Intel received a report from the field that applications using TCP fail to resume commmunications when traffic is moved from a failed port to a working port on a Switch Fault Tolerant (SFT) team on Windows Server 2003* when Receive Side Scaling (RSS) is enabled.

Resolution
Install Scalable Networking Pack (SNP) hotfix rollup package from Microsoft.
KB Article ID 950224, A Scalable Networking Pack (SNP) hotfix rollup package is available for Windows Server 2003, provides details.

Operating System:

Windows Server 2003 *

This applies to:

IntelŽ Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X520 Series IntelŽ Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X540-T1 IntelŽ Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X540-T2 IntelŽ Ethernet Server Adapter X520 Series IntelŽ Ethernet Server Adapter X520-DA2 IntelŽ Ethernet Server Adapter X520-LR1 IntelŽ Ethernet Server Adapter X520-SR1 IntelŽ Ethernet Server Adapter X520-SR2 IntelŽ Ethernet Server Adapter X520-T2