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General
Product Codes
430-3638
Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter
X520-DA2
Connectors
330-8721
One or two LC fiber-optic
connectors
SFP+ Direct Attach cables
Network Standards Physical Layer
Interface
IEEE 802.3:
SFF-8431:
Cu (a.k.a. Direct
Attach)
Adapter Product Features
Intel® PROSet Utility
For easy configuration
and management
Plug and play specification support
Standard
Receive Side Scaling
Multiple Rx queues enable the
efficient distribution of net-
work receive processing across
multiple CPUs in multiprocessor
systems
Direct Cache Access (DCA)
The I/O device activates a pre-
fetch engine in the CPU that
loads the data into the CPU
cache ahead of time, before
use, eliminating cache misses
and reducing CPU load
Network Operating Systems (NOS) Software Support
Operating System
IA32
X64
Windows Server 2008 R2
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Windows Server* 2003 SP2
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Windows Server 2008 SP2
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Windows Server 2008 SP2 Core
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FreeBSD* 7.0
N/A
Linux* RHEL 4.8
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Linux RHEL 5.4
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Linux SLES 10 SP3
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Linux SLES 11
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Solaris* 10
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UEFI* 2.1
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Advanced Software Features
Adapter fault tolerance (AFT)
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Switch fault tolerance (SFT)
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Adaptive load balancing (ALB)
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Teaming support
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IEEE 802.3ad (link aggregation control protocol)
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Test switch configuration
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PCIe Hot Plug*/Active peripheral component interconnect (PCI)
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IEEE 802.1Q* VLANs
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IEEE 802.3 2005* flow control support
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Tx/Rx IP, TCP, & UDP checksum offloading (IPv4, IPv6)
capabilities (Transmission control protocol (TCP), user
datagram protocol (UDP), Internet protocol (IP)
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IEEE 802.1p*
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TCP segmentation/large send offload
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MSI-X supports Multiple Independent Queues
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Interrupt moderation
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IPv6 offloading — Checksum and segmentation capability
extended to new standard packet type
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Specifications
Features
Benefits
Manageability Features
Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) Support
• Enables system boot up via the LAN (32-bit and 64-bit)
• Flash interface for PXE image
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and
Remote Network Monitoring (RMON) Statistic Counters
• Easy system monitoring with industry-standard consoles
iSCSI Boot
• Enables system boot up via iSCSI
• Provides additional network management capability
Watchdog Timer
• Gives an indication to the manageability firmware or external devices that the chip or the driver is
not functioning
Technical Features
Data rate supported per port:
• Optical: 1 GbE/10 GbE
• Direct Attach: 10 GbE
Bus type
PCI Express 2.0 (5 GT/s)
Bus width
8-lane PCI Express
Interrupt levels
INTA, MSI, MSI-X
Hardware certifications
FCC B, UL, CE, VCCI, BSMI, CTICK, KCC
Controller-processor
Intel® 82599
Typical power consumption
SKU
Dual-port 10GBASE-SR/1000BASE-SX
Dual-port Direct Attached
Maximum Power
10.7 W
8.6 W
Typical Power
10.0 W
7.9 W
Operating temperature
0° C to 55° C (32° F to 131° F)
Air Flow
Minimum of 100 LFM required
Storage temperature
-40° C to 70° C (-40° F to 158° F)
Storage humidity
90% non-condensing relative humidity
at 35° C
LED Indicators
LINK (solid) and ACTIVITY (blinking)
LINK SPEED (green = 10G / yellow = 1G)
Physical Dimensions
Low-profile PCI Express
5.73 inches long, measured without
PCI bracket
