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Intel® 10 Gigabit AF DA Dual Port Server Adapter

Intel® 10 Gigabit AT2 Server Adapter

10 gigabit performance for top-of-rack connections

The Intel® 10 Gigabit AF DA Dual Port Server Adapter is the newest member of Intel's robust family of 10 Gigabit products. Designed as a low-cost, low-power adapter, the Intel 10 Gigabit AF DA Dual Port Server Adapter provides direct attach copper twinaxial (passive)cable connections between servers and a top-of-rack switch. Two ports, coupled with a low-profile PCI Express* form factor, make this adapter ideal for slot-constrained environments. Using direct attach copper (passive) cables compliant with the SFP + MSA SFF-8431 specification, the Intel 10 Gigabit AF DA Dual Port Server Adapter is well-suited for customers who require low-cost "in-the-rack" connections of 7 meters between server and top-of-rack switch.

Features and benefits

Intel® 82598EB 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
  • Industry-leading, energy-efficient design for next-generation 10 Gigabit performance and multi-core processors
Low-profile
  • Enables higher bandwidth and throughput from standard and low-profile PCIe slots and servers
Load balancing on multiple CPUs
  • Increases performance on multi-processor systems by efficiently balancing network loads across CPU cores when used with receive-side scaling from Microsoft or Scalable I/O on Linux*
Intel® I/O Acceleration Technology (Intel® I/OAT)1
  • Accelerates I/O with higher throughput and lower CPU utilization by off loading processing overhead
iSCSI remote boot support
  • Provides centralized storage area network (SAN) management at a lower cost than competing iSCSI solutions
MSI-X support
  • Minimizes the overhead of interrupts
  • Allows load balancing of interrupt handling between different cores/CPUs
Virtual Machine Device queues (VMDq)
  • Allows the efficient routing of packets to the correct target machine in a virtualized environment using multiple hardware queues
  • Ensures transmit fairness and prevents head-of-line blocking
Low latency
  • Ability to toggle between the interrupt aggregation and non-aggregation mode based on the type of data being transferred
Optimized queues: 32 transmit (Tx) and 64 receive(Rx) per port
  • Network packet handling without waiting or buffer overflow
  • Efficient packet prioritization
Compatible with x4,π2 x8, and x16 standard and low-profile PCI Express* slots
  • Allows dual-port operation in almost any PCI Express server slot, except x1 slots, and allows each PCI Express slot port to operate without interfering with the other
Support for most network operating systems (NOS)
  • Enables widespread deployment
Remote management support
  • Reduces support costs with remote management based on industry-wide standards
SFP+ Direct Attached passive Cable (Twinaxial)
  • Ensures compatibility with direct attached cable lengths up to 7 meters
RoHS compliant,3 lead-free4 technology
  • Compliant with the European Union directive (effective as of July 2006) to reduce the use of hazardous materials
Intel® PROSet Utility for Microsoft Windows* Device Manager
  • Provides point-and-click power over individual adapters, advanced adapter features, connection teaming, and virtual local area network (VLAN) configuration
Intel backing
  • Backed by an Intel® limited lifetime warranty, 90-day money-back guarantee (U.S. and Canada), and worldwide support

Product information

Product brief

Product and Performance Information

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1. Intel® I/O Acceleration Technology (Intel® I/OAT) requires an operating system that supports Intel I/OAT.


2. Only x4 connections implemented with an x8 connector are supported.


3. Lead and other materials banned in RoHS Directive are either (1) below all applicable substance thresholds the EU or (2) an approved/pending exemption applies.


4. Lead has not been intentionally added, but lead may still exist as an impurity below 1000 ppm, or an approved RoHS exemption applies.