iWARP/RDMA iWARP delivers converged, low-latency fabric services to data centers through Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) over Ethernet. The key iWARP components that deliver low-latency are Kernel Bypass, Direct Data Placement, and Transport Acceleration.
Intel® Data Direct I/O Technology 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.
PCI-SIG* SR-IOV Capable 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 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.
Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq) Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq) is a technology designed to offload some of the switching done in the VMM (Virtual Machine Monitor) to networking hardware specifically designed for this function. VMDq drastically reduces overhead associated with I/O switching in the VMM which greatly improves throughput and overall system performance
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%
Logistics data
Harmonized System (HS) code
85176990
Other features
Data transfer rate
8 GT/s
Cable type
RJ45 Category 6 up to 55m; Category 6A up to 100m
Market segment
Server
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
Bracket height
Low-Profile (LP) / Full-Height (FH)
Cabling type
RJ45 Category 6 up to 55m; Category 6A up to 100m
Controller type
Intel® Ethernet Controller X550
Commodity Classification Automated Tracking System (CCATS)
G135872
Export Control Classification Number (ECCN)
5A992C
Ethernet adapter ARK ID
88209
Processor family
500 Network Adapters (up to 10GbE)-500 Network Adapters (up to 10GbE)