Chapter 1: Overview
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Chapter 1
Overview
1-1 Overview
Congratulations on purchasing your add-on card from an acknowledged leader in
the industry. Supermicro products are designed with the utmost attention to detail
to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance. For product
support and updates, please refer to our website at http://www.supermicro.com/
products/nfo/networking.cfm#adapter.
1-2 Product Highlights
The product highlights of this add-on card include the following:
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Dual RJ45 Connectors
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Low-Profile, Short Length Standard Form Factor
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PCI Express 2.1 (2.5GT/s or 5GT/s)
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Asset Management Features (SMC systems only) (Rev. 2.00 and 2.01)
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Intel® QuickData Technology
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VMDq, Next-Generation VMDq, and PC-SIG SR-IOV for Virtualized Environ
ments
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Jumbo Frame Support up to 15.5KB
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Load Balancing on Multiple CPUs
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iSCSI Remote Boot Support
1-3 Technical Specifications
General
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Intel® X540 10GbE controller with integrated 10GBase-T copper PHYs