Features
General
Intel®8259910GigabitEthernetController
SFP+Connectivity
Low-profile
LoadbalancingonmultipleCPUs
iSCSIremotebootsupport
FibreChanneloverEthernet(FCoE)Support
Supportformostnetworkoperatingsystems(NOS)
RoHS-compliant2
Intel®PROSetUtilityforWindows*DeviceManager
TimeSync(IEEE1588,802.1as)
I/OFeaturesforMulti-coreProcessorServers
Intel®DirectCacheAccess(DCA)
MSI-Xsupport
LowLatencyInterrupts
HeaderSplitsandReplicationinReceive
MultipleQueues:128TxandRxqueuesperport
Tx/RxIP,SCTP,TCP,andUDPchecksumoffloading(IPv4,IPv6)capabilities
TxTCPsegmentationoffload(IPv4,IPv6)
ReceiveandTransmitSideScalingforWindowsenvironmentandScalableI/OforLinux*environments(IPv4,IPv6,TCP/UDP)
IPsecOffload
MacSec
VirtualizationFeatures
VMDq
Next-GenerationVMDq1(64queuesperport)
PC-SIGSR-IOVImplementation(64virtualfunctionsperport)
VirtualMachineLoadBalancing(VLMB)
AdvancedPacketFiltering
VLANsupportwithVLANtaginsertion,strippingandpacketfilteringforupto4096VLANtags
ManageabilityFeatures
PrebooteXecutionEnvironment(PXE)Support
SimpleNetworkManagementProtocol(SNMP)andRemoteNetworkMonitoring(RMON)StatisticCounters
iSCSIBoot
WatchdogTimer
AdapterProductFeatures
Intel®PROSetUtility
Plugandplayspecificationsupport
ReceiveSideScaling
DirectCacheAccess(DCA)
AdvancedSoftwareFeature
Adapterfaulttolerance(AFT)
Switchfaulttolerance(SFT)
Adaptiveloadbalancing(ALB)
Teamingsupport
IEEE802.3ad(linkaggregationcontrolprotocol)
PCIeHotPlug*/Activeperiphera;componentinterconnect(PCI)
IEEE802.1Q*VLANs
IEEE802.32005*flowcontrolsupport
Tx/RxIP,TCP,&UDPchecksumoffloading(IPv4,IPv6)capabilities(Transmissioncontrolprotocol(TCP),userdatagramprotocol
(UDP),Internetprotocol(IP)
IEEE802.1p*
TCPsegmentationlargesendoffload
MSI-XsupportsMultipleIndependentQueues
Interruptmoderation
IPv6offloading—Checksumandsegmentationcapabilityextendedtonewstandardpackettype
NetworkOperatingSystems(NOS)SoftwareSupport
Windows732-bit(64-bit)
Windows832-bit(64-bit)
Windows8.132-bit(64-bit)
WindowsVista32-bit(64-bit)
WindowsServer200332-bit(64-bit)
WindowsServer200832-bit(64-bit)
WindowsServer2008R232-bit(64-bit)
WindowsServer201232-bit(64-bit)
WindowsServer2012R232-bit(64-bit)
Linuxkernel2.6.30orgreater(x86_64)(w/SR-IOVsupport)
FreeBSD7.2orlaster
LinuxRHEL5.6
LinuxRHEL6.x
LinuxSLES11SP1
LinuxSLES10SP4
OSIndependent
DOSNDIS2
DOSODI
EFI1.1
UEFI2.1
VmwareESX4.02
VmwareESX4.02
VMwareWorkstation