10GBASE-T Converged Network Adapter (CNA)

Simplifies Migration to 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE), Provides iSCSI,

FCoE, Virtualization and Flexible Port Partitioning (FPP)

▪ PCI Express* (PCIe*) v 3.0 with up to 8.0 GT/s.

▪ Low cost, low power, 10 GbE performance for the entire datacenter.

▪ Intel second generation, single- and dual-port 10GBASE-T controller with integrated MAC and PHY.

▪ Standard CAT 6a cabling with RJ45 connectors.

▪ Supports NBASE-T* technology (2.5 and 5.0 GbE over CAT 5e)

▪ Backward compatibility with existing 1000BASE-T networks simplifies the transition to 10 GbE.

▪ Unified networking delivering LAN, iSCSI and FCoE in one low-cost CNA.‍

▪ Flexible I/O virtualization for port partitioining and Quality of Service (QoS) of up to 64 virtual ports.

▪ Reliable, proven 10 GbE technology from Intel Corporation.

The X550 is a low-cost option for deploying 10GbE in your data center because it uses CAT6 and CAT6A cabling - standard cabling for many data centers. Autonegotiation between 1GbE, 2.5GbE, 5GbE, and 10GbE provides the necessary backwards compatibility required for a smooth transition and easy migration to 10GbE. Copper cabling's flexible reach from 1 meter to 100 meters also supports Top of Rack (ToR), Middle of Row (MoR), and End of Row (EoR) network architectures. 

Specification

• PCI-Express host interface specification v3.0 

• Complies with PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification Rev1.2

• PCI-Express lanes: x4 

• Complies with Single port 10GbE RJ45 copper port 

• Operate Speeds: 10Gb/s, 5Gb/s, 2.5Gb/s, 1Gb/s, 100Mb/s

• 10GBASE-T as per the IEEE 802.3an standard

• 1000BASE-T and 100BASE-TX as per the IEEE Standard 802.3-2012

• NBASE-T as per the IEEE P802.3bz/D1.1 Draft Standard for Ethernet Amendment

• Half duplex at 10/100Mbp operation and full duplex operation at all supported speeds

• Layer 2 functions: IEEE 802.3x Flow Control - IEEE 802.1q VLAN

• Supports Receive-side scaling (RSS)

• Supports IPv 4, IPv 6 protocols

• Supports Jumbo Frames up to 15.5K

• Supports UDP.TCP and IP Checksum offloading 

• 128 transmit queues

• Statistics for management and RMON

• Support for 64 virtual machines per port (64VMs x2 queues)

• Support for Data Center Bridging(DCB) (802.1Qaz, 802.1Qbb, 802.1p)

• Interrupt throttling control to limit maximum interrupt rate and improve CPU usage