PX8-10G-2T-550 is a PCIe 3.0 x4 10Gbps Dual Port Ethernet Server Adapter based on Intel X550 chipset, independently developed by AddonCards.com, and it is compatible with PCIe x8, x16 slot. This adapter card optimizes its performance, making the system I/O no longer be the bottleneck of the network application. The Server Adapter PX8-10G-2T-550 Simplifies Migration to 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE), Provides iSCSI FCoE Virtualization and Flexible Port Partitioning (FPP).

Features

• Dual-port 10GbE adapter
• PCI Express (PCIe) v3.0, 8.0 GT/s, x4 lanes
• Low cost, low power,10 GbE performance for the entire datacenter.
• Intel's second generation, single- and dual-port 10GBASE-T controller with integrated MAC and PHY.
• Standard CAT 6a cabling with RJ45 connectors.
• Supports NBASE-T* technology ( 2.5 and 5.0 GbE over CAT 5e)
• Backward compatibility with existing 1000BASE-T networks simplifies the transition to 10 GbE.
• Unified networking delivering LAN iSCSI and FCoE in one low-cost CNA
• Flexible I/O virtualization for port partitioining and Quality of Service (QoS) of up to 64 virtual ports.
• Network Virtualization, low latency
• Low profile and full-height bracket

Specifications

• Controller: Intel Ethernet Controller X550
• Bus Type: PCIe v3.0 (8.0GT/s) (2.0 and 1.1 compatible)
• Bus Width: x4 lane PCle operable in x8 and x16 slots
• Ports: Dual 10GBASE-T RJ45 Port
• Data rate supported per port: 10 GbE/1 GbE/100MbE(Only linux), 10GbE/1 GbE/100MbE
• Power Consumption: Typical  Power11.2W;  Maximum Power13.0W
  
• System Support
• Windows ServerX 2012 R2; 
• Windows Server 2012 R2 Core;
• Windows Server 2012; 
• Windows Server 2012 Core;
• Windows Server 2008 R2; 
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Core; 
• LinuxX Stable Kernel version 2.6.32/3x; 
• LinuxX RHEL 6.5 and RHEL 7.0;
• LinuxX SLES 11 SP3 and SLES 12; 
• FreeBSDX 9 and FreeBSDX 10;
• UEFIX 2.1; UEFIX 2.3; 
• VMware ESXi 5.1(Limited Functionality);
• VMware ESXi 5.5
• Bracket Height: Full height and half height
• LED Indicators
  
• Link（green/orange bright）and ACTIVITY( green flashing)
• Link Rate(green=10Gbps；orange=1Gbps/100Mbps)
• Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq)
• Offloads data sorting from the hypervisor to silicon, improving data throughput and CPU usage
• QoS feature for Tx data by providing round-robin servicing and preventing head-of- line blocking
• Sorting based on MAC addresses and VLAN tags
• Support for PCI-SIG SR-IOV: Up to 64 VFs per port
• IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Support with VLAN Tag: Ability to create multiple VLAN segments
• VXLAN Stateless Offloads: A framework for overlaying virtualized layer 2 networks over layer 3 networks. VXLAN enables users to create a logical network for VMs across different networks
• NVGRE Stateless Offloads: Network Virtualization using Generic Routing Encapsulation. The encapsulation of an Ethernet Layer 2 Frame in IP that enables the creation of virtualized Layer 2 subnets that can span physical Layer 3 IP networks
• Intel® Flow Director: Yes
• MSI-X: Yes
• FPP - 64 VFs Per Port: Yes
• Tx/Rx IP SCTP TCP and UDP Checksum Offloading (lPv4IPv6) Capabilities: Yes
• Tx TCP Segmentation Offload: Yes
• SNMP and RMON: Yes
• Protocol Support
• IEEE 802.1QX VLANs
• IEEE 802.3 2005X flow control support
• compatible 10 GbE and 1 GbE Ethernet/ 802.3ap (KX/KX4) Specification
• compatible the 10 GbE 802.3ap (KR) Specification
• compatible 1000BASE-BX Specification
• PXE: Yes
• WoL: No
• Jumbo frames: 15.5 KB
• Ethernet power management: Yes
• Storage: iSCSI, NFS, FCoE, SMB
• Operating Temperature: 0 °C to 55 °C (32 °F to 131 °F)
• Storage Temperature: -40 °C to 70 °C (-40 °F to 158 °F)
• Storage Humidity: Maximum: 90% non-condensing relative humidity at 35 °C
• Air Flow: Minimum of 1 50 LFM required
• Certifications: FCC, CE, RoHS
• Size (LxWxH): 137 x 69 x 1.6 mm