10 Gigabit performance at the lowest cost per port Adding to a robust family of 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters, Intel is now offering the Intel 10 Gigabit CX4 Dual Port Server Adapter. Following the 802.ak specification, the Intel 10 Gigabit CX4 Dual Port Server Adapter offers the lowest cost per port of all the current 10GbE interconnects. The low-profile PCI Express* form factor combined with two CX4 ports and a low-power envelope for energy efficiency, makes the board ideal for slot-constrained environments. 10GBASE-CX4 adapters are well-suited for customers with shorter distance and low latency requirements. 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 I/OAT2 Accelerates I/O with higher throughput and lower CPU utilization by offloading processing overhead. 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 multiple 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 -Network packet handling without waiting or buffer overflow. -Efficient packet prioritization. Compatible with x8, and x16 standard and low-profile PCI Express Allows each PCI Express slot port to operate without interfering with the other. Support for most Network Operating Systems (NOS) -Enables widespread deployment. -Supports up to 100m with Intel Connects Cable. CX4 connections over 8 pair, 100 Ohm, Twinaxial cabling -Ensures compatibility with cable lengths up to 15m. -Supports up to 100m with Intel Connects Cable. RoHS-compliant -Compliant with the European Union directive 2002/95/EC to reduce the use of hazardous materials. Intel PROSet Utility for Microsoft Windows* Device Manager Provides point-and-click power over individual adapters, advanced adapter features, connection teaming, and virtual local area network (VLAN) configuration.
