Overview
The Supermicro AOC-STGF-i2S dual-port Ethernet card delivers superior per-formance with an industry-leading, energy-efficient design based on Intel X710. This  feature-rich card addresses the demands of the next-generation data enter by providing unmatched functionality for both servers and network virtualization. It excels at small packet transfers, bulk transfers, and network virtualization overlay offloads including VXLAN, NVGRE, and Geneve. Moreover, its Supermicro Asset Management and thermal detection provide an extra layer of controller health man-agement. AOC-STGF-i2S provides reliable performance that is required for today’s networking needs, and it is an excellent choice for next generation 10GbE network.

Product Highlights

• Dual SFP+ connectors
• Low-Profile, short length standard form factor
• PCI-E 3.0 x8
• Intel X710 controller
• Asset Management features with thermal sensor
• VXLAN and NVGRE
• Intel flow director
• VMDq, SR-IOV for virtualization environment
• Jumbo Frames support up to 9.6KB

Specification
General

• Intel X710 10GbE controller
• Compact size low-profile standard form factor
• PCI-E 3.0 x8
• Dual SFP+ connectors
• 10Gbps per port

I/O Features

• Intel flow director
• MSI-X support
• Multiple queues: 1,536 Tx and Rx queues per port
• Tx/Rx IP, SCTP, TCP, and UDP checksum offloading (IPv4, IPv6) capabilities
• TCP segmentation/large send offload
• Interrupt moderation
• Jumbo frame support (9.6KB)

Virtualization Features

• Next-Generation VMDq with up to 256 VMDq VMs supported
• SR-IOV with up to 128 virtual ports
• Virtual Machine Load Balancing (VMLB)
• Advanced packet filtering
• VXLAN and NVGRE support

Storage Interface Features

• Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) support
• iSCSI remote boot

Management Features

• Asset Management features with thermal sensors
• NC-SI for IPMI support

Advanced Software Features

• Teaming support
• IEEE 802.3-2008
• IEEE 802.3ba-2010
• IEEE 802.1Qbb-2011
• IEEE 802.1Qaz-2011
• IEEE 802.1Qbg-2012
• IEEE 802.1AX-2008
• IEEE 802.1AB-2009
• IEEE 802.3ad (link aggregation control protocol)
• IEEE 802.1Q-2011
• IEEE 802.3 2005 flow control support
• IEEE 802.1p
• IEEE 1588-2009

Power Consumption

• Typical: 5.63W

Operating Conditions

• Operating temperature: 0°C to 55°C (32°F to 131°F)
• Storage temperature: -40°C to 70°C (-40°F to 158°F)
• Storage humidity: 90% non-condensing relative humidity at 35°C

Physical Dimensions

• Card PCB dimensions: 13.19cm x 6.89cm (5.19in x 2.71in)
• Height of end brackets: standard – 12cm (4.725in), low-profile – 7.94cm (3.13in)

Weight

• 184.5g (0.4068lb)