The Ultimate Dual-Port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller with the Flexibility and Scalability required for Virtual and Unified Storage Environments

The latest member of Supermicro’s network adapter family, the AOC-STGN-i2S is the most flexible and scalable Ethernet adapter for today’s demanding data center environments. Based on the new Intel® 10GbE network controller 82599ES, the AOC-STGN-i2S addresses the demanding needs of the next-generation data center by providing unmatched features for virtualization, flexibility for LAN and SAN networking, and proven reliable performance.

Key Features

• Dual SFP+ Connectors

• Low-Profile Standard Form Factor

• PCI Express 2.0 (up to 5GT/s)

• Intel® QuickData Technology

• VMDq, Next-Generation VMDq, and PC-SIG SR-IOV for Virtualized Environments

• Load Balancing on Multiple CPUs

• iSCSI Remote Boot Support

• Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Support

• Support for most Network Operating Systems (NOSs)

• Support both DAC Twin Axial and LC Fiber-Optic SR Cables

• RoHS compliant 6/6

Specifications

• General:

- Intel® 82599ES 10GbE controller

- Compact size low-profile standard form factor

- PCI-E x8 2.0 (5GT/s)

- Load balancing on multiple CPUs

- iSCSI remote boot support

- Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Support

- Intel® PROSet Utility for Windows® Device Manager

• I/O Features:

- Intel QuickData Technology: DMA engine that enhances data acceleration and lowers CPU usage

- Direct Cache Access (DCA) to avoid cache misses

- MSI-X support to minimize the overhead of interrupts and allows load-balancing between multiple cores/CPUs

- Tx/Rx IP, SCTP, TCP and UDP checksum offloading capabilities (IPv4, IPv6)

- Receive and Transmit Side Scaling for Windows environments and Scalable I/O for Linux environments

• Virtualization Features:

- Supports virtualization features such as VMDq, Next-generation VMDq (64 queues per port) and PC-SIG SR-IOV implementation

- IPv6 Offloading

- Advanced Packet Filtering

- VLAN support to allow creation of multiple VLAN segments

• Manageability Features:

- Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) support

- Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and Remote Network Monitoring (RMON) statistics counters

- iSCSI remote boot

• OS Support:

- Windows® Vista SP2, 2003 SP2, 2008 SP2

- RedHat EL, SuSe SLES

- FreeBSD

• Cables Support:

- SFP+ direct attached twin axial cables, up to 10 meters

- Dual LC fiber-optic SR cables, up to 300 meters

• Operating Conditions:

- Operating temperature: 0°C to 55°C

• Physical Dimensions:

- Card PCB dimensions:

13.65cm (5.37in) x 6.35cm (2.50in) (LxW)

- Height of end brackets:

standard – 12cm (4.725in),

low-profile – 7.94cm (3.13in)

Compliance/Environmental

• RoHS Compliant 6/6, Pb Free RoHS c o m p l i a n t

Supported Platforms

• Motherboards with minimum PCI-E x8 slot

• Server Systems with low-profile or full-height PCI-E x8 expansion slot

Optional Accessories

• AOC-E10GSFPSR: SFP+ transceiver module for short range fiber cables (up to 300m)

• CBL-0347L: 1m Twinax copper cable

• CBL-0348L: 3m Twinax copper cable

• CBL-0349L: 5m Twinax copper cable