This document contains the NI-SmartNIC known issues that were discovered before and since the release of NI-SmartNIC 2026 Q3. Known issues are performance issues or technical bugs that NI has acknowledged exist within this version of the product.
Not every issue known to NI appears on this list; it is intended to show the most severe and common issues that you may encounter and provide workarounds when possible. Other technical issues that you may encounter could occur through normal product use or system compatibility issues. You may find more information on these issues in NI’s Product Documentation, Knowledgebase, or Community; see Additional Resources.
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| 3162256 |
Compiling FPGA bitfiles using AMD Vivado scripts will fail with "DRC INBB-3" errorAfter generating intermediate files, when compiling an FPGA bitfile for a PXIe-8290 using AMD Vivado scripts the compile fails with a "DRC INBB-3 black box" error. Workaround: This issue can occur because of limited file permissions for the user executing the Vivado compile script which can prevent being able to write output files into their default directory. This can be avoided by changing the output directory of the generated scripts.
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Reported Version: NI-SmartNIC: 2025 Q3 Resolved Version: N/A Added: Jul 21, 2025 |
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| 3190691 |
niFpgaGenerateLvbitx.vi missing from the PXIe-8290 FPGA project folderAfter compiling the FPGA project with Vivado finishes, the niFpgaGenerateLvbitx.vi script to convert the *.pdi output from Vivado to a .lvbitx is missing.
Workaround: After the build is finished, manually copy niFpgaGenerateLvbitx.vi to convert your PDI to an LVBITX.
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Reported Version: NI-SmartNIC: 2025 Q3 Resolved Version: N/A Added: Jul 21, 2025 |
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| 3353586 |
PXIe-8290 will power down when a thermal or power limit is reached after the user session is stoppedIf the PXIe-8290 is used in such a way that it exceeds the power or thermal rating, it will stop the user's session to reduce power usage. If that is not sufficient to maintain safe power usage and temperatures, the PXIe-8290 will power down, likely causing the PXI controller to crash with a Blue Screen of Death (BSoD). Workaround: To avoid this issue, monitor that the temperature remains below 98 degrees Celsius in NI Hardware Configuration Utility, and verify that the Module Cooling property reports its state to be Normal.
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Reported Version: NI-SmartNIC: 2025 Q4 Resolved Version: N/A Added: Oct 21, 2025 |
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| 3880782 |
Opening an Instruction Framework Session sometimes fails for PXIe-8290 applicationsThe first instruction framework access after a bitfile download on the PXIe-8290 will hang, as will subsequent accesses to that same instance.
Workaround: Explicitly start all of the FIFOs in the design, even if not all are needed, before attempting to use any of them.
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Reported Version: NI-SmartNIC: 2026 Q2 Resolved Version: N/A Added: Jun 11, 2026 |
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| 3834930 |
PXIe-8290 modules might cause crash during loadPXIe-8290 modules might cause crash during load.
Workaround: There is currently no known workaround for this issue. |
Reported Version: NI-SmartNIC: 2026 Q1 Resolved Version: N/A Added: Jun 11, 2026 |
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