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Intel 10 Gigabit AT Server Adapter
Intel® 10 Gigabit AT
Server Adapter
10 Gigabit BASE-T Ethernet Server Adapters Designed for
Network Connectivity
Multi-Core Processors and Optimized for Virtualization
10 Gigabit Performance at the
Low Cost of Copper
The Intel® 10 Gigabit AT Ethernet Server
Adapter showcases Intel’s first-generation
standards-based 10BASE-T adapter in a low-
profile PCI Express* form factor. It provides
bandwidth-intensive applications highly
Performance-Enhancing Features
for Multi-Core Environments
affordable 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) network
performance with cost-effective RJ-45
When implemented within multi-core processor
connections for distances up to 100 meters.
environments, the Intel 10 Gigabit AT Server
High-speed server connectivity — once
Adapter offers advanced networking
reserved for costly, proprietary technologies
features for efficient distribution of Ethernet
such as High Performance Computing (HPC)
workloads across CPU cores. Load balancing of
clusters and grid-based computing — can
interrupts using MSI-X enables more efficient
now be achieved with the standardized
response times and application performance.
connectivity of the Intel 10 Gigabit AT
CPU utilization can be lowered further through
Server Adapter. Intel’s adapter also provides
stateless offloads such as TCP segmentation
1000BASE-T support for gigabit connections to
offload, header replications/splitting, and Direct
legacy switches.
Cache Access (DCA).
Next-Generation 10 Gigabit
Performance
The Intel 10 Gigabit AT Server Adapter is
optimized for virtualized environments,
supporting multiple queues, alleviating I/O
bottlenecks between virtual machines. Virtual
Machine Device Queue (VMDq) technology
offloads data sorting and data copying from
the Virtual Machine Monitor (VMM) software
layer to the hardware, improving overall
throughput and CPU utilization on virtualized
servers. Additionally, the Intel 10 Gigabit AT
Server Adapter enables Intel® I/O Acceleration
Technology1 (Intel® I/OAT) with support for
Intel® QuickData Technology for faster I/O
processing on the new Quad-Core and Dual-
Core Intel® Xeon® processor-based servers.
10 Gigabit Ethernet has moved past the
early adoption stage and is rapidly becoming
mainstay for backbones within enterprise and
service provider networks. The escalating
deployments of servers with multi-core
processors and demanding applications
such as HPC, database clusters, and video on
demand are driving the need for 10 Gigabit
connections. Based on the Intel® 82598EB 10
Gigabit Ethernet Controller, this next-generation
Intel 10 Gigabit AT Server Adapter is designed
to meet the throughput requirements of
bandwidth-hungry applications.
Specifications
General
Product codes
Connectors
Cabling
Intel Backing
EXPX9501AT
RJ-45 Copper
Category-6A
Limited lifetime warranty
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90-day, money-back guarantee
(U.S. and Canada)
Advanced Software Features
Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT)
Switch Fault Tolerance (SFT)
Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB)
Teaming support
Adapter Product Features
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Intel® PROSet Utility for easy configuration
and management
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Intel® lead-free3 technology
Plug and play specification support
Intel® I/OAT1 including QuickData
Includes a full-height bracket
RoHS2
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Standard
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IEEE 802.3ad5 (link aggregation
control protocol)
PCIe Hot Plug/Active Peripheral
Component Interconnect (PCI)
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Cabling Distance
IEEE 802.1Q VLANs
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10BASE-T
100 m on Cat-6A, 55 m on Cat-6
IEEE 802.3 2005 flow control support
1000BASE-T
100 m on Cat-5e, Cat-6 or Cat-6A
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Tx/Rx IP, TCP, & UDP checksum offloading
(IPv4, IPv6) capabilities (Transmission control
protocol (TCP), User Datagram Protocol (UDP),
Internet Protocol (IP))
Receive-side scaling
VMDq4
In a virtualized environment, packets
dedicated to different virtual machines
can be routed to different queues, thus
easing the routing of these packets to
the target machine
IEEE 802.1p
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TCP segmentation/large send offload
MSI -X supports Multiple Independent Queues
Interrupt moderation
Advanced packet filtering (per port)
• 16 exact-matched packets
(unicast or multicast)
• 4096-bit hash filter for
IPv6 offloading
Checksum and segmentation capability
extended to new standard packet type
multicast frames
• Promiscuous (unicast and multicast)
transfer mode support
• Optional filtering of invalid frames
Technical Features
Data rate(s) supported per port
Bus type
Direct Cache Access (DCA)
The I/O device activates a pre-fetch
engine in the CPU that loads the data
into the CPU cache ahead of time,
before use, eliminating cache misses
and reducing CPU load
1 Gigabit and 10 Gigabit
PCI Express 2.0 (2.5 Gtps)
Bus width
x8 lane PCI Express, operable in x8 and
x16 slots
Bus speed (x8, encoded rate)
20 Gbps uni-directional; 40 Gbps
bi-directional
Network Management
Wired for Management (WfM) baseline v2.0
enabled for servers
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Interrupt levels
INTA, MSI, MSI-X
Hardware certifications
Controller-processor
Typical power consumption
Operating temperature
Storage temperature
Storage humidity
FCC B, UL, CE, VCCI, BSMI, CTICK, MIC
Intel® 82598EB
DMI 2.0 support, Windows Management
Instrumentation (WMI) and SNMP
Remote Installation Services (RIS)
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24 W 100LFM
PXE 2.0 enabled through boot Read-Only
Memory (ROM)
0° C to 55° C (32° F to 131° F)
-40° C to 70° C (-40° F to 158° F)
Network Operating Systems (NOS) Software Support
90% non-condensing relative humidity
at 35° C
Microsoft Windows Server 2003*
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LED Indicators
LINK (solid) and ACTIVITY (blinking)
Microsoft Vista*
Microsoft Windows Virtual Server 2005*
Red Hat Enterprise 4* or later
Physical Dimensions
Length
16.74 cm (6.59 in)
6.89 cm (2.71 in)
SUSE SLES 10* or later,
Professional 9.2 or later
Width
Height of end bracket
PCI Express standard, 12 cm
(4.725 in); PCI Express low-profile,
7.92 cm (3.12 in)
FreeBSD 5.x* or later
VMware ESX 3.x* support
Fedora*
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EFI 1.1
Network-Ready Servers
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1Intel® I/O Acceleration Technology (Intel® I/OAT) requires an operating system that supports Intel I/OAT.
2Lead and other materials banned in RoHS Directive are either (1) below all applicable substance thresholds the EU or (2) an approved/pending exemption applies.
3Lead has not been intentionally added, but lead may still exist as an impurity below 1000 ppm, or an approved RoHS exemption applies.
4Intel® VMDq requires an operating system that supports VMDq.
5Available only when used with a capable switch.
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