Intel X550-T2 Internal Ethernet 10000Mbit/S Card and Network Adapter - Network Cards and Adapters (Internal, Wired, Pci-E, Ethernet, 10000 MBit/S, Green, Silver)

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Intel promised a post-release firmware update to X550-T2 for upgrading the X550 using launch NBaseT draft/pre-standard, to the official IEEE 802.3bz standard. So.... the IEEE 802.3bz firmware "feature" upgrade from the draft Nbase-T, was promised by Intel in year 2015 (at Intel's x550 product launch) - And the IEEE 802.3bz standard was ratified in year 2016 - But, I can't find that firmware anywhere, now 6 years later in year 2022? A large amount of X550-T2 documentation and spec sheets etc, contradict themselves and are now inaccurate, due to two fundamental reasons: Quote, "NBASE-T speed advertisement (2.5 GbE/5 GbE) is disabled by default in the X550 NVM. An NBASE-T enabled driver should be used to link at NBASE-T speeds."

If a third-partyadapter is added to a team, its RSS settings must match the Intel® adapters in the team. On: Driver does wait for Auto Negotiation. If the speed is not set to Auto Negotiation, the driver waits for a short time for link to complete and then reports the link state. NO, the X550-T2 does NOT, and apparently NEVER will support 100% compliance to IEEE 802.3bz mGig support (based on Intel post above, and elaborated in root cause below).We asked the Operating System you used as it is stated on specifications of Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X550-T2 link below that NBASE-T support is in Linux Only.

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Effect of Termination. Upon termination of the Agreement, the licenses to You will immediately terminate and You must cease using the Materials and destroy all copies in your possession and direct Your subcontractors to do the same. Termination of this Agreement will not terminate the CNDA. Some multi-port devices can be forced to master mode. If forced to master mode, the device can either disconnect or downshift to a 100-Mbps link. The issue can also occur in a Forced Slave to Forced Slave mode. Changing this setting can cause a momentary loss of connectivity.