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
Network Virtualization using Generic Routing Encapsulation (NVGRE)
Network Virtualization using Generic Routing Encapsulation (NVGRE) increases the efficient routing of
network traffic within a virtualized or cloud environment. Some Intel® Ethernet Network devices 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
Advanced Settings to their optimum setting for the selected application. For example, a standard server has
optimal performance with only two RSS (Receive-Side Scaling) queues, but a web server requires more RSS
queues for better scalability.
You must install Intel® PROSet for Windows Device Manager to use Performance profiles. Profiles are
selected on the Advanced tab of the adapter's property sheet.
Profiles l Standard Server – This profile is optimized for typical servers.
l Web Server – This profile is optimized for IIS and HTTP-based web servers.
l Virtualization Server – This profile is optimized for Microsoft’s Hyper-V virtualization
environment.
l Storage Server – This profile is optimized for Fibre Channel over Ethernet or for
iSCSI over DCB performance. Selecting this profile will disable SR-IOV and VMQ.
l Storage + Virtualization – This profile is optimized for a combination of storage and
virtualization requirements.
l Low Latency – This profile is optimized to minimize network latency.
NOTES:
l Not all options are available on all adapter/operating system combinations.
l If you have selected the Virtualization Server profile or the Storage + Virtualization profile,
and you uninstall the Hyper-V role, you should select a new profile.
Teaming Considerations
When you create a team with all members of the team supporting Performance Profiles, you will be asked
which profile to use at the time of team creation. The profile will be synchronized across the team. If there is
not a profile that is supported by all team members then the only option will be Use Current Settings. The team
will be created normally. Adding an adapter to an existing team works in much the same way.
If you attempt to team an adapter that supports performance profiles with an adapter that doesn't, the profile
on the supporting adapter will be set to Custom Settings and the team will be created normally.
Priority & VLAN Tagging
Enables the adapter to offload the insertion and removal of priority and VLAN tags for transmit and receive.
Default Priority & VLAN Enabled