Release Note for Napatech Link™ Software Driver Version 12.6.3 for Windows

Release date

2021-05-05

Description

This release note applies to driver package ntanl_package_3gd-windows-12.6.3

Notes

The Napatech Link Capture 12.6.3 software release introduces these features:

  • NT100A01:
    • Support for 4x1/10G with Capture Test and Measurement feature set (new FPGA image: 200-9560-44-10)
    • Support for 4x10/25G with Capture Test and Measurement feature set (new FPGA image: 200-9554-44-10)
  • NT200A02:
    • Support for these features for all FPGA images with Capture Replay feature set
      • Header stripping
      • Packet masking
      • Load balancing with VLAN insertion
For full information on the Load Balancing feature as well as the new NTPL Action command, please visit the Napatech Documentation Portal or the DN-0449 archive in the release package, which are in slightly newer revision compared to the version embedded in the driver itself.

Please note that Windows support for FPGA image 200-9541-35-05 has not yet been validated.

Please refer to the documentation and release notes for details on the new features, bugfix’es and which SmartNIC products the new features apply to.

Operating systems

The Napatech driver version applies to these operating systems:

  • Windows Server 2019 (64-bit)

Hardware / FPGA images

Hardware FPGA images Description
NT20E3-2-PTP 200-9501-28-08 2x10G, Capture Replay (CR1)
NT40E3-4-PTP 200-9502-10-07 4x10G, Capture Replay, key matcher, line rate Tx
200-9537-44-11 4x10G, Capture (CR1), key matcher, dedup
200-9538-44-11 4x10G, Capture Replay (CR2), line rate Tx, dedup
NT80E3-2-PTP 200-9503-28-07 2x40G, Capture Replay (CR1)
200-9519-28-07 8x10G, Capture Replay (CR1)
NT200A01 200-9515-20-10 2x100G, Capture, key matcher included
200-9516-20-10 2x100G, Capture Replay, key matcher not included
200-9531-35-25 2x10/25G, Capture Replay (CR1)
200-9512-28-07 2x40G, Capture Replay (CR1)
200-9522-28-07 8x10G, Capture Replay (CR1)
NT40A01-4x1 200-9500-28-08 4x1G, Capture Replay (CR1)
NT100E3-1-PTP 200-9505-28-07 1x100G, Capture Replay (CR1)
NT40A01 200-9517-09-08 4x10/1G port speed, Socket Load Balancer
INTEL-A10 200-7000-27-02 4x10G, Capture Replay (CR1)
200-7001-27-02 1x40G, Capture Replay (CR1)
NT200A02 200-9521-43-11 2x100G, Capture Replay (CR1)
200-9526-43-11 2x40G, Capture Replay (CR1)
200-9532-43-11 2x10/25G, Capture Replay (CR1)
200-9533-43-11 8x10G, Capture Replay (CR1)
200-9534-35-25 8x10G, Capture Flow Management (FM1)
200-9535-28-07 2x40G, Capture Flow Management (FM1)
200-9536-37-00 2x100G port speed, Capture Flow Management
200-9539-23-01 8x10G port speed, CPU Socket Load Balancer
200-9540-23-01 2x40G port speed, CPU Socket Load Balancer
200-9543-44-10 2x100G, Capture Test & Measurement (TM1)
200-9545-44-10 2x40G, Capture Test & Measurement (TM1)
200-9546-44-10 2x10/25G, Capture Test & Measurement (TM1)
200-9549-43-11 4x10/25G port speed
200-9555-43-11 2x1/10G, Capture Replay (CR1)
NT50B01 200-9541-35-25 2x10/25G, Capture Replay (CR1)
NT100A01 200-9553-35-25 4x10/25G, Capture Flow Management (FM1)
200-9554-44-10 4x10/25G, Capture Test & Measurement (TM1)
200-9559-35-25 4x1/10G, Capture Flow Management (FM1)
200-9560-44-10 4x1/10G, Capture Test & Measurement (TM1)

Windows Suite Version

3.24.1

Included in Windows Suite
Driver version

3.24.1

WinPCAP version

3.3.0

Tools version

3.24.1

ImgCtrl version

3.14.2

Test status

Complete test plan

Documentation

Documentation is available in the “Documentation” folder.

Release note generated at

2021-05-05