Intel 10 GIGABIT AT2 User Manual

Product Brief

Intel® 10 Gigabit AT2 Server Adapter

Network Connectivity

Intel® 10 Gigabit AT2 Server Adapter

10 Gigabit BASE-T Ethernet Server Adapters Designed for Multi-Core Processors and Optimized for Virtualization

10 Gigabit Performance at the Low Cost of Copper

This 10 Gigabit AT2 Ethernet Server Adapter showcases Intel’s second-generation standards-based 10GBASE-T adapter

in a low-profile PCI Express* form factor. It provides bandwidthintensive applications highly affordable 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) network performance with cost-effective RJ-45 connections for distances up to 100 meters. High-speed server connectivity — once reserved for costly, proprietary technologies such as High Performance Computing (HPC) clusters and grid-based computing — can now be achieved with the standardized connectivity of the Intel® 10 Gigabit AT2 Server Adapter. Intel’s adapter also provides 1000BASE-T support

for gigabit connections to legacy switches.

MSI-X enables more efficient response times and application performance. CPU utilization can be lowered further through stateless offloads such as TCP segmentation offload, header replications/splitting, and Direct Cache Access (DCA).

Next-Generation 10 Gigabit Performance

10 Gigabit Ethernet has moved past the early adoption stage and is rapidly becoming mainstay for backbones within enterprise and service provider networks. The escalating deployments of servers with multi-core processors and demanding applications such as HPC, database clusters, and video on demand are driving the need for 10 Gigabit connections. Based on the Intel® 82598EB 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller, this next-generation Intel 10 Gigabit AT2 Server Adapter is designed to meet the throughput requirements of bandwidth-hungry applications.

Performance-Enhancing Features for Multi-Core Environments

When implemented within multi-core processor environments, the Intel 10 Gigabit AT2 Server Adapter offers advanced networking features, Intel® I/O Acceleration Technology (Intel® I/OAT), for efficient distribution of Ethernet workloads across CPU cores. Load balancing of interrupts using

The Intel 10 Gigabit AT2 Server Adapter is optimized for virtualized environments, supporting multiple queues, alleviating I/O bottlenecks between virtual machines. Virtual Machine Device Queue (VMDq) technology offloads data sorting and data copying from the Virtual Machine Monitor (VMM) software layer to the hardware, improving overall throughput and CPU utilization on virtualized servers. Additionally, the Intel 10 Gigabit AT2 Server Adapter enables Intel® QuickData Technology1 for faster I/O processing on Quad-Core and Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor-based servers.

Conserve valuable PCI Express (PCIe*) server slots while adding 10 Gigabit Ethernet capability with the Intel 10 Gigabit AT2 Server Adapter. The dedicated input/output (I/O) bandwidth of PCIe ensures priority performance on each port — without bus sharing — for 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity, as well as a low-profile design, which improves server throughput and rack density at the same time. In addition, eight-lane PCIe enables maximum bandwidth for fast and efficient data transfer.

Advances for Storage Over Ethernet

Companion Products

The fast growth in storage capacity coupled with server virtualization has brought the need for Storage Area Network (SAN) to the forefront. To satisfy this growing demand, Intel 10 Gigabit AT2 Server Adapters support iSCSI acceleration through Intel I/OAT and provide advanced features for unified networking. Fast and reliable networked storage can be achieved via native iSCSI support with Microsoft, Linux,* and VMware operating systems as well as support for iSCSI remote boot.

Order Code

Single unit: E10G41AT2

Features

Benefits

Consider these Intel®products in your server and network planning:

•Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter X520 Series for 10GbE SFP+

PCIe v2.0 (5 GT/s) performance

•Intel® PRO/1000 Server Adapters

–Copper or fiber-optic network connectivity, up to four ports per card

–Solutions for PCI Express, PCI-X,* and PCI interfaces

•Intel® PRO/1000 Desktop Adapters for PCI Express and PCI interfaces

•Other Intel® PRO Desktop and Server Adapters

•Intel® Xeon® Processors

•Intel® Server Boards

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	•Increasesperformanceonmulti-processorsystemsbyefficientlybalancingnetworkloadsacross
	CPU cores when used with Receive-Side Scaling from Microsoft or Scalable I/O on Linux*
Intel® QuickData Technology1	•DMA Engine: enhances data acceleration across the platform (network, chipset, processor),
	thereby lowering CPU utilization
	•Direct Cache Access (DCA): allows the processor to pre-fetch the data from memory, thereby
	avoiding cache misses and improving service level agreements (SLA) of the applications
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	• Enhances network performance and reduces CPU utilization in the virtualized environment
64 Receive (Rx) per port	• Reduces I/O overhead on the hypervisor in a virtualized server by performing data sorting and
	coalescing in the network silicon
Network packet handling without waiting or buffer overflow	• Efficient packet prioritization
Support for most Network Operating Systems (NOS)	• Enables widespread deployment
Compatible with x8 and x16 standard and	• Allows each PCI Express* slot port to operate without interfering with the other
low-profile PCI Express* slots
Remote management support	• Reduces support costs with remote management based on industry-wide standards
RJ-45 connections over category-6A cabling	• Ensures compatibility with cable lengths up to 100 meters
RoHS-compliant,2 lead-free3 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*	• Provides point-and-click power over individual adapters, advanced adapter features, connection
Device Manager	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