Dell Intel PRO Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 17)

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Microsoft* Windows* Installation and Configuration: Intel®
FCoE/DCB User Guide
System Requirements
Supported Adapters
Upgrading Windows Drivers on an Intel FCoE-Booted System
Validation and Storage Certification
Windows* Server Installation
Configuration Using Intel® PROSet for Windows* Device Manager
Upgrading Windows Drivers on an Intel® FCoE-Booted System
Upgrading an FCoE-booted system can only be done via the Intel® Network Connections Installer. A reboot is required to
complete the upgrade. You cannot upgrade a port's Windows driver and software package if the port is in the path to the
virtual memory paging file and is also part of a Microsoft Server 2012 NIC Team (LBFO Team). To complete the upgrade,
remove the port from the LBFO team and restart the upgrade.
WARNING: Do not update the base driver via the Windows Update method.
Doing so may render the system inoperable, generating a blue screen. The FCoE Stack and base driver need to be
matched. The FCoE stack may get out of sync with the base driver, if the base driver is updated via Windows Update.
Validation and Storage Certification
The software components for Intel® Ethernet FCoE are comprised of two major components: the Ethernet base driver and the
FCoE Driver. They are developed and validated as an ordered pair. Users are strongly encouraged to avoid scenarios, either
through upgrades or Windows update, where the Ethernet driver version is not the version released with the corresponding
Intel® Ethernet FCoE driver. For more information, visit the download center at http://downloadcenter.intel.com.
NOTES:
Individually upgrading/downgrading the Intel® Ethernet FCoE driver will not work and may cause a blue screen;
the entire FCoE package must be the same version. Upgrade the entire FCoE package using Intel® Network
Connections only.
If you uninstalled the Intel® Ethernet Virtual Storage Miniport Driver for FCoE component, just find the same
version that you uninstalled and re-install it; or uninstall and then re-install the entire FCoE package.
Intel and the storage vendors spend considerable effort ensuring that their respective products operate with each other as
expected for every version that we release. However, given the sheer number of releases and each respective organization's
differing schedules, users are strongly encouraged to use their storage vendor's support matrix to ensure that the versions
that they are deploying for the Intel® Ethernet Protocol Driver, the switch and storage vendor have been tested as an
integrated set.
Windows* Server Installation
From the setup.exe install menu: Click the FCoE over Data Center Bridging checkbox to install Intel® Ethernet FCoE Protocol
Driver and DCB. The MSI Installer installs all FCoE and DCB components including the Base Driver.
NOTES:
FCoE is supported on 82599- and X540-based Intel® Network Connections.
It is recommended to install using the latest storage qualified image.
For current drivers and documentation, visit the Customer Support site.