User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Intel® Ethernet Adapters and Devices User Guide
- Overview
- Installing the Adapter
- Microsoft* Windows* Installation and Configuration
- Intel Network Drivers for DOS
- Data Center Bridging (DCB) for Intel® Network Connections
- Remote Boot
- Troubleshooting
- Known Issues
- Regulatory Compliance Statements
- FCC Class A Products
- FCC Class B Products
- Safety Compliance
- EMC Compliance – The following standards may apply:
- Regulatory Compliance Markings
- FCC Class A User Information
- FCC Class B User Information
- EU WEEE Logo
- Manufacturer Declaration European Community
- China RoHS Declaration
- Class 1 Laser Products
- End-of-Life / Product Recycling
- Customer Support
- Legal Disclaimers
Driver Buffer Overflow Fix
The fix to resolve CVE-2016-8105, referenced in Intel SA-00069 https://security-
center.intel.com/advisory.aspx?intelid=INTEL-SA-00069&languageid=en-fr, is included in this and future
versions of the driver.
Intel ANS VLANs adversely affect performance
Intel ANS VLANs adversely affect the performance of X710 based devices. Use the networking features built
into Microsoft Windows Server 2012, or other server management software, to assign VLANs.
Diagnostic button disabled
When part of an Intel® ANS team, devices based on the Intel X710 controller 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 installed in a four CPU socket system. Receive and transmit
traffic may be significantly lower than expected. Setting your interrupt rate to High may mitigate the issue.
Quad Port Server Adapter Known Issues
Downshifting
When connecting to any Gigabit switch via a faulty CAT 5 cable where one pair is broken, the adapter does
not downshift from 1 Gig to 100Mbps. For the adapter to downshift, it must identify two broken pairs in the
cable.
System does not boot
Your system may run out of I/O resources and fail to boot if you install more than four quad port server
adapters. Moving the adapters to different slots or rebalancing resources in the system BIOS may resolve the
issue. This issue affects the following Adapters:
l Intel® Gigabit 4P I350-t Adapter