Intel Networking Adapter/Device Linux Firmware



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Intel v28.2 Network FW Update Release for Linux
Release date = 08/01/2023
Package Version: net-9.30-6.20-1.3450.0-10
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CONTENTS
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1.0  Change history
2.0  Web information and support phone Number
3.0  Notices and trademarks
4.0  Disclaimer


1.0  Change history
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This release includes the following updates:
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Versions:

1) The following X710/XXV710 images are at NVM 9.30 level.
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                  Device                         Boot ROM (Option ROM)  Firmware (Etrack ID)
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    System X and ThinkSystem X710-DA2            1.3450.0               8000EE1C
    ThinkSystem X710-T4                          1.3450.0               8000EE1D
    ThinkSystem X710-DA4                         1.3450.0               8000EE1B
    ThinkSystem XXV710-DA2                       1.3450.0               8000EE21
    ThinkSystem X710-T2L OCP                     1.3450.0               8000EE20
    ThinkSystem X710-T2L PCIe                    1.3450.0               8000EE1A
    ThinkSystem X710-T4L PCIe                    1.3450.0               8000EE1F
    ThinkSystem X710-T4L OCP                     1.3450.0               8000EE19
    ThinkSystem X710-T2L Internal Lock OCP       1.3450.0               8000EE1E

The following X722 images are at NVM 6.20 level.
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                  Device                         Boot ROM (Option ROM)  Firmware (Etrack ID)
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    ThinkSystem SR530/SR550/SR570/SR590 X722 LOM 1.3450.0               80003FE0
    ThinkSystem ST550 X722 LOM                   1.3450.0               80003FD0
    ThinkSystem SR630/SR650/SR850/SR950 X722 LOM 1.3450.0               80003FCF
    ThinkSystem SN550/SN850 X722 LOM             1.3450.0               80003FD5
    ThinkSystem SD650 X722 LOM                   1.3450.0               80003FE1
    ThinkSystem SE350 X722 LOM                   1.3450.0               80003FD1
    ThinkAgile SR530/SR550 X722 LOM              1.3450.0               80003FE0
    ThinkAgile ST550 X722 LOM                    1.3450.0               80003FD0
    ThinkAgile HX and VX Rack servers X722 LOM   1.3450.0               80003FCF
    ThinkAgile SN550/SN850 X722 LOM              1.3450.0               80003FD5
    ThinkAgile DS650 X722 LOM                    1.3450.0               80003FE1

The following X710 images are at NVM 9.20 level.
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                  Device                         Boot ROM (Option ROM)  Firmware (Etrack ID)
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    X710-DA2 ML2                                 1.3357.0               8000DEE5

The following X550 images are at NVM 3.60 level.
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                  Device                         Boot ROM (Option ROM)  Firmware (Etrack ID)
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    Intel X550-T1                                1.3141.0               80001745
    Intel X550-T2                                1.3141.0               80001746

The following adapters are ONLY for Option ROM
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                  Device                         Boot ROM (Option ROM)  Firmware (Etrack ID)
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    I340/I350                                    1.3450.0               NA
    X520/X540                                    1.3141.0               NA
    I210                                         1.3450.0               NA

2) NVMUPDATE tool updated to 1.39.56.8 to support new config version.

This update supports Lenovo System X, ThinkServer, ThinkSystem, and ThinkAgile products, except DS530.

Important Note:  If you choose to install the nvmupdate64e utility manually, please ensure that you install
version 1.39.56.8 or newer.

Earlier versions of nvmupdate64e tool may not be not compatible or include all latest supported features.

New OS Support:
  - Support RHEL8.8/9.2, SLES 15.5

FVL/SGVL
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New features:
  - Get Link Status AQC response when SFP module is not initialized.

    Description:
    If the Get Link Status AQC is sent when the SFP module is not
    initialized yet, the link can be lost.

    When the SFP module is not initialized yet, FW will try again in a
    reasonable timeout.

Bug fixes:
  - IPS: 00819239 - [Kahauale_BBFV_HCT]X710-T4L NIC adapter can't saved the
    "Active Physical Functions" option on uEFI menu.
    IPS: 00831264/00844425 - XXV710-DA2 PCIe Adapter NIC port didn't
    disable after changed the "Active physical functions"

    Description:
    Intel XXV710-DA2 PCIe 25Gb 2-Port SFP28 Adapter NIC port didn't disable
    after changed the "Active Physical" setting on uEFI menu.

    Fix:
    Disable the "device level" options in the firmware during image
    downgrade to a version earlier than FVL9.3

  - IPS: 00840914 - [PA_IO Agile-Sprint202310_BDC_Storage_flex]SRIOV
    enable/disable both can do SRIOV features

    Description:
    OS can still create SRIOV VFs when the adapter HII already disables SRIOV
    in the BIOS

    IPS: 00841528 - [PA_IO Agile-Sprint202310_BDC_Storage_SD530] Intel X722
    LOM test SR-IOV function cannot enable VF under ESXi8.0u2 OS

    Description:
    Open to enter ESXi Host Client-Manage-Hardware-PCI Devices-Select Port
    "Intel X722 10GB SFP+" Configure SR-IOV 2.UEFI has set SR-IOV function
    3.ESXi8.0u2 Unable to enable VF redhat 9.2 can work well.

    Fix:
    Correctly set SR-IOV Control Capable bit for Lenovo images,

  - IPS: 00839473 - [PA_IO Agile-Sprint202209_BDC_oceancat_Sprint202310]X722
    lom WOL fail in SD650.

    Description:
    WOL function UEIF page show gray, OS can not enable WOL function

    Fix:
    Enable force link down requests and map channel number in a descending
    order. Enable AltRAM implementation then reset corrupted memory block and
    recalculate MSI_X VF vectors.

  - IPS: 00831248 - XXV710 VPD info question

    Description:
    lspci -s BUS:Device.Function -vvv command to check VPD info, but it
    can't show out the VPD info

    Fix:
    Enable VPD bit in NVM image

  - IPS: 00769725 - [Hakuba] Abnormal cable plug (unplug) event on port 2
    and 3 with Intel X710-T4L

    Description:
    Port2 and port3 of X710-T4L PCIE cannot display event in audit log and
    link status/speed in inventory when plug/unplug the cable.

    Fix:
    There are missing MCTP link status changes as mixed PF no. with port
    no. in the MCTP Link Status change handler, and overflowing PLDM queue
    with RDE events that were classified as Big Event.

    Map Port No. to the corresponding PF and continue, add additional
    condition to disable unplanned eventReceiver physical address change.
    Disable RDE events in the presence of asynchronous MCTP implementation
    without polling for Big Events

    Note: it may still occur in loopback mode.

  - IPS: 00725539 - Link down on x722 4x10Gb SFP+ PHY card with 27.3 code
    level (800039xx)

    Description:
    After upgrading the FW, all ports are down.

    Fix:
    Force OCP PnP Autodetection flow after NVM update.

  - Resolved an issue where a rare PCI speed degradation with Gen3 to Gen2
    was seen during extensive link tests after a reset is caused by a core
    reset on an ICX-D platform.

  - Resolved an issue where during a write, with http PATCH method
    triggered, the LLDP Disable Valid bit was ignored, which resulted in a
    skip of write in all scenarios instead of just for the same LLLDP
    Enabled value.

  - Resolved an issue where if BMC bonding was disabled, NCSI mode was set
    to a Manual Switch Mode (depending on the platform), and BMC share port
    has changed before doing a power cycle, recovery mode would occur.
    Other prerequisites include disabled WOL, disabled LLDP, enabled PXE no
    drop, and disabled auto power-on after power loss (in BIOS).

  - Fixed an issue where the processing port id was always the same as the
    mac address

  - Previously, the addition of PCIe re-timers added to the total channel
    latency causing replay timer timeout correctable errors.

  - Resolved an issue where PLDM type MCTP packets were not accepted due to
    missing configuration for PCIe VDM


I350/340/210
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New features:
  - IPS: 00699338 - Name of I350 interlock in XCC is inconsistent with V1

    Description:
    Card Name field shall be taken from V1 VPD field instead of "large
    resource string". This change applies to 1G Lenovo devices with enabled
    AIM support and existing V1 VPD field.


Release net-9.2-6.2-1.3357.0-2 includes the following updates:
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New features:
  - Defines the IID (Instance IDs) field in the NC-SI packet's header,
    which is used to match responses to requests and to differentiate
    between new and retried commands.

    Description:
    According to the spec, If the IID of the current command is the same as
    the previous command's IID, the command is a "Retried Command" and the
    FW shall return the response of previous command (should be done
    without re-executing the command). When the IID is different than from
    the previous command, the command is executed.

    The NC-SI spec is unclear on if the incoming commands IID is compared
    to the IID of the previous command received on the same channel,
    package or device. This feature defines a transfer to maintaining a
    single buffer for the last NC-SI command received on the device per
    transmitting interface.


Bug fixes:
  - XXV710DA2 adapter intermittently lose link when doing DC power cycle test

    Description:
    XXV710DA2 adapter intermittently lose link when doing DC power cycle
    test, this can be reproduced in about 200 DC cycle.

    Fix:
    When the FW starts to run, the gearbox has to be initialized and
    configuration needs to be downloaded from the NVM and applied. If one
    of the operation fails the FW will try again (several times). In this
    case the configuration failed with the error which was not covered.
    Error handling extended in the code to cover all cases

  - Package Port Control command with Port Control equals 0x1 works like
    reset if link is already up

    Description:
    In Campbell Pond, send Package Port Control Command to disable the
    port, send command to enable it, then send command to enable it again.
    The port is down instead of up.

    Fix:
    Added link status check in package command.

  - Link Status Change AEN event is not send after link down

    Description:
    Sending AEN Enable command with Link Status Change equals true, then
    sending Port Control Command with Port Control field equals 0x0 -
    disable. There is no event after link down.

    Fix:
    Changed event rejection condition to response.

  - After running reboot 123 times with qtest, slot4 (X710-T2L) shows an error

    Description:
    Used qtest ro run reboot 123 times, xcc web appears: PCIe Correctable
    Error Threshold limit has been exceeded at Segment 0x0000 Bus 0xA8
    Device 0x00 Function 0x01.

    Fix:
    Adjust the replay timer timeout value for different scenarios.


Release net-9.0-6.0-1.3266.0-6 includes the following updates:
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New features:
  - Support RHEL8.6/9.0, SLES 15SP4


Bug fixes:
  - IPS: 00685894 - I210 Option Rom Request

    Description:
    Lenovo required support for specific 4-part ID, additional HII fields
    in "NIC Configuration" menu for I210 AT, remove "Device Level
    Configuration" and "iSCSI Configuration" fields

    Fix:
    Added and removed corresponding fields.

  - IPS: 00729600 - XXV710 Link issues

    Description:
    While DC power cycle, the port maybe lose the link

    Fix:
    When the FW starts to run, retry to configure the Retimer in case of
    error.


1) With the X710-T2L OCP 3.0 adapter, note that:

a. If you install and run this adapter in Lenovo's AMD-based SR635 or SR655 system, in RHEL7 or RHEL8 OS.
b. And if you plan to run Intel BOOTUTIL tool in the OS with Intel iqvlinux driver.
c. Then first, during system boot, you need to go into System BIOS and set IOMMU to disabled. Or restart the system and
   go to System BIOS and set IOMMU to disabled.
d. Then Intel BOOTUTIL in Linux, with iqvlinux, should be functional and you can read OROM content for both ports.
e. If you have IOMMU enabled in the System BIOS, then you can only read the OROM content for the second port and first
   port. The firt port would be displayed for Flash Firmware as "Flash Unknown".

NOTE that this is ONLY with AMD-based SR635/SR655 systems, and also ONLY with RHEL7 and RHEL8.

2) With v27.1 release, add support for new SKUs:

  - ThinkSystem Intel X710-T2L 10GBASE-T 2-Port PCIe Ethernet Adapter
  - ThinkSystem Intel X710-T4L 10GBASE-T 4-Port PCIe Ethernet Adapter
  - ThinkSystem Intel X710-T4L 10GBASE-T 4-Port OCP Ethernet Adapter
  - ThinkSystem Intel X710-T2L 10GBASE-T 2-port Internal Lock OCP Ethernet Adapter
  - ThinkSystem Intel I350 1GbE RJ45 4-port Internal Lock OCP Ethernet Adapter

3) With v27.3 release:
- FW/NVM updates for X722, X710, XXV710 and X550 based products.

  Add support for new SKUs:
  - Intel(R) Ethernet I210-T1 LOM

Note on Firmware Recovery Mode:

When a device is in Firmware Recovery mode it will not pass traffic or allow any configuration; you can only
attempt to recover the device's firmware. A device will enter Firmware Recovery mode if it detects a problem
that requires the firmware to be reprogrammed.

Resolving Firmware Recovery Mode Issues:

If your device is in Firmware Recovery mode you can restore it to factory defaults using the latest NVM
Update Package. Download the latest NVM Update Package from your vendor's support website and follow
the instructions in it.

*** NOTES:

- Before initiating device recovery, the integrity of the host operating system, device drivers
and firmware utilities must be verified and reinstalled if necessary. Fully functional operating
system, device drivers and tools are required for device recovery.

- AC power cycle your system even if the instructions do not indicate that an AC power cycle is required.
A power cycle is required to enable the device to restore and reload critical device settings to enable recovery.
To perform an AC power cycle, do the following:

a. Shut down the system if it is powered up.
b. Unplug all AC power cords from the system.
c. Leave the AC power cords unplugged for 15 seconds to allow the system power supply to discharge completely.
d. Plug in AC power cords to the system.

- Firmware Recovery Mode Errors and Messages:

When a device is in Firmware Recovery mode, the device drivers and preboot software and utilities may log or
display messages such as the following:

a. Firmware recovery mode detected. Limiting functionality.
Refer to the Intel(R) Ethernet Adapters and Devices User Guide for details on firmware recovery mode.
b. Firmware recovery mode detected. Initialization failed.
c. Firmware recovery mode detected. Limiting functionality.
d. PXE-E0C: Firmware recovery mode detected. Initialization failed.


2.0 Web Sites and Support Phone Number
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   o  You can download new and updated files for Lenovo products from the Lenovo
     Web site:

     http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/

  o  With the original purchase of an Lenovo hardware product, you have access to
     extensive support coverage.  During the Lenovo hardware product warranty
     period, you may call the Lenovo HelpCenter for hardware product assistance
     covered under the terms of the Lenovo hardware warranty.


3.0 Trademarks and Notices
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  and other countries.

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  of others.


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