- Essentials
Status	Launched
Launch Date	Q3'12
Vertical Segment	Server
Cable Medium	Copper
Cabling Type	RJ-45 Category-6 up to 55 m; Category-6A up to 100 m
Bracket Height	Low Profile and Full Height
Recommended Customer Price	N/A
Product Brief	Link
Supported Operating Systems	Windows Server 2012 R2*, Windows Server 2012*, Windows 8*, Windows Server 2008 R2*, Windows 7*, Windows Server 2008* SP2, Windows Vista* SP2, Windows Server 2003 R2*, Windows Server 2003* SP2, Linux* Stable Kernel version 3.x, 2.6,x, Red Hat Enterprise Linux* 5, 6, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server* 10, 11, FreeBSD 9*, VMware ESX/ESXi*

           

- Networking Specifications
# of Ports	Single
System Interface Type	PCIe 2.1 (5.0 GT/s)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Connectivity (VT-c)	Yes
Speed & Slot Width	5.0 GT/s, x8 Lane
Controller	Intel X540

   

- Package Specifications
Low Halogen Options Available	See MDDS

           

- Advanced Technologies
iWARP/RDMA	No
Intel® Ethernet Power Management	No
Intel® Data Direct I/O Technology	Yes
Intelligent Offloads	Yes
Storage Over Ethernet	iSCSI, FCoE, NFS

         

- Intel® Virtualization Technology for Connectivity
On-chip QoS and Traffic Management	Yes
Flexible Port Partitioning	Yes
Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq)	Yes
PCI-SIG* SR-IOV Capable	Yes