

Intel® Ethernet 700 Series

1.15.51.x 2.15.x 1.12.x 8.2
Intel® Ethernet Network Connection X722

Intel® Ethernet 500 Series

4.1.229.x 5.11.x 3.3.x 3.1
Intel® Ethernet Controller X550

Intel® Ethernet 300 Series 12.18.12.x 5.5.x 2.5.x N/A

Intel® Ethernet 200 Series 12.19.0.x 5.5.x 2.5.x N/A

Intel® Ethernet 225 Series3 1.01.x N/A N/A N/A

Intel® Ethernet Controller 825983 2.4.36.x 5.10.x 3.3.x N/A

Intel® Ethernet Controller 8257x3 9.16.10.x 5.5.x 2.5.x N/A

For help identifying a specific network device as well as finding supported devices, click here:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000005584/network-and-i-o/ethernet-
products.html

1.2 New Features

1.2.1 Hardware Support

Release New Hardware Support

• 26.2 • None.

1.2.2 Software Features

Release New Software Support

• 26.2 • Support for FreeBSD 12.2

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1.2.3 Removed Features

Release Hardware/Feature Support

• 26.2 • Drivers and software are no longer tested on FreeBSD 12.1

1.2.4 Firmware Features

Release New Firmware Support

• 26.2 • None.

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2.0 Fixed Issues

2.1 Intel® Ethernet 800 Series

2.1.1 Linux Driver

None for this release.

2.1.2 Windows Driver

None for this release.

2.1.3 Linux RDMA Driver

None for this release.

2.1.4 NVM Update Tool

None for this release.

2.1.5 FreeBSD Driver

None for this release.

2.1.6
None for this release.

2.1.7 Manageability
None for this release.

2.2 Intel® 700 Series

None for this release.

2.2.1 Linux driver:

• Express Data Path - On the newest Kernels system hang might be observed after eBPF program has
been loaded.
• Driver reload or unbind and bind driver on an Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710
may cause link down on first port after reboot.
• rx_errors counter double-counts some packets when traffic doesn't pass Cyclic Redundancy Check
(CRC).
• Link may be lost after changing MAC address on Physical Function (PF) using Intel(R) Ethernet
Network Adapter X722.

2.2.2 Windows driver:

• OID_GEN_RCV_ERROR double-counts some packets when traffic doesn't pass Cyclic Redundancy
Check (CRC).

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• Under heavy stress on Windows Server 2019, customers might see Event 260: "Failed to move RSS
queue from VMQ." in the system event viewer using Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter X722. 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.

2.2.3 Intel(R) Ethernet Flash Firmware Utility:

• One of the ports of Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter X710-T2L may not be initialized when using
Intel® Ethernet Flash Firmware Utility.

2.3 Intel® Ethernet 500 Series

None for this release.

2.4 Intel® Ethernet 300 Series

None for this release.

2.5 Intel® Ethernet 200 Series

None for this release.

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3.0 Known Issues

3.1 Intel® Ethernet 800 Series

None for this release.

3.2 Intel® Ethernet 700, 500 and 300 Series

3.2.1 EFI Driver

• In Bios Controller Name in Controller Handle section contains device path instead of Intel NIC
Marketing Name. It's related to Intel® Ethernet Controller X710, Intel® Ethernet Controller X550,
Intel® Ethernet Controller I350.

3.2.2 PROSet
• It is not possible to modify a VLAN using IntelNetCmdlets. The Set-IntelNetVLAN command does
not display an error.

3.3 Ethernet 700 Series

3.3.1 Linux Driver

• When two VF interfaces are in balance-tlb bonding mode, the ICMP traffic might be interrupted for
a few sequences.

3.4 Intel® Ethernet 500 Series

3.4.1 Windows Driver

• OID_GEN_RCV_ERROR double counts some packets when traffic doesn’t pass Cyclic Redundancy
Check (CRC).

3.4.2 Linux Driver

• The rx_errors counter double counts some packets when traffic doesn’t pass Cyclic Redundancy
Check (CRC).

3.4.3 Intel® Ethernet 300 SeriesESXi Driver

• Not all ports of Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter I350 log information about unsupported thermal
sensor functionality in vmkernel.log

3.5 Intel® Ethernet 200 Series

None for this release.

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3.6 Legacy Devices

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 operating system are available at:
http://www.intel.com/support/go/network/adapter/nicoscomp.htm

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4.0 NVM Upgrade/Downgrade 800 Series/700 Series

and X550
Refer to the Feature Support Matrix (FSM) links listed in Related Documents for more detail. FSMs list
the exact feature support provided by the NVM and software device drivers for a given release.

5.0 Languages Supported

Note: This only applies to Microsoft Windows and Windows Server Operating Systems.
This release supports the languages listed in the table that follows:

Languages

English Spanish
French Simplified Chinese
German Traditional Chinese
Italian Korean
Japanese Portuguese

6.0 Related Documents

Contact your Intel representative for technical support about Intel® Ethernet Series devices/adapters.

6.1 Feature Support Matrix

These documents contain additional details of features supported, operating system support, cable/
modules, etc.

Device Series Support Link

Intel® Ethernet 800 Series https://cdrdv2.intel.com/v1/dl/getContent/630155

Intel® Ethernet 700 Series:

— X710/XXV710/XL710 https://cdrdv2.intel.com/v1/dl/getContent/332191
— X722 https://cdrdv2.intel.com/v1/dl/getContent/336882
— X710-TM4/AT2 and V710-AT2 https://cdrdv2.intel.com/v1/dl/getContent/619407

Intel® Ethernet 500 Series https://cdrdv2.intel.com/v1/dl/getContent/335253

Intel® Ethernet 300 Series N/A

®
Intel Ethernet 200 Series N/A

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6.2 Specification Updates

These documents provide the latest information on hardware errata as well as device marking
information, SKU information, etc.

Device Series Support Link

®
Intel Ethernet 800 Series https://cdrdv2.intel.com/v1/dl/getContent/616943
®
Intel Ethernet 700 Series:
— X710/XXV710/XL710 https://cdrdv2.intel.com/v1/dl/getContent/331430
— X710-TM4/AT2 and V710-AT2 https://cdrdv2.intel.com/v1/dl/getContent/615119

Intel® Ethernet 500 Series

— X550 https://cdrdv2.intel.com/v1/dl/getContent/333717
— X540 https://cdrdv2.intel.com/v1/dl/getContent/515715

Intel® Ethernet 300 Series https://cdrdv2.intel.com/v1/dl/getContent/333066

®
Intel Ethernet 200 Series
— I210 https://cdrdv2.intel.com/v1/dl/getContent/332763
— I211 https://cdrdv2.intel.com/v1/dl/getContent/333015

6.3 Software Download Package

The release software download package can be found at:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/products/36773/network-and-i-o/ethernet-
products.html

6.4 Intel Product Security Center Advisories

Intel product security center advisories can be found at:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/default.html

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