E10G41AT2 - Intel AT2 SERVER ADAPTER 10G PCI

This 10 gigabit AT2 Ethernet server adapter showcases Intel's second-generation standards-based 10BASE-T adapter in a low-profile PCI Express form factor. It provides bandwidth intensive applications highly affordable 10 gigabit Ethernet (GbE) network performance with cost-effective RJ-45 connections for distances up to 100 meters. High-speed server connectivity - once reserved for costly, proprietary technologies such as high performance computing (HPC) clusters and grid-based computing - can now be achieved with the standardized connectivity of the Intel 10 Gigabit AT2 Server Adapter. Intel's adapter also provides 1000BASE-T support for gigabit connections to legacy switches. Intel 82598EB 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller - Industry-leading, energy-efficient design for next-generation 10 gigabit performance and multi-core processors Low-profile -Enables higher bandwidth and throughput from standard and low-profile PCIe slots and servers Load balancing on multiple CPUs -Increases performance on multi-processor systems by efficiently balancing network loads across CPU cores when used with Receive-Side Scaling from Microsoft or Scalable I/O on Linux Intel QuickData Technology -DMA Engine: Enhances data acceleration across the platform (network, chipset, processor), thereby lowering CPU utilization -Direct Cache Access (DCA): Allows the processor to pre-fetch the data from memory, thereby avoiding cache misses and improving service level agreements (SLA) of the applications iSCSI remote boot support -Provides centralized storage area network (SAN) management at a lower cost than competing iSCSI solutions MSI-X support -Minimizes the overhead of interrupts -Allows load balancing of interrupt handling between different cores/CPUs Virtual Machine Device queues (VMDq) -Allows the efficient routing of packets to the correct target machine in a virtualized environment using multiple hardware queues -Ensures transmit fairness and prevents head-of-line blocking Low latency -Ability to toggle between the interrupt aggregation and non-aggregation mode based on the type of data being transferred Optimized queues: 32 transmit (Tx) and 64 receive(Rx) per port -Enhances network performance and reduces CPU utilization in the virtualized environment -Reduces I/O overhead on the hypervisor in a virtualized server by performing data sorting and coalescing in the network silicon Network packet handling without waiting or buffer overflow -Efficient packet prioritization Support for most network operating systems (NOS) -Enables widespread deployment