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VMware ESX 3.5 Update 5, Patch ESX350-200911205-UG: Updates igb Driver for Intel (1015029)

Release Date: December 3, 2009

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128 KB

Download Filename:
ESX350-200911205-UG.zip
md5sum:
f3591519051cddfa505a0663be145fa0

Product Versions	ESX 3.5 Update 5
Build	207095
Patch Classification	Critical
Supersedes	None
Requires	ESX350-200911201-UG ESX350-200911202-UG
Virtual Machine Migration or Reboot Required	Yes
Host Reboot Required	Yes
PRs Fixed	231391, 398637
Affected Hardware	None
Affected Software	None
RPMs Included	VMware-esx-drivers-net-igb
Related CVE Numbers	None

This patch fixes the following issues or adds the following enhancements for ESX 3.5 Update 5:

Fixes an issue where the systems with Intel igb card generate a large number of interrupts per second. With this fix, systems with Intel igb cards run in dynamic conservative mode by default and have a lower rate of interrupts per second. Also, the TCP throughput performance is optimum.

Corrects the driver version numbers to be compliant with the standard RPM versioning scheme.

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