Copyright(c) 2013 - 2018 Intel Corporation

This release includes the native ixgben VMware ESX Driver for Intel(R) Ethernet Controllers 82599, x520, x540, x550 and x552 family

Driver version: 1.7.1

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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- Wake on LAN (WoL) is not supported.


New Features:
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- None


New Hardware Supported:
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- None


Bug Fixes:
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- Fix for duplicate multicast / broadcast packets during heavy traffic.

- Fix for X552/X557-AT adapters linking at 1G speed after a NIC down/up cycle.

-  Fix for the NIC down procedure hanging when heavy traffic is running.

-  Fix for lost connectivity when VMDQ is disabled and SR-IOV is enabled


Known Issues and Workarounds:
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- Very low throughput when sending IPv6 to a Linux VM that uses a VMXNET3 adapter
	Workaround: Please look at the VMware Knowledge Base 2057874


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 ixgben

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

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

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


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Previously Released Versions:
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- None

