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Troubleshooting
Related Manuals for Intel X550-T1
Summarization of Contents
Overview
Installing the Network Adapter
Step-by-step instructions for installing a network adapter.
Before You Begin
Information to review before proceeding with installation or configuration.
Supported Devices
Information on identifying and finding supported Intel network devices.
Compatibility Notes
Notes on adapter compatibility with system slots and operating systems.
Supported Operating Systems
Lists supported 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems for adapters.
Supported Intel® 64 Architecture Operating Systems
Hardware Compatibility
Checks system for hardware compatibility before adapter installation.
Cabling Requirements
Intel Gigabit Adapters
Specifies fiber optic and copper cable requirements for Intel Gigabit adapters.
Intel 10 Gigabit Adapters
Details fiber optic and copper cable requirements for Intel 10 Gigabit adapters.
Installing the Adapter
Install Drivers and Software
Instructions for installing drivers and software on Windows systems.
Optimizing Performance
General Optimization
General guidelines and tips for optimizing adapter performance.
Optimized for quick response and low latency
Optimized for throughput
Settings for optimizing adapter performance for throughput.
iSCSI Over DCB
DCB (Data Center Bridging)
Explains Data Center Bridging as Ethernet extensions for lossless transport.
Intel® Ethernet FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet)
FCoE VN to VN (VN2VN) Support
Standard for connecting two end-nodes directly using FCoE.
Intel® Boot Agent
Configuring the Intel® Boot Agent in a Microsoft Windows Environment
Using Intel PROSet to configure and update the Intel Boot Agent.
Intel® Ethernet iSCSI Boot
Virtualization Support
How virtualization enables multiple OS on one physical system.
Using Intel® Network Adapters in a Microsoft* Hyper-V* Environment
The Virtual Machine Switch
Part of the network I/O data path, routing packets to MAC addresses.
SR-IOV Overview
SR-IOV Benefits
Increases virtual machines supported per host, improving I/O device sharing.
iWARP (Internet Wide Area RDMA Protocol)
Installation
Steps to install user-mode Network Direct (ND) iWARP features.
Installing the Adapter
Select the Correct Slot
Guidance on selecting the appropriate PCI-Express slot for adapter installation.
Insert the Adapter into the Computer
Step-by-step instructions for physically inserting the adapter into the computer.
Connect the Fiber Optic Network Cable
Connection requirements
Details connection requirements for fiber optic cables, including types and lengths.
SFP+ and QSFP+ Devices
X710, XL710, and XXV710-Based Adapters
Information on supported media for specific Intel adapter series.
82598-Based Adapters
SFP+ modules and direct attach cables
List of tested SFP+ modules and direct attach cables for 82598 adapters.
PCI Hot Plug Support
PCI Hot Plug Support for Microsoft* Windows* Operating Systems
Details PCI Hot Plug support for adapters in Windows OS.
Microsoft* Windows* Installation and Configuration
Installing Windows Drivers and Software
Steps to install drivers and software for Intel adapters on Windows.
Installing the Base Driver and Intel® PROSet on Nano Server
Instructions for installing drivers and PROSet on Windows Server Nano.
Command Line Installation for Base Drivers and Intel® PROSet
DxSetup.exe Command Line Options
Details command line parameters for DxSetup.exe installation.
Modify and Upgrade
Windows Server Core
Command line options for SetupBD.exe on Windows Server Core.
Setting Speed and Duplex
Overview
How the adapter sends and receives data packets over the network.
The settings available when auto-negotiation is disabled are
Lists available speed and duplex settings when auto-negotiation is disabled.
Manually Configuring Duplex and Speed Settings
Advanced Tab
Customizing adapter handling of QoS, Jumbo Packets, and Offloading.
Direct Memory Access (DMA) Coalescing
Allows NIC to collect packets before initiating a DMA event to save energy.
Flow Control
Gigabit Master Slave Mode
Determines whether adapter or link partner is designated as the master.
Interrupt Moderation Rate
IPv4 Checksum Offload
Allows adapter to compute IPv4 checksums, enhancing performance.
Jumbo Frames
Enables or disables Jumbo Packet capability for increased throughput.
Large Send Offload (IPv4 and IPv6)
Restrictions
Lists restrictions and requirements for using Jumbo Frames.
Locally Administered Address
Log Link State Event
Enables/disables logging of link state changes and events.
Low Latency Interrupts
Network Virtualization using Generic Routing Encapsulation (NVGRE)
Increases efficient routing of network traffic in virtualized environments.
Performance Options
Quickly optimize adapter performance using pre-defined profiles.
Priority & VLAN Tagging
Quality of Service
Allows adapter to send/receive IEEE 802.3ac tagged frames for QoS.
Receive Buffers
Receive Side Scaling
Shares receive data processing across multiple processors or cores.
LAN RSS
Applies Receive Side Scaling to a particular TCP connection.
LAN RSS Configuration
Receive Side Scaling Queues
Configures number of RSS queues for buffering transactions.
FCoE RSS
Enables FCoE RSS for FCoE receive processing.
Performance Tuning
Socket Queue to CPU Allocation
Associating FCoE queues with CPU cores for performance tuning.
SR-IOV (Single Root I/O Virtualization)
Determining Active Queue Location
Determining FCoE queue affinity to CPUs for verifying performance effects.
TCP Checksum Offload (IPv4 and IPv6)
Thermal Monitoring
Displays temperature and reduces link speed if controller gets too hot.
Monitoring and Reporting
Transmit Buffers
Defines the number of Transmit Buffers for tracking transmit packets.
UDP Checksum Offload (IPv4 and IPv6)
Allows adapter to verify UDP checksums, enhancing performance.
Wait for Link
VLANs Tab
Allows creation, modification, and deletion of VLANs.
Virtual LANs
Overview of Virtual Local Area Networks.
Other Considerations
Configuring SR-IOV for improved network security
Configuring SR-IOV ports for VLAN tagging to drop malicious frames.
Configuring VLANs in Microsoft* Windows*
Using Intel PROSet to set up and configure VLANs in Windows.
Teaming Tab
Adapter Teaming
Grouping multiple adapters for fault tolerance and load balancing.
Configuration Notes
Notes on creating Intel ANS Teams and VLANs on Windows.
Configuring ANS Teams
Creating a team
Step-by-step guide to creating an adapter team.
Adding or Removing an Adapter from an Existing Team
Renaming a Team
Steps to change the name of an existing adapter team.
Removing a Team
Procedure to remove an adapter team.
Microsoft* Load Balancing and Failover (LBFO) teams
Using Intel ANS Teams and VLANs inside a Guest Virtual Machine
Supported configurations for Intel ANS Teams and VLANs in guest VMs.
Supported Adapters
Conditions that may prevent you from teaming a device
Reasons why devices might not appear in the teaming list.
Teaming Modes
Descriptions of different adapter teaming modes like AFT, SFT, ALB.
Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT)
Switch Fault Tolerance (SFT)
Failover between two adapters connected to separate switches.
Adaptive/Receive Load Balancing (ALB/RLB)
Distributes traffic load among multiple physical channels.
Primary and Secondary Adapters
To specify a preferred primary or secondary adapter in Windows
Steps to specify preferred primary or secondary adapters in Windows.
Failover and Failback
How traffic is redistributed upon adapter failure and restoration.
Virtual Machine Load Balancing
Static Link Aggregation
Combines multiple physical channels into a single logical channel.
IEEE 802.3ad: Dynamic Link Aggregation
Before you begin
Verifies switch support and checks speed/duplex settings before teaming.
Multi-Vendor Teaming
Allows teaming of Intel and non-Intel adapters.
Power Management Tab
Power Options
Settings to control adapter power consumption.
Reduce Power if Cable Disconnected & Reduce Link Speed During Standby
Reduces power consumption when the LAN cable is disconnected or in standby.
Wake on LAN Options
Energy Efficient Ethernet
Allows devices to enter Low-Power Idle between bursts of network traffic.
WoL Supported Devices
The following adapters support WoL only on Port A
Lists adapters that support Wake on LAN only on Port A.
The following adapters do not support WoL
Lists adapters that do not support Wake on LAN functionality.
Configuring with IntelNetCmdlets Module for Windows PowerShell*
System requirements for using IntelNetCmdlets
Specifies the system requirements for using IntelNetCmdlets.
Configuring SR-IOV for improved network security
Securing SR-IOV in virtualized environments using VLAN tagging.
Saving and Restoring an Adapter's Configuration Settings
Command Line Syntax
Syntax for the Save and Restore Command Line Tool.
Examples
Examples for saving and restoring adapter configuration settings.
Intel Network Drivers for DOS
Configuring with the PROTOCOL.INI File
Configuration parameters supported via the PROTOCOL.INI file.
DRIVERNAME
SPEEDDUPLEX
Disables Auto-Speed-Detect to force adapter speed.
SLOT
Parameter to uniquely identify adapters controlled by the driver.
FLOWCONTROL
USELASTSLOT
Causes driver to load on the last found slot instead of the first.
Data Center Bridging (DCB) for Intel® Network Connections
DCB for Windows Configuration
Configuring Intel Ethernet Adapter DCB functions using Device Manager.
DCB for Linux
DCB support on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.
iSCSI Over DCB
Microsoft Windows Configuration
Installing iSCSI DCB Agent and Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator.
Using iSCSI over DCB with ANS Teaming
iSCSI Agent role in maintaining filters for priority tagging traffic.
Enable Remote Boot
UEFI Network Stack
Configurations for UEFI network stacks, including PXE.
Loading the UEFI Network Driver
Loading the UEFI network driver using the UEFI shell "load" command.
Configuring UEFI Network Stack for PXE
Configuring UEFI Network Stack for TCP/UDP/MTFTP
IP-based network stack for TCP, UDP, MTFTP protocols.
Unloading the UEFI Network Driver
Unloading a network driver from memory using the UEFI "unload" command.
Force Speed and Duplex
Diagnostic Capability
Built-in hardware diagnostic tests for the UEFI network driver.
UEFI Known Issues
Known issues encountered with Intel's UEFI driver.
Intel® Boot Agent Client Configuration
Configuring the Intel® Boot Agent in an MS-DOS Environment
Using Intel's BootUtil utility for configuring the Intel Boot Agent in DOS.
Configuring the Intel® Boot Agent in a Pre-Boot PXE Environment
Customizing Boot Agent behavior via pre-boot configuration setup.
Network Boot Protocol
Boot Order
Sets the boot order for device selection during startup.
Legacy OS Wakeup Support. (For 82559-based adapters only)
Enables PME for remote wakeup under legacy OS.
Intel Boot Agent Target/Server Setup
Overview
Server setup requirements for Intel Boot Agent to function.
Windows* Deployment Services
Information on using Windows Deployment Services for setup.
Intel® Boot Agent Messages
PXE-E01: PCI Vendor and Device IDs do not match!
Error when PCI vendor/device IDs do not match the card.
PXE-E04: Error reading PCI configuration space.
Error when PCI configuration space cannot be read.
PXE-E05: The adapter's configuration is corrupted or has not been initialized.
Error when adapter's EEPROM is corrupted or not initialized.
Intel Boot Agent Troubleshooting Procedures
Common Issues
List of common problems and solutions encountered with Intel Boot Agent.
Diagnostics Information for Pre-boot PXE Environments
My computer does not complete POST
Troubleshooting steps if the computer fails to complete POST.
There are configuration/operation problems with the boot process
Troubleshooting network or PXE server configuration issues.
iSCSI Boot Configuration
iSCSI Initiator Setup
Configuring Intel Ethernet iSCSI Boot on Windows or Linux clients.
iSCSI Boot POST Setup
Setup menu for enabling network ports as iSCSI Boot devices.
Intel® Ethernet iSCSI Boot Port Selection Menu
Intel® Ethernet iSCSI Boot Port Specific Setup Menu
Provides access to iSCSI Boot Configuration and CHAP Configuration screens.
Intel® iSCSI Boot Configuration Menu
Configure iSCSI Boot and IP parameters for a specific port.
iSCSI CHAP Configuration
iSCSI Boot Target Configuration
Steps to set up Intel Ethernet iSCSI Boot with iSCSI target systems.
DHCP Server Configuration
DHCP Root Path Option 17
Configuration string format for iSCSI root path option.
DHCP Host Name Option 12
Configure option 12 with the hostname of the iSCSI initiator.
Microsoft* Windows*
Microsoft Windows Server iSCSI Crash Dump Support
Support for crash dump file generation for iSCSI-booted Windows Server.
iSCSI Troubleshooting
Intel® Ethernet iSCSI Boot does not load on system startup and the sign-on banner is not displayed.
Troubleshooting for iSCSI Boot not loading on startup or displaying banner.
iSCSI Known Issues
Microsoft Windows iSCSI Boot Issues
Issues encountered during OS install when injecting drivers from a DUP.
Microsoft Initiator does not boot without link on boot port
System reboots if only secondary boot port is connected after initial setup.
FCoE Known Issues
Intel® Ethernet FCoE Windows Issues
Issues with Intel Ethernet FCoE in Windows, like driver disappearance.
Virtual Port may disappear from Virtual Machine
Virtual Port disappearance if FCoE driver is disabled.
New Installation on a Windows Server* system
Microsoft Hotfixes
Lists necessary Microsoft hotfixes for specific use cases.
Multipath I/O (MPIO)
Information and hotfixes related to Multipath I/O.
Intel® Ethernet FCoE Configuration Using Intel® PROSet for Windows* Device Manager
Configure FCoE initiator specific settings
Configuring specific settings for the FCoE initiator.
Review FCoE initiator information
Reviewing information related to the FCoE initiator.
FCoE Boot Targets Configuration Menu
UEFI Setup for Intel® FCoE Boot
Storing FCoE configuration in system firmware memory.
Accessing the FCoE Configuration Screen
Adding an FCoE Attempt
Configuring a target instance for booting over FCoE.
Deleting an Existing FCoE Attempt
3. To delete the selected attempts, choose Commit Changes and Exit.
Committing changes to delete selected FCoE attempts.
Changing the Order of FCoE Attempts
FCoE Boot Target Configuration
Basic steps for setting up Intel Ethernet FCoE Boot with FCoE targets.
Installing Microsoft Windows Server from a Remote Disk ("Diskless Install")
Installing Windows Server OS directly to the FCoE disk.
Installing Windows Server with Local Disk
SUSE* Linux Enterprise Server
Native support for FCoE Booting and installing in SLES11+.
FCoE Known Issues
Intel® Ethernet FCoE Windows Issues
Issues with Intel Ethernet FCoE in Windows, like driver disappearance.
Virtual Port may disappear from Virtual Machine
Virtual Port disappearance if FCoE driver is disabled.
Windows Known Issues
Intermittent Link Loss and Degraded Performance at High Stress Can Occur on Windows Server 2012 Systems
Intermittent link loss and degraded performance on Win Server 2012 with multi-core CPUs.
Virtual machine loses link on a Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 system
VM may lose link on Win Server 2012 R2 with VMQ enabled after changing BaseRssProcessor.
DCB QoS and Priority Flow Control do not act as expected
DCB QoS and PFC may not function as expected in certain configurations.
Unexpected Connectivity Loss
VLAN Creation Fails on a Team that Includes a Non-Intel Phantom Adapter
VLAN creation fails on a team with a non-Intel phantom adapter.
Receive Side Scaling value is blank
Receive Side Scaling value may appear blank after team changes.
RSS Load Balancing Profile Advanced Setting
Potential transmit/receive failures with "ClosestProcessor" setting.
Power Management Known Issues
System does not wake when expected
System may not wake even with Wake on LAN enabled on Windows Server 2012.
System does not wake on link
System may not wake on link if Wake on Link Settings are forced.
Other Intel 10GbE Network Adapter Known Issues
ETS Bandwidth Allocations Don't Match Settings
ETS traffic split may not match settings on DCB switch.
Link Loss on 10GbE Devices with Jumbo Frames Enabled
Loss of link can occur on 10GbE devices with Jumbo Frames if Receive/Transmit Buffers are lowered.
Failed connection and possible system instability
System instability may occur if RSSBaseCPU registry keyword is changed.
X710/XL710 Known Issues
Driver Buffer Overflow Fix
Fix included for CVE-2016-8105.
Intel ANS VLANs adversely affect performance
Intel ANS VLANs adversely affect performance of X710 based devices.
Regulatory Compliance Statements
FCC Class A Products
List of FCC Class A certified Intel Ethernet products.
FCC Class B Products
List of FCC Class B certified Intel Ethernet products.
Safety Compliance
EMC Compliance – The following standards may apply
EMC compliance standards applicable to Class A and Class B products.
Regulatory Compliance Markings
Product certification markings provided with the products.
FCC Class A User Information
Canadian Compliance (Industry Canada)
Canadian compliance statement for Class A devices.
VCCI Class A Statement
VCCI Class A compliance statement for Japan.
BSMI Class A Statement
BSMI Class A compliance statement for Taiwan.
FCC Class B User Information
CAUTION: If the device is changed or modified without permission from Intel, the user may void his or her authority to operate the equipment.
User modification of device voids authority to operate.
Electromagnetic Compatibility Notices
FCC Declaration of Conformity Statement
FCC declaration of conformity for tested products.
Canadian Compliance (Industry Canada)
Canadian compliance statement (Class B).
VCCI Class B Statement (Japan)
VCCI Class B compliance statement for Japan.
Manufacturer Declaration European Community
Manufacturer Declaration
Intel's declaration of conformance with EU directives.
China RoHS Declaration
Class 1 Laser Products
Compliance with Class 1 Laser Products requirements.
End-of-Life / Product Recycling
Information on product recycling and end-of-life requirements.
Customer Support
Web and Internet Sites
Links to Intel support and corporate network product sites.
Legal Disclaimers
INTEL SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT
Terms and conditions for copying, installing, and using the software.
LICENSES
Notes on Site License, Single User License, and OEM License applicability.
SITE LICENSE
SINGLE USER LICENSE
License terms for copying software onto a single computer for personal use.
OEM LICENSE
Terms for reproducing and distributing software as part of a product.
LICENSE RESTRICTIONS
NO OTHER RIGHTS
Clarifies that no rights are granted beyond express provisions.
OWNERSHIP OF SOFTWARE AND COPYRIGHTS
States ownership of software and copyright protection.
ADDITIONAL TERMS FOR PRE-RELEASE SOFTWARE
LIMITED MEDIA WARRANTY
Warranty for media defects for a period of ninety days after delivery.
EXCLUSION OF OTHER WARRANTIES
States that the software is provided "AS IS" without express or implied warranties.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
Limits Intel's liability for damages arising from software use.
Returning a defective product
From North America
Procedure for returning defective products in North America.
All other locations
Instructions for returning products for refund or replacement from other locations.
Intel Adapter Money-back Guarantee (North America Only)
Intel's 90-day money-back guarantee for adapter products in North America.
Limitation of Liability and Remedies
Critical Control Applications
Intel disclaims liability for use in critical control applications.
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