Intel X550-AT2 Based Ethernet Network Interface Card, 10GBase-T Dual-Port, PCIe 3.0 x 4, Comparable to Intel X550-T2, Full Height&Low Profile

This dual-port 10Gb network interface card (NIC) is optimized on Intel X550-AT2 controller for server connectivity and network virtualization. By supporting a PCIe 3.0 x4 host interface, this adapter provides sufficient bandwidth for line rate traffic on dual 10Gb ports.

Improved support for virtualization, including VMDq and SR-IOV, makes the NIC a perfect fit for virtualized environments. It is designed to provide broad interoperability, critical performance optimisations, and increased agility for communications, cloud, and enterprise IT network solutions.

Specifications

• Ports Ports: Dual
  
• Controller: Intel X550-AT2
  
• Data Rate Per Port: 1G/2.5G/5G/10GBase-T
  
• System Interface Type: PCIe 3.0 x 4
  
• Connector Type: RJ45
  
• Max. Power Consumption: 13W
  
• Bracket Height: Full Height and Low Profile
  
• Card PCB Dimensions (WxD): 5.91"x2.68" (150x68mm) (without bracket)
  
• Connectivity (VT-c): Yes
  
• Storage Over Ethernet: iSCSI, NFS
  
• SR-IOV: Yes
  
• NVGER: Yes
  
• GENEVE: No
  
• VXLAN: Yes
  
• DPDK: Yes
  
• IWARP: No
  
• RoCE: No
  
• OS Support: Windows, Linux, VMware, FreeBSD
  
• Storage Humidity: 90% max. non-condensing relative humidity at 35ºC
  
• Operating Humidity: 85% max. non-condensing relative humidity
  
• Storage Temperature: -40 °C to 70 °C (-40 °F to 158 °F)
  
• Operating Temperature: 0 °C to 55 °C (32 °F to 131 °F)

Product Spotlights

• Virtualization Features Multi-mode I/O Virtualization Operations
• VXLAN and NVGRE support
• Next Generation VMDq
• Support for PCI-SIG SR-IOV Specification
• 64 Transmit (Tx) and Receive (Rx) Queue Pairs Per Port ( Supports VMware NetQueue and Microsoft VMQ)

External Features

• NBASE-T technology support (IEEE 802.3bzready)
• IEEE 801.1Q (VLAN)
• IEEE 802.1ad (Double VLAN)
• MSI-X support
• Tx TCP segmentation offload (TSO-IPv4, IPv6)

Manageability Features

• DMTF Network Controller Sideband Interface(NC-SI) pass-through
• Management Component Transport Protocol(MCTP) over SMBus or PCIe
• Advanced Error Reporting (AER)
• iSCSI Boot

Connectivity Solutions

Efficient Data Center Networking Solution Based on Intel NICs
The NICs provide efficient and stable network connections, enabling high-speed data transmission between servers and switches.

Intel X550 Chip Offers Low Cost Networking
Based on Intel X550 Gigabit Ethernet chip, the same chip design as the Intel original network card brings stable performance and fast connection without latency.

Advanced Connection Virtualization Technology
Enhancing network performance and manageability in virtualized environments is crucial for areas such as cloud computing, virtualized data centers, and network function virtualization.

Intelligent Offloads Reduce CPU Utilization for I/O
By assisting the host processor, improving network performance, reducing the load on the host processor, and thereby enhancing system efficiency.

Application Server Compatibility
Intel Based Ethernet Adapters can be applied to most mainstream devices on the market, such as Dell, HP, IBM, Supermicro, Inspur, Lenovo servers, etc.