10GigEthr-02 (iexgbe) B.11.31.1205 Ethernet Driver Release Notes

• Receive Side Scaling (RSS) with TCP

• TCP segment reassembly in driver

• Jumbo MTUs

• Multicast and Promiscuous mode

• IPv6

• IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging and stripping in hardware

• Interrupt migration

• Interrupt coalescing

• Link handling (when SmartLink is enabled)

• DLKM

• APA aggregate mode

• APA failover mode (LAN Monitor)

• HP Serviceguard

• PCI OLRAD

• PCI Error handling and recovery

• HP Integrity Virtual Machines (HPVM)

• vPars V6

• DIO (direct I/O)

• HP-UX LAN provider

• MIB and driver statistics

• Configurable using SMH or nwmgr

• nettl tracing/logging

1.2 Downloading the adapter firmware and EFI driver

IMPORTANT: To ensure full functionality, you must install the latest adapter firmware and Extensible

Firmware Interface (EFI) driver for your adapter.

To download the adapter firmware and EFI driver, follow these steps:

1. Go to the HP Business Support Center website:

http://www.hp.com/go/bizsupport

2. Under Tasks, click Download drivers and software.

3. Search for the part number of your adapter, or for your server model; for example, NC532m.

4. In the product search results, click the link for your adapter; for example, HP NC532m Dual

Port 10GbE Multifunction BL-c Adapter.

5. On the Download drivers and software page, click Cross operating system (BIOS, Firmware,

Diagnostics, etc.).

6. In the EFI (extensible firmware interface) section, click the Download link for EFI and Firmware

for HP Integrity servers (or similar).

7. To install the EFI driver and firmware, follow the installation procedure that is provided in the

zip file.