Introduction

Intel® Data Direct I/O Technology is a platform technology that improves I/O data processing efficiency for data delivery and data consumption from I/O devices. With Intel DDIO, Intel® Server Adapters and controllers talk directly to the processor cache without a detour via system memory, reducing latency, increasing system I/O bandwidth, and reducing power consumption.

Single-Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) involves natively (directly) sharing a single I/O resource between multiple virtual machines. SR-IOV provides a mechanism by which a Single Root Function (for example a single Ethernet Port) can appear to be multiple separate physical devices.

Flexible Port Partitioning (FPP) technology utilizes industry standard PCI SIG SR-IOV to efficiently divide your physical Ethernet device into multiple virtual devices, providing Quality of Service by ensuring each process is assigned to a Virtual Function and is provided a fair share of the bandwidth.

Ports & interfaces

Connectivity technology

Wired

Host interface

PCI Express

Interface

Ethernet

Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports

2

PCI Card form factor

Half-height (low-profile)

Network

Maximum data transfer rate

10000 Mbit/s

Networking standards

IEEE 802.1Q, IEEE 802.1as, IEEE 802.1p, IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3ad

Ethernet LAN

Yes

Ethernet interface type

5 Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet

Ethernet LAN data rates

100,1000,2500,5000,10000 Mbit/s

Cabling technology

10GBase-T

VLAN tagging

Yes

iSCSI support

Yes

LAN controller

Intel® X550

Design

Product colour

Green, Silver

Internal

Yes

System requirements

Compatible operating systems

intel.com/support/EthernetOS

Windows operating systems supported

Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows 7 Enterprise x64, Windows 7 Home Basic, Windows 7 Home Basic x64, Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Professional x64, Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Starter x64, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Windows 8, Windows 8 Enterprise, Windows 8 Enterprise x64, Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8 Pro x64, Windows 8 x64

Linux operating systems supported

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 5.0, Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 6.0, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11

Server operating systems supported

Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 x64, Windows Server 2008 x64, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012 R2 x64

Operational conditions

Operating temperature (T-T)

0 - 55 °C

Storage temperature (T-T)

-40 - 70 °C

Storage relative humidity (H-H)

0 - 90%

Other features

Data transfer rate

8 GT/s

Cable type

RJ-45 Category-6 up to 55m; Category-6A up to 100m

Number of VLANs

4096

Intel Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq)

Yes

PCI-SIG* SR-IOV Capable

Yes

On-chip QoS and Traffic Management

Yes

Intel Flexible Port Partitioning

Yes

Intelligent Offloads

Yes

iWARP/RDMA

No

Fiber Channel over Ethernet

Yes

Intel Data Direct I/O Technology

Yes

Intel Virtualization Technology for Connectivity (VT-c)

Yes

Interface type

PCIe v3.0 (8.0GT/s)

Product type

13

Status

Launched

Desktop Management Interface (DMI) version

2.0

Ethernet adapter ARK ID

88209

Product family

Intel 10 Gigabit server adapter

Product series

Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X550 Series