General Features

▪    Intel Ethernet Controller #82599

▪    Data rate per port: 10GbE

▪    TCP, UDP and IPv4 checksum offloading

▪    Tx/TCP segmentation offload (Large Send Offload—LSO)

▪    IPsec offload

▪    Low latency interrupts

▪    MSI-X support Multiple Independent Queues (16 queues per port)

▪    Interrupt moderation

▪    Data Center Bridging (DCB) support

      -Priority-Based Flow Control 802.1Qbb rev.0

      -Enhanced Transmission Selection 802.1Qaz rev.0

      -Data Center Bridging (DCBX) 802.1Qaz rev.0 protocol

 ▪    Header splits and Replication in Receive

 ▪    Receive Side Scaling for multiple Rx queues

 ▪    Direct Cache Access (DCA) eliminates cache misses and reduces CPU load

 ▪    Interrupt levels INTA, MSI, MSI-X

 ▪    Plug and play specification support

 ▪    Time Sync  for networked Ethernet equipment(IEEE 1588, 802.las)

 ▪    VMDq and next-generation VMDq QoS features

 ▪    IEEE 802.3 2005 flow control support

 ▪    Advanced Packet Filtering

 ▪    VLAN support with tag insertion and stripping

 ▪    PC-SIG SR-IOV Implementation (64 virtual functions per port)

Advanced Software Features

 ▪    Adaptive load balancing

 ▪    Teaming support

 ▪    IEEE802.3ad (link aggregation control protocol)

 ▪    PCIe Hot Plug/Active peripheral interconnect

 ▪    IEEE 802.1Q VLANs User Benefits  

▪    Multiple offloads for lower processor usage and increased throughput  

▪    Reduced power, cooling and cabling costs  

▪    Low total cost of ownership (TCO) with high bandwidth over a single link    

Management Tools  

▪    Easy system monitoring with Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and Remote Network Monitoring (RMON) Statistic Counters  

▪    Watchdog Timer for chip/driver status monitoring