10G SFP+ network controller card on PCIe x4 port with advanced network traffic management, Intel 82599 (X520) chipset

For DESKTOP PCs or SERVERS on PCIe x4 ports. Compatible with all 10 Gigabit networks in SFP+.

It offers advanced network traffic management thanks to hardware acceleration, reducing the processor load by offloading TCP/IP processing. Optimized for multi-core and virtualized environments, it incorporates Intel VT-c load balancing and virtualization technologies, improving throughput, latency, and I/O efficiency. Designed for unified networks and virtualized data centers, it supports iSCSI, FCoE, and PXE boot, enabling LAN and SAN traffic to be shared over a single Ethernet infrastructure.

Compatibility:

Windows 7/8/8.1/10, Windows Server 2008 R2/2012 R2/2016 R2/2019 R2,

Linux (stable kernels 2.6.32.x/3.x/4.x/5.x or later),

CentOS/RHEL 6.x/7.x or later, Ubuntu 14.x/15.x/16.x or later,

UOS V20 or later, VMware ESX/ESXi 4.x/5.x/6.x or later...

For PCIe x4 port, compatible with PCIe slots of type x4, x8, or x16

Features:

Intel 82599 CHIPSET.

PCI Express v2.0 (5.0 GT/s) x4, compatible with x8 and x16.

Throughput 10,000 Mb/s.

SFP+ connector.

Supported protocols and features:

• IEEE 802.3ae (10 Gigabit Ethernet over fiber),
• IEEE 802.3x (Full Duplex, flow control),
• IEEE 802.1AS, IEEE 802.1Q (VLAN), IEEE 802.3ad, IEEE 1588,
• IEEE 802.3az – Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE),
• iSCSI, Jumbo Frames, DPDK, PXE, FCoE.

Unsupported feature: Wake-on-LAN (WoL).

LED activity indicator.

Supplied with downloadable drivers and two brackets (low profile and high profile).