Features of Intel® Gigabit VT Quad Port Server Adapter
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Product Information & Documentation
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01/30/2020
Note
This adapter is sold and supported by Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM). For technical support and driver downloads, you should contact the seller that provided your network adapter.
Overview Conserve valuable PCI Express (PCIe*) server slots while adding four ports of Gigabit Ethernet capability with the Intel® Gigabit VT Quad Port Server Adapter. The dedicated input/output (I/O) bandwidth of PCIe ensures priority performance on each port—without bus sharing—for Gigabit Ethernet connectivity in Category-5 networks, as well as a low-profile design, which improves server throughput and rack density at the same time.
Intel Gigabit VT Quad Port Server Adapters are optimized for virtualized environments, supporting multiple queues, alleviating I/O bottlenecks between virtual machines. Additionally, the Intel Gigabit VT Quad Port Server Adapter enables Intel® I/O Acceleration Technology1 (Intel® I/OAT) with support for Intel® QuickData for faster I/O processing on the new Quad-Core and Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor-based servers.
The Intel Gigabit VT Quad Port Server Adapter represents the seventh generation of Intel® Network Adapters for Gigabit Ethernet, and features 10/100/1000 Mbps self-configuration for compatibility with mixed-speed network infrastructures.
Part Number EXPI9404VTG1P20 Note: Also known as EXPI9404VT
Features
Feature
Benefit
Two Intel® 82575GB Gigabit Controllers
Enables four Gigabit Ethernet connections on a single adapter, delivering increased bandwidth for slot-constrained servers and providing high performance, reliability, and low-power use in two single, integrated, dual port PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller chips.
Low-profile
Enables higher bandwidth and throughput from standard and low-profile PCIe slots and servers
Load balancing on multiple CPUs
Increases performance on multi-processor systems by efficiently balancing network loads across CPU cores when used with Receive-Side Scaling from Microsoft or Scalable I/O on Linux*
Interrupt moderation
Delivers increased performance while significantly reducing CPU utilization.
Compatible with x4, x8, and x16 standard and low-profile PCI Express* slots
Allows quad-port operation in almost any PCI Express server slot, except x1 slots, and allows each port to operate without interfering with the other
Remote management support
Reduces support costs with remote management based on industry-wide standards
Uses existing 4-pair cabling and saves re-wiring costs
RoHS compliant2, lead-free3 technology
Compliant with the European Union directive (effective as of July 2006) to reduce the use of hazardous materials
Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq)4
In a virtualized environment, packets dedicated to different virtual machines can be routed to different queues, thus easing the routing of these packets to the target machine
Advanced packet filtering (per port)
• 16 exact-matched packets (unicast or multicast) • 4096-bit hash filter for multicast frames • Promiscuous (unicast and multicast) transfer mode support • Optional filtering of invalid frames
Direct Cache Access (DCA)
The I/O device activates a pre-fetch engine in the CPU that loads the data into the CPU cache ahead of time, before use, eliminating cache misses and reducing CPU load
Technical Features
Connectors
Four RJ-45
IEEE standards/network topology
10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T
Wiring
Category-5, unshielded twisted pair (UTP), 4-pair
Data rate(s) supported per port
10, 100, and 1000 Mbps
Cable Distance
100 m in Category-5 for 100/1000 Mbps and Category-3 for 10 Mbps
Bus type
PCI Express* 1.1
Bus width
x4 lane PCI Express, operable in x4, x8, and x16 slots
Bus speed (x4, encoded rate)
10 Gbps uni-directional; 20 Gbps bi-directional
Interrupt levels
INTA, INTB, INTC, INTD
Hardware certifications
FCC B, UL, CE, VCCI, BSMI, CTICK, MIC
Controller-processor
Intel® 82575GB
Intel® lead-free3 technology
RoHs2
Typical power consumption
10.65 W (3.3 V @ 1.5 A)
Operating temperature
0° C to 55° C (50° F to 90° F)
Storage temperature
-40° C to 70° C (-40° F to 158° F)
Storage humidity
90% non-condensing relative humidity at 35° C
LEDs
8 (2/port, link and speed) solid and blinking
Tx/Rx Buffer Size
48K
Physical Dimensions
Length
16.74 cm (6.59 in)
Width
1.91 cm (0.75 in)
Height of end bracket
6.89 cm (2.71 in)
1Intel® I/O Acceleration Technology (Intel® I/OAT) requires an operating system that supports Intel I/OAT. 2Lead and other materials banned in RoHS Directive are either (1) below all applicable substance thresholds the EU or (2) an approved/pending exemption applies. 3Lead has not been intentionally added, but lead may still exist as an impurity below 1000 ppm, or an approved RoHS exemption applies. 4Intel® VMDq requires an operating system that supports VMDq. 5Available only when used with a capable switch.