Applications

    *  High Performance Cluster Computing
    * Video Post Production and Animation>
    * IP Content Delivery Systems
    * Grid Computing
    * I/O Consolidation and Aggregation
    * Fabric Consolidation
    * Virtual I/O
    * Database Clustering
    * NAS
    * Storage and Backup Servers

Operating Systems

Supported Operating Systems   

    * Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard (32/64-bit)
    * Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise (32/64-bit)
    * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 7 (32/64-bit)
    * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 3 (32/64-bit)
    * SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3 (32/64-bit)

Key Features

Multifunction capability (Linux and Windows)   

    * NIC / TOE for Networking
    * TOE Acceleration for iSCSI Storage
    * RDMA for Cluster

Supports fiber networks  

    * 300 meters on MMF fiber cable 

x8 PCI Express bus  

    * Supports the full 10Gb bandwidth
    * Backward compatible with x4 PCIe, autosensing

Low profile card  

    * With both full and half-height brackets

Product Benefits

    *  Low profile PCIe card enables usage in all server form factors including 1U rack servers
    * Increased application throughput and reduced host CPU utilization due to complete protocol offload
    * Reduced cabling and support costs with a single 10GbE link
    * Optimal use of I/O slots - 10GbE with multiple protocol support
    * Performance scalability for consolidated server environments
    * Reduced latency - better system performance for clustered applications
    * Investment protection - full programmability allows changes to protocols to be implemented in F/W avoiding expensive hardware upgrades
    * Future proofing - 10GbE with the flexibility of field upgradeable features - new features can be added via F/W upgrades in the field
    * Improved reliability and error handling benefits of PCIe
    * Common drivers across all Intelligent NICs in the family - reducing TCO

Cable   
    * SR (850nm), maximum 300m in length, LC to LC Multimode Fiber