Intel® Data Direct I/O Technology is a platform technology that improves I/O data processing efficiency for data delivery and data consumption from I/O devices. With Intel DDIO, Intel® Server Adapters and controllers talk directly to the processor cache without a detour via system memory, reducing latency, increasing system I/O bandwidth, and reducing power consumption.
Single-Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) involves natively (directly) sharing a single I/O resource between multiple virtual machines. SR-IOV provides a mechanism by which a Single Root Function (for example a single Ethernet Port) can appear to be multiple separate physical devices.
Flexible Port Partitioning (FPP) technology utilizes industry standard PCI SIG SR-IOV to efficiently divide your physical Ethernet device into multiple virtual devices, providing Quality of Service by ensuring each process is assigned to a Virtual Function and is provided a fair share of the bandwidth.
5 Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet
Ethernet LAN data rates
100,1000,2500,5000,10000 Mbit/s
Cabling technology
10GBase-T
iSCSI support
Yes
VLAN tagging
Yes
LAN controller
Intel® X550
Design
Internal
Yes
Product colour
Green, Silver
System requirements
Compatible operating systems
intel.com/support/EthernetOS
Windows operating systems supported
Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows 7 Enterprise x64, Windows 7 Home Basic, Windows 7 Home Basic x64, Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Professional x64, Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Starter x64, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Windows 8, Windows 8 Enterprise, Windows 8 Enterprise x64, Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8 Pro x64, Windows 8 x64
Linux operating systems supported
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 5.0, Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 6.0, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11
Server operating systems supported
Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 x64, Windows Server 2008 x64, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012 R2 x64
Operational conditions
Operating temperature (T-T)
0 - 55 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)
-40 - 70 °C
Storage relative humidity (H-H)
0 - 90%
Other features
Data transfer rate
8 GT/s
Cable type
RJ-45 Category-6 up to 55m; Category-6A up to 100m
Desktop Management Interface (DMI) version
2.0
Intel Virtualization Technology for Connectivity (VT-c)
Yes
Fiber Channel over Ethernet
Yes
iWARP/RDMA
No
On-chip QoS and Traffic Management
Yes
Ethernet adapter ARK ID
88209
Product type
13
Interface type
PCIe v3.0 (8.0GT/s)
Number of VLANs
4096
Intel Data Direct I/O Technology
Yes
Intelligent Offloads
Yes
PCI-SIG* SR-IOV Capable
Yes
Intel Flexible Port Partitioning
Yes
Intel Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq)
Yes
Status
Launched
Product family
Intel 10 Gigabit server adapter
Product series
Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X550 Series
