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10 Mbps or 100 Mbps Full duplex
(requires a full duplex capable link partner set to full duplex). The
adapter can send and receive packets at the same time. You must set this mode manually.
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10 Mbps or 100 Mbps Half duplex
(requires a link partner set to half duplex). The adapter performs
one operation at a time; it either sends or receives. You must set this mode manually.
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Auto-Negotiation 1000 Mbps
. The adapter only advertises gigabit speed at full duplex.
Intel
®
PRO/100 Network Adapter Considerations
The settings available when auto-negotiation is disabled are:
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10 Mbps or 100 Mbps Full duplex
(requires a full duplex capable link partner set to full duplex). The
adapter can send and receive packets at the same time. You must set this mode manually.
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10 Mbps or 100 Mbps Half duplex
(requires a link partner set to half duplex). The adapter performs
one operation at a time; it either sends or receives. You must set this mode manually.
Performance Profiles
Performance profiles allow you to quickly optimize the performance of your Intel® Ethernet Adapter. Selecting
a performance profile will automatically adjust some Advanced Settings to their optimum setting for the
selected application. For example, a standard server has optimal performance with only two RSS (Receive-
Side Scaling) queues, but a web server requires more RSS queues for better scalability.
You must install Intel® PROSet for Windows Device Manager to use Performance profiles. Profiles are
selected on the Advanced tab of the adapter's property sheet.
Profile Descriptions
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Standard Server – This profile is optimized for typical servers.
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Web Server – This profile is optimized for IIS and HTTP based web servers.
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Virtualization Server – This profile is optimized for Microsoft’s Hyper-V virtualization environment.
Selecting this profile will disable Data Center Bridging (DCB).
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Storage Server – This profile is optimized for Fibre Channel over Ethernet and iSCSI over DCB per-
formance. Selecting this profile will disable SR-IOV and VMQ.
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S Virtualization – This profile is optimized for a combination of storage and virtualization
requirements.
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Low Latency – This profile is optimized to minimize network latency.
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Not all profiles are available on all operating systems or with all adapters.
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If you have selected the Virtualization Server profile or the S Virtualization profile,
and you uninstall the Hyper-V role, you should select a new profile.
Supported Adapters
Performance Profiles are supported on Intel® 10GbE adapters.
Teaming Considerations
When you create a team with all members of the team supporting Performance Profiles, you will be asked
which profile to use at the time of team creation. The profile will be synchronized across the team. If there is
not a profile that is supported by all team members then the only option will be Use Current Settings. The team
