Copyright(c) 2013 - 2019 Intel Corporation

This release includes the native igbn VMware ESX Driver for Intel(R) Ethernet Controllers 82580, I210, I350, and I354 family

Driver version: 1.4.10

Supported ESXi release: 6.7

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Contents
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- Important Notes
- New Features
- New Hardware Supported
- Bug Fixes
- Known Issues and Workarounds
- Command Line Parameters
- Previously Released Versions

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Important Notes:
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- None


New Features:
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- None


New Hardware Supported:
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- Added new devices support for specific OEMs


Bug Fixes:
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- Fixed intermittent TX hang due to race condition between start and stop of TX queue.
- Fixed duplicate nic reset due to race condition between uplink reset and watchdog threads.


Known Issues and Workarounds:
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- None


Command Line Parameters:
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ethtool is not supported for native driver.
Please use esxcli, vsish, or esxcfg-* to set or get the driver information, for example:

- Get the driver supported module parameters
  esxcfg-module -i igbn

- Get the driver info
  esxcli network  nic get -n vmnic1

- Get an uplink stats
  esxcli network nic stats -n vmnic1

- Get the private stats
  vsish -e get /net/pNics/vmnic1/stats


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Previously Released Versions:
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- Driver Version: 1.4.7
   Hardware Supported: Intel(R) Ethernet Controllers 82580, I210, I350, and I354 family
   Supported ESXi release: 6.0 and 6.7
   Compatible ESXi versions: 6.5
   New Features Supported:
      - Added TX/RX ring hang detection and recovery procedures.
   Bug Fixes:
      - Fixed incorrect reporting of driver operational status,
        which resulted in 3rd party management modules not detecting the driver being loaded.
      - Fixed inaccurate heap size calculation that caused the driver
        to fail to load on the 16th physical port.
   Known Issues:
      - None


- Driver Version: 1.4.4
   This was the newly released native igbn driver.
   Hardware Supported: Intel(R) Ethernet Controllers 82580, I210, I350, and I354 family
   Supported ESXi release: 6.7
   New Features Supported:
      - Wake on LAN
      - Rx Hardware VLAN stripping
      - Tx Hardware VLAN inserting
      - Rx, Tx, TSO checksum offload
      - Link auto-negotiation and link flow control
      - Management APIs for CIM Provider, OCSD/OCBB Support
   Bug Fixes:
      - None
   Known Issues:
      - None
