Product Brief
Intel® 10 Gigabit AF DA Dual Port Server Adapter
Network Connectivity
Intel®10 Gigabit AF DA Dual Port Server Adapter
10 Gigabit Performance
for Top-of-Rack Connections
The Intel® 10 Gigabit AF DA Dual Port Server Adapter is the
newest member of Intel’s robust family of 10 Gigabit products.
Designed as a low-cost, low-power adapter, the Intel 10 Gigabit
AF DA Dual Port Server Adapter provides direct attach copper
twinaxial cable connections between servers and a top-of-rack
switch. Two ports, coupled with a low-profile PCI Express* form
factor, make this adapter ideal for slot-constrained environments.
Using direct attach copper cables compliant with the SFP + MSA
SFF-8431 specification, the Intel 10 Gigabit AD DA Dual Port
distribution of Ethernet workloads across CPU cores. Load balanc-
Server Adapter is well-suited for customers who require low-cost
ing of interrupts using MSI-X enables more efficient response times
“in-the-rack” connections of less than 10 meters between server
and application performance. CPU utilization can be lowered further
and top-of-rack switch.
through stateless offloads such as TCP segmentation offload,
header replications/splitting, and Direct Cache Access (DCA).
Energy-Efficient, Next-Generation
10 Gigabit Performance
10 Gigabit Ethernet is rapidly becoming the mainstay for
Intel 10 Gigabit AF DA Server Adapters are optimized for
virtualized environments, supporting multiple queues, alleviat-
ing I/O bottlenecks between virtual machines. Virtual Machine
backbones within enterprise and service provider networks.
Device queue1 (VMDq) technology offloads data sorting and
Intel’s 10GBASE Direct Attach adapter extends the 10 Gigabit
data copying from the virtual machine monitor (VMM) software
adoption to the server rack. The escalating deployments of
layer to the hardware, improving overall throughput and CPU
servers with multi-core processors and demanding applications
utilization on virtualized servers. Additionally, Intel 10 Gigabit AF
such as high-performance computing (HPC), database clusters,
DA Server Adapters enable Intel® I/O Acceleration Technology2
virtualized servers and video on demand are driving the need
(Intel® I/OAT) with support for Intel® QuickData for faster I/O
for 10 Gigabit connections in the server rack. Based on the
processing on the new Quad-Core and Dual-Core Intel® Xeon®
82598EB 10 Gigabit Ethernet controller, Intel’s 10 Gigabit AF DA
processor-based servers.
Server Adapter is designed to meet the throughput and latency
requirements of bandwidth-hungry applications, while offering a
Conserve valuable PCI Express (PCIe*) server slots while adding
very low-power envelope for energy efficiency.
10 Gigabit Ethernet capability with Intel 10 Gigabit AF DA
Server Adapters. The dedicated input/output (I/O) bandwidth
Performance-Enhancing Features
for Multi-Core Environments
of PCIe ensures priority performance on each port – without
bus sharing – for 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity, as well as a
As a member of the 10 Gigabit family of products, the 10GbE Direct
Attach adapter supports all of the features and functionality in
Intel’s other 82598EB-based adapters. When implemented within
multi-core processor environments, the Intel 10 Gigabit AF DA
Server Adapter offers advanced networking features for efficient
low-profile design, which improves server throughput and rack
density at the same time. In addition, eight-lane PCIe enables
maximum bandwidth for fast and efficient data transfer. The
low-power, efficient design allows for two 10 Gigabit Ethernet
ports in a single low-profile PCIe adapter.
Specifications
General
Product code
Connectors
Cabling
Intel Backing
E10G42AFDA
Limited lifetime warranty
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SFP+ connectors
90-day, money-back guarantee
(U.S. and Canada)
• SFP+ direct attached cable
(twinaxial) only
Advanced Software Features
Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT)
Switch Fault Tolerance (SFT)
Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB)
Teaming support
• Other SFP+ optics are not allowed
and cannot be used with this adapter
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Adapter Product Features
Intel® PROSet Utility
• For easy configuration and
management
Intel® lead-free4 technology
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IEEE 802.3ae*5
Plug and play specification support
Intel® I/OAT2 including QuickData
Standard
Test switch configuration
Tested with major switch original
equipment manufacturers (OEMs)
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PCIe Hot Plug*/Active Peripheral
Component Interconnect (PCI)
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Ships with full-height bracket installed,
low-profile bracket added in package
IEEE 802.1Q* VLANs
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RoHs3
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IEEE 802.3 2005* flow control support
Receive-side scaling
VMDq1
Tx/Rx IP, TCP, & UDP checksum 0 offloading
(IPv4, IPv6) capabilities control protocol (TCP),
user datagram protocol (UDP), Internet
protocol (IP)
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
IEEE 802.1p*
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Advanced packet filtering (per port)
• 16 exact-matched packets
(unicast or multicast)
• 4096-bit hash filter for
TCP segmentation/large send offload
MSI-X supports Multiple Independent Queues
Interrupt moderation
multicast frames
• Promiscuous (unicast and multicast)
transfer mode support
IPv6 offloading
Checksum and segmentation capability
extended to new standard packet type
• 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
Data rate supported per port
Bus type
10 Gigabit
PCI Express 2.0 (2.5 GT/s)
Bus width
x8 lane PCI Express, operable in x4,6 x8
and x16 slots
Network Management
DMI 2.0 support, Windows Management
Instrumentation (WMI) and SNMP
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Bus speed (x8, encoded rate)
20 Gbps uni-directional; 40 Gbps
bi-directional
Remote Installation Services (RIS)
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Interrupt levels
INTA, INTB, INTC, INTD
FCC B, UL, CE, VCCI, BSMI, CTICK, MIC
Intel® 82598EB
PXE 2.0 enabled through boot Read-Only
Memory (ROM)
Hardware certifications
Controller-processor
Typical power consumption
Network Operating Systems (NOS) Software Support
• 12.2 W maximum power, 10.1 W
typical power
• PCI Express +3.3 V power supply –
consumes 2.3 A max, 1.7 A typical
• PCI Express +12 V power supply –
consumes 0.4 A max, 0.4 A typical
Microsoft Windows* 2003 Server
IA32, X64
Microsoft Vista*
IA32, X64, IPF
IA32, X64, IPF
IA32, X64, IPF
IA32, X64, IPF
Windows Virtual Server* 2005
Red Hat Linux* 2.6x or later
Airflow
150 LFM (Linear Feet per Minute)
Operating temperature
0° C to 55° C (32° F to 131° F) with
100 LFM forced airflow (linear feet
per minute)
SUSE SLES 10* or later, Professional 9.2
or later
FreeBSD* 5.x or later
ESX 3.x* support (for VMware)
Fedora*
IA32, X64, IPF
IA32, X64, IPF
IA32, X64, IPF
IA32, X64, IPF
Storage temperature
Storage humidity
-40° C to 70° C (-40° F to 158° F)
90% non-condensing relative humidity
at 35° C
EFI 1.1*
LED Indicators
LINK (solid) and ACTIVITY (blinking)
Physical Dimensions
Length
16.74 cm (6.59 in)
6.89 cm (2.71 in)
Width
Height of end bracket
PCI Express standard, 12 cm (4.725 in)
PCI Express low-profile, 7.92 cm (3.12 in)
Order Codes
Network-Ready Servers
E10G42AFDA
Top PC and server manufacturers offer Intel adapters in their
new products. Specify or ask for Intel Network Connections with
your next PC, server, or mobile PC purchase. For a list of preferred
suppliers, visit us at http://www.intel.com/buy/networking/
adapters.htm.
Companion Products
Consider these Intel products in your server and network planning:
• Intel® 10 Gigabit Server Adapters
– Copper or fiber-optic network connectivity, up to
two ports per card
Customer Support
Intel® Customer Support Services offers a broad selection of
programs including phone support and warranty service. For more
information, contact us at support.intel.com/support/go/network/
adapter/home.htm. Service and availability may vary by country.
• Intel® PRO/1000 Server Adapters
– Copper or fiber-optic network connectivity, up to
four ports per card
– Solutions for PCI Express, PCI-X,* and PCI interfaces
For Product Information
• Intel® PRO/1000 Desktop Adapters for PCI Express
and PCI interfaces
To speak to a customer service representative regarding Intel
products, please call 1-800-538-3373 (U.S. and Canada) or
visit support.intel.com/support/go/network/contact.htm for
the telephone number in your area. For additional product
information on Intel Networking Connectivity products, visit
• Other Intel® PRO Desktop and Server Adapters
• Intel® Xeon® processors
• Intel® Server Boards
To see the full line of Intel Network Adapters for PCI Express,
1 Intel® VMDq requires an operating system that supports VMDq.
2 Intel® I/O Acceleration Technology (Intel® I/OAT) requires an operating system that supports Intel I/OAT.
3 Lead and other materials banned in RoHS Directive are either (1) below all applicable substance thresholds the EU or (2) an approved exemption applies.
4 Lead has not been intentionally added, but lead may still exist as an impurity below 1000 ppm, or an approved RoHS exemption applies.
5 Available only when used with a capable switch.
6 Only x4 connections implemented with an x8 connector are supported.
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