Hardware drivers

We recommend using the listed approved drivers supported by Forcepoint NGFW.

Tested network interface card drivers included in the kernel of Forcepoint NGFW are listed in the following table. These drivers have been tested for use in Forcepoint NGFW.

Table 1. Tested network interface card drivers
Driver Version Description
e1000e.ko 3.2.6-k Intel® PRO/1000 Network Driver
e1000x.ko 7.3.21-k8-NAPI Intel® PRO/1000 Network Driver
i40e.ko 2.3.6+sg3 Intel® 40-10 Gigabit Ethernet Connection Network Driver
igb.ko 5.3.5.22+sg2 Intel® Gigabit Ethernet Linux Driver
ixgbe.ko 5.2.4+sg11 Intel® 10GbE PCI Express Linux Network Driver
virtio_net.ko No version Virtio network driver
vmxnet3.ko 1.4.a.0-k VMware vmxnet3 virtual NIC driver
xen-netfront.ko No version Xen virtual network device frontend
Other network interface card drivers included in the kernel of Forcepoint NGFW are listed in the following table. All drivers are the driver version that is included in the standard Linux 4.14.138 kernel.
Note: These drivers have not been tested for use in Forcepoint NGFW.
Table 2. Other network interface card drivers
Driver Description
3c59x.ko 3Com 3c59x/3c9xx Ethernet driver
8139cp.ko RealTek RTL-8139C+ series 10/100 PCI Ethernet Driver
8139too.ko RealTek RTL-8139 Fast Ethernet Driver
8390.ko No description
acenic.ko AceNIC/3C985/GA620 Gigabit Ethernet Driver
amd8111e.ko AMD8111 based 10/100 Ethernet Controller. Driver Version 3.0.7
atl1.ko Atheros L1 Gigabit Ethernet Driver
atl1e.ko Atheros 1000M Ethernet Network Driver
b44.ko Broadcom 44xx/47xx 10/100 PCI Ethernet Driver
be2net.ko Emulex OneConnect NIC Driver 10.2u
bnx2.ko Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5706/5708/5709/5716 Driver
bnx2x.ko Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM57710/57711/57711E/57712/ 57712_MF/57800/57800_MF/57810/ 57810_MF/57840/57840_MF Driver
tg3.ko Broadcom Tigon3 Ethernet Driver
cxgb.ko Chelsio 10 Gb Ethernet Driver
cxgb3.ko Chelsio T3 Network Driver
cxgb4.ko Chelsio T4/T5 Network Driver
dl2k.ko D-Link DL2000-based Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
dmfe.ko Davicom DM910X fast Ethernet Driver
e100.ko Intel® PRO/100 Network Driver
epic100.ko SMC 83c170 EPIC series Ethernet Driver
fealnx.ko Myson MTD-8xx 100/10M Ethernet PCI Adapter Driver
forcedeth.ko Reverse Engineered nForce Ethernet Driver
hamachi.ko Packet Engines 'Hamachi' GNIC-II Gigabit Ethernet Driver
hp100.ko HP CASCADE Architecture Driver for 100VG-AnyLan Network Adapters
i40e_ik.ko Intel® Ethernet Connection XL710 Network Driver
igb_ik.ko Intel® Gigabit Ethernet Network Driver
ipg.ko IC Plus IP1000 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Linux Driver
ixgb.ko Intel® PRO/10GbE Network Driver
ixgbe_ik.ko Intel® 10 gigabit PCI Express Network Driver
mdio.ko Generic support for MDIO-compatible transceivers
mii.ko MII hardware support library
mlx4_core.ko Mellanox ConnectX HCA low-level driver
mlx4_en.ko Mellanox ConnectX HCA Ethernet Driver
myri10ge.ko Myricom 10G driver (10GbE)
natsemi.ko National Semiconductor DP8381x series PCI Ethernet Driver
ne2k-pci.ko PCI NE2000 clone driver
netxen_nic.ko QLogic/NetXen (1/10) GbE Intelligent Ethernet Driver
niu.ko NIU Ethernet Driver
ns83820.ko National Semiconductor DP83820 10/100/1000 driver
pcnet32.ko Driver for PCnet32 and PCnetPCI based ether cards
qla3xxx.ko QLogic ISP3XXX Network Driver v2.03.00-k5
r6040.ko RDC R6040 NAPI PCI Fast Ethernet Driver
r8169.ko RealTek RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet Driver
s2io.ko No description
sc92031.ko Silan SC92031 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter Driver
sis190.ko SiS sis190/191 Gigabit Ethernet Driver
sis900.ko SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet Driver
skge.ko SysKonnect Gigabit Ethernet Driver
sky2.ko Marvell Yukon 2-Gigabit Ethernet Driver
starfire.ko Adaptec Starfire Ethernet Driver
sundance.ko Sundance Alta Ethernet driver
sungem.ko Sun GEM Gbit Ethernet Driver
sunhme.ko Sun HappyMealEthernet(HME) 10/100baseT Ethernet Driver
tehuti.ko Tehuti Networks® Network Driver
tg3.ko Broadcom Tigon3 ethernet driver
tulip.ko Digital 21*4* Tulip Ethernet Driver
typhoon.ko 3Com Typhoon Family (3C990, 3CR990, and variants)
uli526x.ko ULi M5261/M5263 fast Ethernet Driver
via-rhine.ko VIA Rhine PCI Fast Ethernet driver
via-velocity.ko VIA Networking Velocity Family Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Driver
winbond-840.ko Winbond W89c840 Ethernet driver
yellowfin.ko Packet Engines Yellowfin G-NIC Gigabit Ethernet Driver
SCSI drivers included in the kernel of Forcepoint NGFW are listed in the following table. All drivers are the driver version that is included in the standard Linux 4.14.138 kernel.
Note: Not all included drivers have been tested for use in Forcepoint NGFW.
Table 3. SCSI drivers
Driver Description
3Ware 9xxx SATA_RAID [CONFIG_SCSI_3W_9XXX]
Adaptec / IBM ServeRAID [CONFIG_SCSI_IPS]
Adaptec AACRAID [CONFIG_SCSI_AACRAID]
Adaptec I2O RAID [CONFIG_SCSI_DPT_I2O]
Adaptec SAS/SATA 3Gb/s [CONFIG_SCSI_AIC94X]
Adaptec Ultra160 [CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX]
BusLogic MultiMaster and FlashPoint SCSI [CONFIG_SCSI_BUSLOGIC]
Domex DMX3191D SCSI [CONFIG_SCSI_DMX3191D]
Fusion MPT ScsiHost for FC/SPI/SAS [CONFIG_FUSION_FC/SPI/SAS]
Initio INIA100 SCSI [CONFIG_SCSI_INIA100]
Intel PIIX/ICH PATA/SATA [CONFIG_ATA_PIIX]
LSI Logic MegaRAID (Legacy) [CONFIG_MEGARAID_LEGACY]
LSI Logic MegaRAID (NEWGEN) [CONFIG_MEGARAID_NEWGEN]
LSI Logic MegaRAID (SAS) [CONFIG_MEGARAID_SAS]
NVIDIA nForce SATA [CONFIG_SATA_NV]
Pacific Digital ADMA [CONFIG_PDC_ADMA]
Promise SATA [CONFIG_SATA_SX4]
Promise SATA TX2/TX4 [CONFIG_SATA_PROMISE]
QLogic IPS2x00 [CONFIG_SCSI_QLA2XXX]
QLogic ISP1240/1x80/1x160/1020/1040 SCSI [CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_1280]
ServerWorks / Apple K2 SATA [CONFIG_SATA_SVW]
Silicon Image 3124/3132 SATA [CONFIG_SATA_SIL24]
Silicon Image SATA [CONFIG_SATA_SIL]
Silicon Integrated Systems SATA [CONFIG_SATA_SIS]
Symbios/LSI logic 53C8XX/53C101 [CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_2]
Tekram DC390(T) PCI SCSI [CONFIG_SCSI_DC390T]
ULi Electronics SATA [CONFIG_SATA_ULI]
VIA SATA [CONFIG_SATA_VIA]
Vitesse VSC7174 SATA [CONFIG_SATA_VITESSE]
Vortex GDT Disk Array / Intel Storage RAID [CONFIG_SCSI_GDTH]
Block device drivers included in the kernel of Forcepoint NGFW are listed in the following table. All drivers are the driver version that is included in the standard Linux 4.14.138 kernel.
Note: Not all included drivers have been tested for use in Forcepoint NGFW.
Table 4. Block device drivers
Driver
3ware Storage controller
AMD / NS 5535 IDE
CMD-Technologies CMD640 IDE
CMD-Technologies CMD64x IDE
Compaq Smart Array 5xxx
Compaq SMART2 Array
Cyrix / NS 5530 IDE
Highpoint 366 IDE
Intel PIIX IDE
ITE 8211 IDE/8212 IDE RAID
Mylec DAC960 / AcceleRAID / eXtremeRAID PCI RAID
RZ1000 IDE
Serverworks OSB4 / CSB5 / CSB6
Silicon Image SiL IDE