Intel Network Adapter Driver 28.0

Download the self-extracting archive and run it. When you run it, it will extract the files to a temporary directory, run the installation wizard, and remove the temporary files when the installation is complete. All language files are embedded in this archive. You do not need to download an extra language pack.

See readme.htm if you want to extract the files without installing.

This software may also apply to Intel Ethernet Controllers. Support for built-in network connections is provided by the system or board manufacturer.

The software drivers provided on this page are generic versions and can be used for general purposes. However, computer original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) may have altered the features, incorporated customizations, or made other changes to the software or software packaging they provide. To avoid any potential installation incompatibilities on your OEM system, Intel recommends that you check with your OEM and use the software provided via your system manufacturer. Intel or the computer original equipment manufacturer (OEM) may not provide technical support for some or all issues that could arise from the usage of this generic version of software drivers.

What’s New:

This release includes RPM packages that contain:
- Driver signed with Intel’s private key in precompiled kernel module form.
- Complete source code for above driver.
- Intel’s public key.
This release includes the Intel public key to allow you to authenticate the signed driver in secure boot mode.
Windows installer automatically loads the RDMA performance counter functionality on Windows Server systems
Added support for the vf-source-pruning private flag to the i40e Linux driver
Bonding/link aggregation is no longer blocked on SR-IOV VFs.
Note: The VF driver will not block teaming/bonding/link aggregation, but this is not a supported feature. Do not expect fail over or load balancing on the VF interface.
On Intel Ethernet 800 series devices, received packets with multicast MAC addresses are now redirected to Flow Director and RSS queues
New PowerShell cmdlet Register-IntelEthernetRDMACounterSet
New PowerShell cmdlet Unregister-IntelEthernetRDMACounterSet
The Intel Ethernet Series 800 devices DDP Coms package now supports PPPOEv2
The ice driver now allocates transmit/receive queue pairs to be equal to the number of local node CPU threads with the following constraints:
- The driver will allocate a minimum of 8 queue pairs, or the total number of CPUs, whichever is lower.
- The driver will allocate a maximum of 64 queue pairs.
On Intel Ethernet 820 Series devices:
- Support for FreeBSD* 13.1
- Support for Microsoft* Windows Server 2019 and newer and Azure Stack HCI on the Intel Ethernet Connection E823-L
- FreeBSD RDMA support on the Intel Ethernet Connection E823-L
Complete release notes.