Introduction

The Intel Ethernet Connection X722 is a network controller embedded into the Intel C624 "Lewisburg" PCH chipset of Lenovo ThinkSystem servers. The controller connects to available 10 GbE and 1 Gigabit Ethernet LAN-on-motherboard (LOM) adapter cards and onboard connectors to provide a comprehensive 1 GbE / 10 GbE networking solution for ThinkSystem customers.

ThinkSystem servers support either 10 Gb Ethernet copper or optical connections, or Gigabit Ethernet connections depending on the server model.

The following figure shows the ThinkSystem 10Gb 4-port SFP+ LOM adapter which provides four SFP+ cages for optical or direct-attach copper (DAC) connectivity.

Ports & interfaces

Connectivity technology

Wired

Host interface

PCI Express

Interface

Ethernet

Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports

2

Network

Maximum data transfer rate

10000 Mbit/s

Networking standards

IEEE 802.1Q,IEEE 802.1Qbg,IEEE 802.1p,IEEE 802.3ad,IEEE 802.3x

Ethernet LAN

Y

Ethernet interface type

10 Gigabit Ethernet

Ethernet LAN data rates

10000 Mbit/s

Cabling technology

10GBase-T

Security algorithms

SNMP

Jumbo frames support

Y

Jumbo frames

9728

Quality of Service (QoS) support

Y

VLAN tagging

Y

Design

Product colour

Green, Metallic

Internal

Y

Chipset

Intel® C624

Certification

UL recognized to UL60950-1 2nd Edition FCC Rules, Part 15, Class A Australian EMC Framework (RCM) Japan VCCI, Class A Industry Canada, ICES-003, Class A EU (CE Mark) Korea KC-RRA, Class A

Compatible products

SR630 SR650 SR850 SR860 SR950

System requirements

Other operating systems supported

VMware vSphere ESXi

Server operating systems supported

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11,SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12,Windows Server 2012 R2,Windows Server 2012 R2 x64,Windows Server 2016

Sustainability

Sustainability certificates

RoHS

Other features

Flow control support

Y

Number of VLANs

4096

Intel Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq)

Y

PCI-SIG* SR-IOV Capable

Y

Intel Data Direct I/O Technology

Y

Receive Side Scaling (RSS)

Y