Intel® Ethernet Product Release Notes
This page provides the current release notes for Intel® Ethernet Products. The notes are categorized by release version, from newest to oldest.
Click the version to expand it into a summary of new features and changes in that version since the last release. Access the download links for the detailed release notes.
Release Notes (available starting with Release 25.2) are in PDF format. Adobe Reader* (or compatible) required.
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28.0
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Overview
Software Features
- New PowerShell cmdlet Register-IntelEthernetRDMACounterSet
- New PowerShell cmdlet Unregister-IntelEthernetRDMACounterSet
- Windows installer automatically loads the RDMA performance counter functionality on Windows Server systems
- On Intel® Ethernet 800 series devices, received packets with multicast MAC addresses are now redirected to Flow Director and RSS queues.
- 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
Removed Features
- End of support for Microsoft Windows® 8.1
- End of support for Microsoft Windows® 10 Version 20H2 (build 19042)
- End of support for Microsoft Windows® 10 Version 21H1 (build 19043)
- End of support for VMWare ESXi* 6.5
- End of support for VMWare ESXi* 6.7
- End of support for the iw_ixl FreeBSD driver
- >Intel® Ethernet E810 Series NVM Version Update
- >Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Update Utility for Intel® Ethernet E810 Series (version 4.20)
- >Intel® Ethernet 700 Series NVM Version Update
- >Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Update Utility for Intel® Ethernet 700 Series (version 9.20)
For a detailed list of features, fixes, known issues, and general release information, download the full release notes and review the readme.txt that is included in each software release.
27.8
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Overview
Note: The NVM Update Package (NUP) 4.10 has been updated. If you currently have the 4.10 update package installed and are re-running this update package as a result of this Change Notice, please note the following: the Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter E810-XXVDA4T update to the 4.10 NVM image on a Linux* OS requires a requires a full power cycle of the system instead of a warm reboot. Updates to 4.10 on the Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter E810-XXVDA4T are not recommended.
Hardware Support
- Support for the Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter XXV710-DA2 for OCP 3.0
Software Features
- Support for Red Hat* Enterprise Linux* (RHEL) 9.1
- Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.7
For a detailed list of features, fixes, known issues, and general release information, download the full release notes and review the readme.txt that is included in each software release.
27.7
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Overview
Software Features
- Support for Microsoft Windows® 11 22H2
- Support for FreeBSD* 13.1 on most devices (not supported on Intel® Ethernet E820 Series devices)
- Support for Microsoft* Azure* Stack HCI, new feature release
- On Intel® Ethernet 810 Series devices:
- Support for Debug Dump feature on Windows*, FreeBSD*, and ESXi*
- Support for Linux* Real Time Kernel 5.x and 4.x
- Linux support for RDMA RoCEv2 link aggregation in dual-port active-backup configuration
- >Intel® Ethernet E810 Series NVM Version Update
- >Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Update Utility for Intel® Ethernet E810 Series (version 4.10)
- >Intel® Ethernet 700 Series NVM Version Update
- >Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Update Utility for Intel® Ethernet 700 Series (version 9.10)
For a detailed list of features, fixes, known issues, and general release information, download the full release notes and review the readme.txt that is included in each software release.
27.6.1
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Overview
The NVM Update Packages have been modified for the 700 Series (9.01) and E810 Series (4.01)
For a detailed list of features, fixes, known issues, and general release information, download the full release notes and review the readme.txt that is included in each software release.
27.6
Release Notes Download Package
Overview
Software Features
- Support for Intel® Ethernet cmdlets on Intel® Ethernet 700 Series and 820 Series devices, on supported Microsoft* Windows Server* operating systems
- On Intel® Ethernet 810 Series devices:
- Support for Microsoft* Windows* 11 for 10Gbps and 25Gbps devices based on the following controllers:
- Intel® Ethernet Controller E810-C
- Intel® Ethernet Controller E810-XXV
Removed Features
- End of support for Legacy iSCSI Boot and CLP boot images. These boot images cannot be loaded or configured.
- End of support for VMWare* ESXi 6.0
- Removed the Microsoft Windows* e1q driver from the download package and install media. This affects the following devices:
- Intel® 82575EB Gigabit Network Connection
- Intel® 82575EB Gigabit Backplane Connection
- Intel® Gigabit VT Quad Port Server Adapter
- Intel® 82575EB Multi-Function Network Device
- Intel® 82574L Gigabit Network Connection
- Intel® 82583V Gigabit Network Connection
- Intel® Gigabit CT Desktop Adapter
- Intel® Gigabit CT2 Desktop Adapter
- Intel® 82576 Gigabit Dual Port Network Connection
- Intel® Gigabit ET Dual Port Server Adapter
- Intel® 82576NS Gigabit Ethernet Controller
- Intel® 82576NS Gigabit Network Connection
- Intel® 82576NS SerDes Gigabit Ethernet Controller
- Intel® Gigabit EF Dual Port Server Adapter
- Intel® 82576 Gigabit Dual Port Server Network Connection
- Intel® Gigabit ET Quad Port Server Adapter
- Intel® Gigabit ET2 Quad Port Server Adapter
- Intel® 82576 Gigabit Dual Port Network Connection
- Intel® Gigabit ET Quad Port Mezzanine Card
- >Intel® Ethernet 700 Series NVM Version Update
- >Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Update Utility for Intel® Ethernet 700 Series (version 9.00)
For a detailed list of features, fixes, known issues, and general release information, download the full release notes and review the readme.txt that is included in each software release.
27.5
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Overview
Software Features
- Support for the following Linux* operating system distributions:
- SUSE* Linux* Enterprise Server (SLES) 15 SP4
- Red Hat* Enterprise Linux* (RHEL) 9.0
- Red Hat* Enterprise Linux* 8.6
- Canonical* Ubuntu* 22.04 LTS
- Drivers are no longer tested on SLES 15 SP3, RHEL 8.5, RHEL 7.9, and Ubuntu* 18.04.
- On Intel® Ethernet 810 Series devices:
- Support for Intel® Scalable I/O Virtualization on Linux operating systems
- Support for transmit balancing feature
- Support for QinQ in VMware ESXi*
- Support for updating DDP packages in VMware ESXi using esxcli. The minimum driver version for this functionality is icen-1.9.1.x or higher.
- >Intel® Ethernet E810 Series NVM Version Update
- >Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Update Utility for Intel® Ethernet E810 Series (version 4.00)
For a detailed list of features, fixes, known issues, and general release information, download the full release notes and review the readme.txt that is included in each software release.
27.4
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Overview
- Hardware Support
- Support for Intel® Ethernet Connection E822-C for backplane
- Support for Intel® Ethernet Connection E822-C/X557-AT 10GBASE-T
- Support for Intel® Ethernet Connection E822-C 1GbE
- Support for Intel® Ethernet Connection E822-C for QSFP
- Support for Intel® Ethernet Connection E822-C for SFP
- Support for Intel® Ethernet Connection E822-L for backplane
- Support for Intel® Ethernet Connection E822-L/X557-AT 10GBASE-T
- Support for Intel® Ethernet Connection E822-L 1GbE
- Support for Intel® Ethernet Connection E822-L for SFP
- Support for the Intel® Ethernet Connection E823-L for backplane
- Support for the Intel® Ethernet Connection E823-L/X557-AT 10GBASE-T
- Support for the Intel® Ethernet Connection E823-L 1GbE
- Support for the Intel® Ethernet Connection E823-L for QSFP
- Support for the Intel® Ethernet Connection E823-L for SFP
- Support for Intel® Ethernet Connection E823-C for backplane
- Support for Intel® Ethernet Connection E823-C/X557-AT 10GBASE-T
- Support for Intel® Ethernet Connection E823-C 1GbE
- Support for Intel® Ethernet Connection E823-C for QSFP
- Support for Intel® Ethernet Connection E823-C for SFP
- Software Features
- First release of the SCEA driver for Microsoft* Windows Server* operating system
For a detailed list of features, fixes, known issues, and general release information, download the full release notes and review the readme.txt that is included in each software release.
27.3
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Overview
- Support for >Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter I710-T4L
- Support for >Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter I710-T4L for OCP 3.0
- Support for FreeBSD* 12.3. Drivers are no longer tested on FreeBSD 12.2.
- SetupBD.exe now supports an \l switch, which saves an installation log file
- Support for Microsoft* Azure Stack HCI, version 21H2
- Support for the >Intel® Ethernet Controller I226-T1
- Support for the >Intel® Ethernet Controller I226-IT
- Support for the Killer E3100X 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (3)
- Support for the >Intel® Ethernet Controller I226-LM
- Support for the >Intel® Ethernet Controller I226-LMvP
- Support for the >Intel® Ethernet Controller I226-V
- Support for the >Intel® Ethernet Connection (22) I219-LM
- Support for the >Intel® Ethernet Connection (23) I219-LM
- Support for the >Intel® Ethernet Connection (22) I219-V
- Support for the >Intel® Ethernet Connection (23) I219-V
- Support for Microsoft* Windows* 10 version 1809 for 10Gbps devices based on the following controllers:
- >Intel® Ethernet Controller X710
- Support for Microsoft* Windows* 10 version 1809 for 1Gbps devices based on the following controllers:
- >Intel® Ethernet Controller I710
- Microsoft* Windows Server* 2022 support for devices based on the following controllers:
- >Intel® Ethernet Controller I225
- >Intel® I217 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
- >Intel® I218 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
- >Intel® I219 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
- >Intel® Ethernet 700 Series NVM Version Update
- >Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Update Utility for Intel® Ethernet 700 Series (version 8.70)
For a detailed list of features, fixes, known issues, and general release information, download the full release notes and review the readme.txt that is included in each software release.
27.2.1
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Overview
- NVM Update Package 3.20 has been updated. If you currently have the 3.20 update package installed and are re-running this update package because of this change, please note the following: One of the NVM Images was updated to enable the link mode 8x10.
- Affected device: PBA <M39299-00x>
For a detailed list of features, fixes, known issues, and general release information, download the full release notes and review the readme.txt that is included in each software release.
27.2
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Overview
- Support for Microsoft* Windows® 11
- On Microsoft* Windows® 11, and later, devices based on the >Intel® Ethernet I225 controller use a NetAdapter miniport driver
For a detailed list of features, fixes, known issues, and general release information, download the full release notes and review the readme.txt that is included in each software release.
27.1
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Overview
- Linux* support for Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter E810-C-Q2T
- Intel® Ethernet 800 Series devices now support user mode RDMA in FreeBSD, through the libirdma provider library.
- Support for Debian* 11
- Support for Red Hat* Enterprise Linux* (RHEL) 8.5 on all Intel® Ethernet devices
- End of support for the Microsoft Windows v1q driver. This driver will no longer be tested or updated. The driver may still be provided in your download package or on your install media for your convenience.
- >Intel® Ethernet 810 Series NVM Version Update
- >Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Update Utility for Intel® Ethernet E810 Series (version 3.20)
- >Intel® Ethernet 700 Series NVM Version Update
- >Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Update Utility for Intel® Ethernet 700 Series (version 8.60)
- >Intel® Ethernet 550 Series NVM Version Update
- >Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Update Utility for Intel® Ethernet 550 Series (version 3.60)
For a detailed list of features, fixes, known issues, and general release information, download the full release notes and review the readme.txt that is included in each software release.
27.0
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Overview
- Microsoft* Windows Server* 2022 support for devices based on the following controllers:
- Intel® Ethernet Controller X552
- Intel® Ethernet Controller X553
For a detailed list of features, fixes, known issues, and general release information, download the full release notes and review the readme.txt that is included in each software release.
26.8
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Overview
- Linux* support for Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter E810-XXV-4T
- Intel® Ethernet 800 Series devices support RDMA in a Linux* VF on a Microsoft Windows* or Linux host
- FreeBSD* drivers now support DCB on Intel® Ethernet 800 Series devices
- Support for Red Hat* Enterprise Linux* (RHEL) 8.5 on Intel® Ethernet 800 Series devices
- Limited support for the Linux ice driver on CentOS/RHEL 7.2. No new features were added; only limited regression to find and address issues with the ice driver.
- End of support for Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter E810-XXV-2 for OCP 2.0
- >Intel® Ethernet 800 Series NVM Version Update
- >Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Update Utility for Intel® Ethernet E810 Series (version 3.10)
For a detailed list of features, fixes, known issues, and general release information, download the full release notes and review the readme.txt that is included in each software release. Release Notes
26.7
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Overview
- Support for Microsoft* Windows Server* 2022
- Support for Microsoft* Windows Server* 2022 QoS offload on Intel® Ethernet 800 Series devices
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26.6
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Overview
- Support for Microsoft* Windows* 10 21H2
- Support for SUSE* Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15 SP3. Drivers are no longer tested on SLES 15 SP2.
- End of support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
- End of support for Microsoft Windows e1q driver and devices>
- End of support for Canonical* Ubuntu* 16.04
- Support for Intel® PROSet for Windows PowerShell* software on Microsoft Azure Stack HCI
- >Intel® Ethernet 700 Series NVM Version Update
- >Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Update Utility for Intel® Ethernet 700 Series (version 8.50)
For a detailed list of features, fixes, known issues, and general release information, download the full release notes and review the readme.txt that is included in each software release. Release Notes
26.5 Version number 26.5 was skipped for version number 26.6.
Please note that the version number 26.5 was skipped for version number 26.6. Please review 26.6 download and release notes available in this document.
26.4
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Overview
- >Microsoft* Windows* support for Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter E810-2C-Q2.
- >Base drivers for Intel® Ethernet 800 Series devices now support firmware logging.
- >Support for FreeBSD* 13.0.
- >Support for Red Hat* Enterprise Linux* (RHEL) 8.4.Support for Intel®> Ethernet Network Adapter E810-XXV-4 for OCP 3.0
- >Intel® Ethernet 800 Series NVM Version Update
- >Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Update Utility for Intel® Ethernet E810 Series (version 3.00)
- >Intel® Ethernet 700 Series NVM Version Update
- >Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Update Utility for Intel® Ethernet 700 Series (version 8.40)
For a detailed list of features, fixes, known issues, and general release information, download the full release notes and review the readme.txt that is included in each software release. Release Notes
26.3
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Overview
- >Support for Intel®> Ethernet Network Adapter E810-XXV-4 for OCP 3.0
- >Base drivers for Intel®> Ethernet 800 Series devices now support health status messages to report abnormal NIC issues
- >Intel® Ethernet 800 Series NVM Version Update
- >Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Update Utility for Intel® Ethernet E810 Series (version 2.50)
For a detailed list of features, fixes, known issues, and general release information, download the full release notes and review the readme.txt that is included in each software release. Release Notes
26.2
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Overview
- >Support for FreeBSD* 12.2. Drivers are no longer tested on FreeBSD 12.1.
- >Intel® Ethernet 700 Series NVM Version Update
- >Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Update Utility for Intel® Ethernet 700 Series (version 8.30)
For a detailed list of features, fixes, known issues, and general release information, download the full release notes and review the readme.txt that is included in each software release. Release Notes
26.1
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Overview
The Microsoft Windows* download package has been split into a driver package and an Intel® PROSet package. The driver package must be installed prior to installing the Intel® PROSet package.
Example downloads:
- Driver Package: Wired_driver_26.1_x64.zip
- Intel® PROSet Package: Wired_PROSet_26.1_x64.zip
Note: Installation of Intel® PROSet is optional. Intel® PROSet software includes Intel® PROSet for Windows* Device Manager, Intel® PROSet Adapter Configuration Utility (Intel® PROSet ACU), and Intel® PROSet for Windows PowerShell* software. For more information on Intel® PROSet, review the Microsoft Windows* Driver and Software Installation and Configuration section of the Intel® Ethernet Adapters and Devices User Guide.
- Intel® Ethernet 800 Series NVM Version Update
- Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Update Utility for Intel® Ethernet E810 Series (version 2.42)
For a detailed list of features, fixes, known issues, and general release information, download the full release notes and review the readme.txt that is included in each software release. Release Notes
26.0
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Overview
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25.6
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Overview
- Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux* (RHEL*) 8.3 (Drivers are no longer tested on RHEL 8.2.)
- Support for Microsoft Azure Stack* HCI
- Support for the Intel® Ethernet Connection (11) I219-LM
- Support for the Intel® Ethernet Connection (11) I219-V
- Support for the Intel® Ethernet Connection (12) I219-LM
- Support for the Intel® Ethernet Connection (12) I219-V
- Support for the Intel® Ethernet Connection (15) I219-LM
- Support for the Intel® Ethernet Connection (18) I219-LM
- Support for the Intel® Ethernet Connection (18) I219-V
- Support for the Intel® Ethernet Connection (19) I219-LM
- Support for the Intel® Ethernet Connection (19) I219-V
- Microsoft Windows* support for the Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter I225-T1
- Support for the Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter E810-C-Q1
- Intel® Ethernet 800 Series NVM Version Update
- Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Update Utility for Intel® Ethernet E810 Series (version 2.32)
For a detailed list of features, fixes, known issues, and general release information, download the full release notes and review the readme.txt that is included in each software release. Release Notes
25.5
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Overview
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25.4
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Overview
-
Hardware Support
- Intel® Ethernet Controller E810-XXV
- Intel® Ethernet Controller E810-XXV for backplane
- Intel® Ethernet Controller E810-XXV for QSFP
- Intel® Ethernet Controller E810-XXV for SFP
- Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter E810-XXV-2
- Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter E810-XXV-2 for OCP 3.0
-
Discontinued Support
- Release 25.2 is the last release that supports DOS tools and diagnostics.
- Release 25.2 is the last release that supports the 32-bit Windows® 10 e1d driver. 64-bit Windows 10 is still supported. This affects devices based on the following controllers:
- Intel® Ethernet Connection I217-LM
- Intel® Ethernet Connection I217-V
- Intel® Ethernet Connection I218-LM
- Intel® Ethernet Connection I218-V
- Intel® Ethernet Connection I219-LM
- Intel® Ethernet Connection I219-V
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25.2
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Overview
- Initial software release supporting the Intel® Ethernet Controller 800 Series of products:
- Intel® Ethernet Controller E810-C
- Intel® Ethernet Controller E810-C for backplane
- Intel® Ethernet Controller E810-C for QSFP
- Intel® Ethernet Controller E810-C for SFP
- Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter E810-C-Q2
- Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter E810-XXV-4
- Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Update Utility for Intel® Ethernet Controller E810 Series (version 2.02)
- Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Update Utility for Intel® Ethernet Controller 700 Series (version 8.0)
- Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Update Utility for Intel® Ethernet Controller X550 Series (version 3.0)
- Software and Driver fixes
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25.1.1
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Overview
- SW Release 25.1.1 supports Windows® 10, Version 2004, and Microsoft Windows Server* Version 2004. This includes support for Team and VLAN configuration.
- Windows* support for the Intel® Ethernet Controller I225 Series of products:
- Windows* support for Intel® Ethernet Controller (2) I225-LM
- Windows* support for Intel® Ethernet Controller (2) I225-LMvP
- Windows* support for Intel® Ethernet Controller (2) I225-V
- Windows* support for Intel® Ethernet Controller (2) I225-IT
- Removed support for Windows* 7 and Microsoft Windows Server* 2008 R2 (SW Release 25.0 was Final Release supporting Windows* 7 and Microsoft* Windows Server* 2008 R2.)
For general release information, review the readme.txt that is included in each software release.
25.1
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Overview
- Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Update Utility for Intel® Ethernet Controller 700 Series (version 7.3)
- Removed support for Intel® QSFP+ Configuration Utility (QCU). Use Ethernet Port Configuration Tool (EPCT) going forward: EPCT Link
For general release information, review the readme.txt that is included in each software release.
25.0
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Overview
- Software/Driver Support for X710-T2L/T4L
- Support for the Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter X710-T2L for OCP 3.0
- Support for the Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter X710-T4L for OCP 3.0
- Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Update Utility for Intel® Ethernet 700 Series (version 7.2)
- Release 25.0 removes the following from future SW Release installation packages:
- PRO100 drivers and option ROM
- PRO1000 WinCE drivers
- PRO1000 DOS drivers
- PRO1000 UEFI driver for PCI/PCI-X devices
- Legacy Linux* iSCSI Boot install/setup utils
For general release information, review the readme.txt that is included in each software release.