Cavium, Inc. QLogic FastLinQ QL45000 Series Gigabit Ethernet Controller SR-IOV VF - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

QLogic FastLinQ QL45000 Series Gigabit Ethernet Controller SR-IOV VF is a Chipset hardware device. This driver was developed by Cavium, Inc.. pci/ven_1077&dev_1633 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Install Cavium, Inc. QLogic FastLinQ QL45000 Series Gigabit Ethernet Controller SR-IOV VF driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Cavium, Inc. QLogic FastLinQ QL45000 Series Gigabit Ethernet Controller SR-IOV VF driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 8.31.1.0 dated 2018-01-07.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your PC and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
File size of the driver: 973764 bytes (950.94 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.2 stars out of 19689 votes.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. How to install Cavium, Inc. QLogic FastLinQ QL45000 Series Gigabit Ethernet Controller SR-IOV VF driver using DriverMax

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Cavium, Inc. QLogic FastLinQ QL45000 Series Gigabit Ethernet Controller SR-IOV VF driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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