10 Gigabit Performance at the Low Cost of Copper

This 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 bandwidthintensive 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 AT Server Adapter. Intel’s adapter also provides 1000BASE-T support for gigabit connections to legacy switches.

Next-Generation 10 Gigabit Performance

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.

Performance-Enhancing Features for Multi-Core Environments

When implemented within multi-core processor environments, the Intel 10 Gigabit AT Server Adapter offers advanced networking features for efficient distribution of Ethernet workloads across CPU cores. Load balancing of interrupts using MSI-X enables more efficient response times and application performance. CPU utilization can be lowered further through stateless offloads such as TCP segmentation offload, header replications/splitting, and Direct Cache Access (DCA).

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

Conserve valuable PCI Express (PCIe*) server slots while adding 10 Gigabit Ethernet capability with the Intel 10 Gigabit AT Server Adapter. The dedicated input/output (I/O) bandwidth of PCIe ensures priority performance on each port — without bus sharing — for 10 Gigabit Ethernet onnectivity, as well as a low-profile design, which improves server throughput and rack density at the same time. In addition, eight-lane PCIe enables maximum bandwidth for fast and efficient data transfer

Conserve valuable PCI Express (PCIe*) server slots while adding 10 Gigabit Ethernet capability with the Intel 10 Gigabit AT Server Adapter. The dedicated input/output (I/O) bandwidth of PCIe ensures priority performance on each port — without bus sharing — for 10 Gigabit Ethernet onnectivity, as well as a low-profile design, which improves server throughput and rack density at the same time. In addition, eight-lane PCIe enables maximum bandwidth for fast and efficient data transfer

Advances for Storage Over Ethernet

The fast growth in storage capacity coupled with server virtualization has brought the need for Storage Area Network (SAN) to the forefront.

Fast and reliable networked storage can be achieved via nativeiSCSI support with Microsoft, Linux,* and VMware operatingsystems as well as support for iSCSI remote boot.