Performance Features: 8 Transmit and 8 Receive queues per port. • Up to 8 queues of Receive Side Scaling (RSS) minimize CPU utilization across multiple processor systems. • Support PCI-SIG Single-Root I/O virtualization Rev 1.1. • • Support for up to 8 virtual function ( VFs) • Partial replication of PCI Configuration space Support for 8 pools (single queue) of virtual machine Device Queues (VMDq) per port. • Support Direct Cache Access (DCA). • Support Intel I/O Acceleration Technology v3.0. • TSO interleaving for reduced latency • Minimized device I/O interrupts using MSI and MSI-X • UDP, TCP and IP checksum offload • UDP and TCP transmit segmentation offload (TSO). machine • SCTP receive and transmit checksum offload. • Packet interrupt coalescing timers (packet timers) and absolute-delay interrupt timers for both transmit and receive operation. • EEE (IEEE 802.3az) for reduced power consumption during low link utilization periods. • Fiber Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-SX: Independently Fiber Gigabit Ethernet channel/s support Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-SX. • Small Form Factor (SFF) LC Connectors. • Fiber Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-LX: Independently Fiber Gigabit Ethernet channel/s support Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-LX. • Small Form Factor (SFF) LC Connectors. • Common Key features: Support PCI Express Base Specification 2.1 (5 GTs) • High performance, reliability, and low power use in Intel i350 Dual integrated MAC + PHY and SERDES chip Controllers. • Ultra deep, packet buffer per channel lowers CPU utilization. • Hardware acceleration that can offload tasks from the host processor. The Controllers can offload TCP/UDP/IP checksum calculations and TCP segmentation. • Server class reliability, availability and performance features: • • Link Aggregation and Load Balancing Priority queuing – 802.1p layer 2 priority encoding • Virtual LANs –802.1q VLAN tagging • Jumbo Frame (9.5KB) • 802.x flow control. • Multicast/ broadcast Packet replication • Supports Vital Product Data (VPD) • LEDs indicators for link/Activity/Speed status Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Technical Specifications - (1000Base-SX) Adapters: IEEE Standard / Network topology: Fiber Gigabit Ethernet, 1000Base-SX (850nM) Data Transfer Rate: 2000Mbit/s in full duplex mode per port Cables and Operating distance: Multimode fiber: 137m maximum at 62.5 um ** ** Theoretical Distance – Defined as half a distance as stated by the IEEE 802.3 standard Optical Output Power: Typical: -5.96 dBm Minimum: -9 dBm Optical Receive Sensitivity: Typical: -25.09 dBm Maximum: -20 dBm Operating Systems Support Operating system support: Linux Windows VMware General Technical Specifications Interface Standard: PCI-Express Base Specification Revision 2.1 (5 GTs) PCI Express Card Type: X4 Lane PCI Connector: Gold Finger: X4 Controller: : Intel i350AM2 I/O: SFF Transceivers located on internal bracket