Intel X550-t2 Dual-port 10gbase-t Nic

Introduction

Intel® Data Direct I/O Technology is a platform technology that improves I/O data processing efficiency for data delivery and data consumption from I/O devices. With Intel DDIO, Intel® Server Adapters and controllers talk directly to the processor cache without a detour via system memory, reducing latency, increasing system I/O bandwidth, and reducing power consumption.

Single-Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) involves natively (directly) sharing a single I/O resource between multiple virtual machines. SR-IOV provides a mechanism by which a Single Root Function (for example a single Ethernet Port) can appear to be multiple separate physical devices.

Flexible Port Partitioning (FPP) technology utilizes industry standard PCI SIG SR-IOV to efficiently divide your physical Ethernet device into multiple virtual devices, providing Quality of Service by ensuring each process is assigned to a Virtual Function and is provided a fair share of the bandwidth.

Ports & interfaces

Connectivity technology

Wired

Host interface

PCI Express

Interface

Ethernet

Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports

2

PCI Card form factor

Half-height (low-profile)

Network

Maximum data transfer rate

10000 Mbit/s

Networking standards

IEEE 802.1Q,IEEE 802.1as,IEEE 802.1p,IEEE 802.3,IEEE 802.3ad

Ethernet LAN

Y

Ethernet interface type

5 Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet

Ethernet LAN data rates

100,1000,2500,5000,10000 Mbit/s

Cabling technology

10GBase-T

VLAN tagging

Y

iSCSI support

Y

LAN controller

Intel® X550

Design

Product colour

Green, Silver

Internal

Y

System requirements

Windows operating systems supported

Windows 7 Enterprise,Windows 7 Enterprise x64,Windows 7 Home Basic,Windows 7 Home Basic x64,Windows 7 Home Premium,Windows 7 Home Premium x64,Windows 7 Professional,Windows 7 Professional x64,Windows 7 Starter,Windows 7 Starter x64,Windows 7 Ultimate,Windows 7 Ultimate x64,Windows 8,Windows 8 Enterprise,Windows 8 Enterprise x64,Windows 8 Pro,Windows 8 Pro x64,Windows 8 x64

Linux operating systems supported

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 5.0,Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 6.0,SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10,SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11

Server operating systems supported

Windows Server 2003,Windows Server 2008 R2,Windows Server 2008 R2 x64,Windows Server 2008 x64,Windows Server 2012 R2,Windows Server 2012 R2 x64

Operational conditions

Operating temperature (T-T)

0 - 55 °C

Storage temperature (T-T)

-40 - 70 °C

Storage relative humidity (H-H)

0 - 90%

Other features

Data transfer rate

8 GT/s

Number of VLANs

4096

Intel Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq)

Y

PCI-SIG* SR-IOV Capable

Y

On-chip QoS and Traffic Management

Y

Intel Flexible Port Partitioning

Y

Intelligent Offloads

Y

Fiber Channel over Ethernet

Y

Intel Data Direct I/O Technology

Y

Desktop Management Interface (DMI) version

2.0