E10G42AFDA - Intel 10 Gigabit AF DA Dual Port Server Adapter

10 gigabit performance for top-of-rack connections

The Intel 10 Gigabit AF DA Dual Port Server Adapter (E10G42AFDA) is the newest member of Intel's robust family of 10 Gigabit products. Designed as a low-cost, low-power adapter, the Intel 10 Gigabit AF DA Dual Port Server Adapter provides direct attach copper twinaxial cable connections between servers and a top-of-rack switch. Two ports, coupled with a low-profile PCI Express* form factor, make this adapter ideal for slot-constrained environments. Using direct attach copper cables compliant with the SFP + MSA SFF-8431 specification, the Intel 10 Gigabit AF DA Dual Port Server Adapter is well-suited for customers who require low-cost "in-the-rack" connections of less than 10 meters between server and top-of-rack switch.

Intel E10G42AFDA Features and Benefits

Feature	Benefit
Intel® 82598EB 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller	Industry-leading, energy-efficient design for next-generation 10 Gigabit performance and multi-core processors
Low-profile	Enables higher bandwidth and throughput from standard and low-profile PCIe slots and servers
Load balancing on multiple CPUs	Increases performance on multi-processor systems by efficiently balancing network loads across CPU cores when used with receive-side scaling from Microsoft or Scalable I/O on Linux*
Intel® I/O Acceleration Technology (Intel® I/OAT)	Accelerates I/O with higher throughput and lower CPU utilization by off loading processing overhead
iSCSI remote boot support	Provides centralized storage area network (SAN) management at a lower cost than competing iSCSI solutions
MSI-X support	Minimizes the overhead of interrupts Allows load balancing of interrupt handling between different cores/CPUs
Virtual Machine Device queues (VMDq)	Allows the efficient routing of packets to the correct target machine in a virtualized environment using multiple hardware queues Ensures transmit fairness and prevents head-of-line blocking
Low latency	Ability to toggle between the interrupt aggregation and non-aggregation mode based on the type of data being transferred
Optimized queues: 32 transmit (Tx) and 64 receive(Rx) per port	Network packet handling without waiting or buffer overflow Efficient packet prioritization
Compatible with x4,π x8, and x16 standard and low-profile PCI Express* slots	Allows dual-port operation in almost any PCI Express server slot, except x1 slots, and allows each PCI Express slot port to operate without interfering with the other
Support for most network operating systems (NOS)	Enables widespread deployment
Remote management support	Reduces support costs with remote management based on industry-wide standards
SFP+ Direct Attached Cable (Twinaxial)	Ensures compatibility with direct attached cable lengths up to 10 meters
RoHS compliant,π lead-freeπ technology	Compliant with the European Union directive (effective as of July 2006) to reduce the use of hazardous materials
Intel® PROSet Utility for Microsoft Windows* Device Manager	Provides point-and-click power over individual adapters, advanced adapter features, connection teaming, and virtual local area network (VLAN) configuration
Intel backing	Backed by an Intel® limited lifetime warranty, 90-day money-back guarantee (U.S. and Canada), and worldwide support