> Source: [sk180572](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk180572)

# sk180572 - Hardware Compatibility Notifications

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk180572 |
| Date Created | 2023-02-16 |
| Last Modified | 2025-11-16 |
| Technical Level | General |
| OS | Gaia |

## Symptoms

- Output of the HCP tool ([sk171436](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk171436)) shows:

`See sk180572 for more information`

## Solution

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| Category                | Hardware Notification                                                 | Comments                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| Network Interface Cards | The E1000 driver is supported only in Gaia OS versions R82 and lower. | It is necessary to replace the network interface cards that use the E1000 driver with the network interface cards that use another supported driver. See [sk104848](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk104848) for details and VMXNET3 replacement driver information. Periodically, Check Point aligns Gaia OS to Red Hat Linux OS. Red Hat Linux OS deprecated support for the E1000 driver: * [What does it mean when hardware is classified as "unmaintained" in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6+, 9.0 and newer?](https://access.redhat.com/solutions/6663421) * [Considerations in adopting RHEL 8 - 11.1.3.3. The e1000 network driver is not supported in RHEL](https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html-single/considerations_in_adopting_rhel_8/index#e1000_hardware-enablement) |

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