Intel(R) Network Connections Software v30.x

Official release of the Intel® Ethernet Adapter Complete Driver Pack v30.1 on April 29, 2025

Supported Operating Systems:

Changelog:
Hardware Support:

• None for this Release

Software Freatures

• Ability to read Slot ID data from SMBIOS and provide to FW for E810
• Support various resets through ethtool flags for Columbiaville
• Columbiaville RDMA capability on Windows Client 10/11
• Restore LLDP Control to xUEFI for CVL
• Columbiaville - ARM platform support for UEFI tools
• Introduced a sysfs interface for SMA control for E810
• Linux kernel DPLL subsystem for control of the SMA direction for Columbiaville
• PTP interface configuration for SDP control for E810
• Introduced FEC and PHY Stats Update for Columbiaville
• Ethernet Cmdlets - SaveRestore Support
• Columbiaville NDIS Update *QoS Presented Text to indicate FW LLDP Agent
• Add module parameter to configure BMC shared LAN on X550 for ESXi
• New OS Support: Ubuntu for ARM architecture compatibility

Firmware Features:

• Added E810 DPLL phase/frequency monitoring imprisonments
• E810 RDE improvements including reset annotation improvement, description property for all schemas, location and ActiveWidth properties, added links to manage the relationship between RDE schemas
• Add Port Schema Activewidth Property
• Supporting new redfish schemas and properties for E610
• Add Redfish Port Schema
• Activewidth Property for E610
• Add Redfish PCIeFunction Links for E610

Removed Features:

• End of OS Support (EOL) - Ubuntu 18.04
• End of OS Support (EOL) - RHEL 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6
• End of OS Support (EOL) - RHEL 9.0
• End of OS Support (EOL) - FreeBSD 13.2, 14.0
• End of OS Support (EOL) - SLES12, SLES12SP1, SLES12SP2, SLES12SP3, SLES12SP4, SLES15SP1, SLES15SP2, SLES15SP3, SLES15SP4
• End of Life (EOL) - FreeBSD igb and 40G OOT driver support

Overview: www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download...ete-driver-pack.html
Download: downloadmirror.intel.com/853744/Release_30.1.zip
Release Notes: www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/content-...s-release-notes.html

Cheers
Tom