Intel® Ethernet Network Products
Intel® Ethernet 10-Gigabit Server Adapters Series
10-Gigabit Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X540-T1
Mfg. Part Number:
Intel® X540T1BLK
Low-profile bracket included
RoHS compliant
Features and Benefits:
The Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X540 Family is the latest innovation in Intel’s leadership to drive 10 Gigabit Ethernet into the broader server market. This adapter hosts Intel’s latest Ethernet silicon, the Intel® Ethernet Controller X540, which is used by many OEMs as a single chip solution for LAN on Motherboard (LOM) to deliver 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GbE) on the latest server platforms.
The Intel® X540 family Simplifies Migration to 10GbE to provide iSCSI, FCoE, Virtualization, and Flexible Port Partitioning. The X540 family works with legacy Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) switches and CAT-6a cabling. Install the X540 adapter into a server and the auto-negotiation between 1 GbE and 10 GbE provides the necessary backwards compatibility that most customers require for a smooth transition and easy migration to 10 GbE. When time and budget allows, 10GBASE-T switches can be added any time to experience the full benefits of 10 GbE.
• Low Cost, Low Power, 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) Performance for the Entire Datacenter
• Standard CAT-6a Cabling with RJ-45 Connectors
• Backward Compatibility with Existing 1000BASE-T Networks Simplifies the Transition to 10GbE
• Flexible I/O virtualization for port partitioning and quality of service (QoS) of up to 64 virtual ports
• Unified Networking Delivering LAN, iSCSI, and FCoE in One Low Cost CNA.
• Industry First Single-Port 10GBASE-T
Specifications:
• Adapter Product Features
Product code: X540T1
Connector: Single RJ-45 copper port
Cabling Type: Category-6a
Intel® PROSet Utility for easy configuration and management
Intel® Lead-free technology
Plug and play specification support Standard
Cabling Distance:
- 10GBASE-T: 100m on Cat-6a, 55m on Cat-6.
- 1000BASE-T: 100m on Cat-6a, Cat-6, or Cat-5e.
- 100BASE-T: 100m on Cat-6a, Cat-6, or Cat-5e.
Receive-side scaling
- VMDq4
Advanced packet filtering (per port):
- 16 exact-matched packets (unicast or multicast)
- 4096-bit hash filter for multicast frames
- Promiscuous (unicast and multicast)
- Optional filtering of invalid frames
- Direct Cache Access (DCA)
• Technical Features
Controller-processor: Intel® X540
Data rate(s) supported per port: 10Gbps, 1000Mbps, 100Mbps.
Bus type: PCI Express 2.1 (5.0 Gtps)
Bus width: x8 lane PCI Express, operable in x8 and x16 slots.
Bus speed: (x8, encoded rate) 20 Gbps uni-directional, 40 Gbps bi-directional.
Interrupt levels: INTA, MSI, MSI-X.
10 Gb/s Power Usage:
- 10Gpbs: Typical 13.4W
- 1000Mbps: Typical 8.2W
- 100Mbps: Typical 5.9W
Hardware certifications: FCC B, UL, CE, VCCI, BSMI, CTICK, KCC.
• Advanced Software Features
Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT)
Switch Fault Tolerance (SFT)
Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB)
Virtual Machine Load Balancing (VMLB)
Teaming support
IEEE 802.3ad (link aggregation control protocol)
PCIe Hot Plug/Active
Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI)
IEEE 802.1Q VLANs
IEEE 802.3 2005 flow control support
Tx/Rx IP, TCP, & UDP checksum offloading (IPv4, IPv6) capabilities (TCP, UDP, IP).
IEEE 802.1p
TCP segmentation/large send offload
MSI -X supports Multiple Independent Queues
Interrupt moderation
IPv6 offloading
• Network Management
Wired for Management (WfM) baseline v2.0 enabled for servers
DMI 2.0 support, Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) and SNMP
Remote Installation Services (RIS)
PXE 2.0 enabled through boot Read-Only Memory (ROM)
• Network Operating Systems (NOS) Software Support
Microsoft Windows 7 (IA32 and X64)
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64 and IPF)
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Core (x64 and IPF)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Vista
Microsoft Windows Virtual Server 2005
Linux SLES 11 SP1
Red Hat Linux Enterprise 4 or later
SUSE Linux SLES 10 or later, Professional 9.2 or later
Fedora Linux
FreeBSD 5.x or later
VMware ESX 4.0/4.1, ESXi 5.0 support
