Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapters and VMware vSphere* 5.1 Product Reference

Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapters (CNAs) and Server Adapters provide the scalable, high throughput features required to meet the most demanding VMware vSphere* workloads. Hardware optimizations for I/O virtualization and VMware vSphere’s native storage networking support deliver outstanding performance while maintaining compatibility with VMware vSphere’s integrated quality of service and teaming features.

Intel® Ethernet Adapter Key FeaturesBest with VMware

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Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X540

Product codes:

•X540T2(dualport)

•X540T1(singleport)

•Single-chipdesignforlow-cost,low-power10GBASE-Tconnectivity

•CompatiblewithGigabitEthernet(1000BASE-T)infrastructures

•Intel®VirtualizationTechnologyforConnectivityprovidingVirtualMachineDeviceQueues(VMDq)andPCI-SIGSR-IOV

•OptimizedoffloadsfornativesoftwareiSCSIandFCoEinitiatorsintegrated in VMware vSphere

•OptimizedforI/OenhancementsinIntel®Xeon®processorE5-basedsystems

•EnterprisePlus

•Enterprise

•Standard

•EssentialsPlus

Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X520

Product codes:

•E10G42BTDA (dual-portDirectAttachcopper)

•E10G41BFSR(single-portSRfiber)

•E10G42BFSR(dual-portSRfiber)

•E10G41BFLR(single-portLRfiber)

•Single-chipdesignforlow-cost,low-power10GbESFP+connectivity

•SupportsDirectAttachCoppercablesforintra-rackdeployments

•SupportsIntel®EthernetSFP+opticsforfibernetworks

•Intel®VirtualizationTechnologyforConnectivityprovidingVirtualMachineDeviceQueues(VMDq)andPCI-SIGSR-IOV

•OptimizedoffloadsfornativesoftwareiSCSIandFCoEinitiatorsintegrated in VMware vSphere

•OptimizedforI/OenhancementsinIntel®Xeon®processorE5-basedsystems

•EnterprisePlus

•Enterprise

•Standard

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Product codes:

•I350T4(quad-port1000BASE-T)

•I350T2(dual-port1000BASE-T)

•I350F4(quad-portLCFiber)

•I350F2(dual-portLCFiber)

•Dual-andquad-portmodelsforGbEcopper(1000GBASE-Ttwistedpair) and fiber networks

•Intel®VirtualizationTechnologyforConnectivityprovidingVirtual Machine Device Queues

•OptimizedoffloadsfornativesoftwareiSCSIinitiatorintegratedin VMware vSphere

•OptimizedforI/OenhancementsinIntel®Xeon®processorE5-basedsystems

•EnergyEfficientEthernet

•Standard

•EssentialsPlus

•Essentials

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Intel® Ethernet Converged Network AdaptersVMware vSphere* 5.1

Flexible I/O VirtualizationIntel®VirtualizationTechnologyforConnectivity(Intel®VT-c),reducesdataprocessingbottlenecksandimprovesoverall server performance using hardware optimizations intheIntel®EthernetController.ThequalityofservicefeaturesincludedinIntelVT-chelpbalancebandwidth and improved I/O scalability.

•Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq) works in conjunction with VMware NetQueue to enable hardware-assistedtrafficsteeringandbalancedbandwidth allocation across the Intel Ethernet Controller’s multiple hardware queues.

•PCI-SIG Single root I/O Virtualization (Sr-IOV) allows partitioning of a single Intel® Ethernet Converged NetworkAdapter10GbEportintomultiplevirtualfunctions.ITadministratorscanassignthesenetworkadapter virtual functions directly to a virtual machine, bypassing the hypervisor and enabling traffic flow directly between the VM and the adapter.

Native Fibre Channel over Ethernet and iSCSI for Scalable Performance ConvergingLANandSANtrafficonto10GbElowerscostsand complexity by eliminating the need for dedicated storage host bus adapters. Intel Ethernet Converged NetworkAdaptersusethenativeFibreChanneloverEthernet(FCoE)andiSCSIinitiatorsinVMwarevSpheretoconsolidatestorageareanetwork(SAN)trafficon10GbE.IntelligenthardwareoffloadsintheIntel®EthernetControlleracceleratestoragetrafficperformance.Thispowerful combination of hardware and software delivers performance that scales with advancements in Intel architecture and the storage initiators integrated in VMware vSphere. In addition, Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapters work seamlessly with VMware vSphere Network I/O Control and Storage I/O Control.

reliable Performance with Intel Ethernet Intelhasmorethan30years’experiencedeliveringreliable Ethernet products and has shipped more than 600millionEthernetportsoverthelastdecade.Intelis theindustry’sleading10GbEadaptervendor,andinnovationssuchasintelligenthardwareoffloadshelpIntel Ethernet Converged Network Adapters deliver outstandingperformance,efficiency,andvalueacross a wide range of applications.

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