Technical specifications
The Intel X540-T2 Dual Port 10GBaseT Adapter for IBM System x has the following specifications:

• Intel X540 dual-port 10 Gb Ethernet controller
• Two 10GBASE-T RJ-45 ports
• Supports 100 Mbps, 1 Gbps, and 10 Gbps speeds
• Standard PCIe low-profile card form factor
• PCIe 2.0 x8 host interface

Standards supported

The Intel X540-T2 adapters support the following IEEE standards:

• IEEE 802.1p Class of Service (CoS) traffic prioritization
• IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging
• IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol
• IEEE 802.3x Full-duplex flow control

The Intel X540-T2 adapter supports the following standards:

• IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet
• IEEE 802.3ab 1000BASE-T copper twisted pair Gigabit Ethernet
• IEEE 802.3an 10GBASE-T copper twisted pair 10 Gb Ethernet