Intel BNL/Ethernet Converged Network Adapter

Product Description

Unified networking solutions on the Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X540 let you combine the traffic of multiple data center networks like LAN & SAN onto a single efficient network fabric. You now have the choice of NFS, i SCSI, or Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCo E) to carry both network & storage traffic at speeds of up to 10 Gbps. The Intel X540 adapter combines support for all of these traffic types in one adapter at no additional cost & with no additional licensing fees for the adapter. i SCSI uses Ethernet to carry storage traffic, extending the familiarity & simplicity of Ethernet to storage networking, without the need for SAN-specific adapters or switches. Intel Ethernet X540 is the easiest, most reliable, and most cost-effective way of connecting servers to i SCSI SANs. Features Flexible I/O virtualization Virtualization changes the way server resources are deployed & managed by running multiple applications & operating systems independently on a single server. Flexible Port Partitioning (FPP) By taking advantage of the PCI-SIG SR-IOV

Specification, Intel Ethernet products enable FPP. With FPP, virtual controllers can be used by the Linux host directly and/or assigned to virtual machines. FPP means that you can use the functionality of SR-IOV to assign up to 63 processes per port to virtual functions in Linux. This enables an administrator to partition their 10 Gb E bandwidth across multiple processes, ensuring a Qo S by giving each assigned process equal bandwidth. Network administrators may also rate-limit each of these services to control how much of the 10 Gb E pipe is available to each process. Unified networking Unified networking solutions on the Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X540 let you combine the traffic of multiple data center networks like LAN & SAN onto a single efficient network fabric. You now have the choice of NFS, i SCSI, or Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCo E) to carry both network & storage traffic at speeds of up to 10 Gbps. The Intel X540 adapter combines support for all of these traffic types in one adapter at no additional cost & with no additional licensing fees for the adapter. i SCSi simplifies SAN connectivity i SCSI uses Ethernet to carry storage traffic, extending the familiarity & simplicity of Ethernet to storage networking, without the need for SAN-specific adapters or switches. Intel Ethernet X540 is the easiest, most reliable, and most cost-effective way of connecting servers to i SCSI SANs. Low cost, low power, 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 Gb E) performance for the entire datacenter Standard CAT-6a cabling with RJ45 connectors Backward compatibility with existing 1000BASE-T networks simplifies the transition to 10 Gb E Flexible I/O virtualization for port partitioning & quality of service (Qo S) of up to 64 virtual ports Unified networking delivering LAN, i SCSI, and FCo E in one low cost CNA