SOLUTION Profile ® Ethernet Converged Network Adapters VMware vSphere* 5.1

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 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.

Best with Intel® Ethernet Adapter Key Features VMware vSphere Edition

NEW! • Single-chip design for low-cost, low-power 10GBASE-T connectivity • Enterprise Plus Intel® Ethernet Converged • Compatible with Gigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-T) infrastructures • Enterprise Network Adapter X540 • Intel® Virtualization Technology for Connectivity providing Virtual Machine • Standard Product codes: Device Queues (VMDq) and PCI-SIG SR-IOV • Essentials Plus • Optimized offloads for native iSCSI and FCoE initiators integrated • X540T2 (dual port) in VMware vSphere • X540T1 (single port) • Optimized for I/O enhancements in Intel® Xeon® processor E5-based systems

Intel® Ethernet Converged • Single-chip design for low-cost, low-power 10GbE SFP+ connectivity • Enterprise Plus Network Adapter X520 • Supports Direct Attach Copper cables for intra-rack deployments • Enterprise Product codes: • Supports Intel® Ethernet SFP+ optics for fiber networks • Standard

10 Gigabit Ethernet Gigabit 10 • E10G42BTDA • Intel® Virtualization Technology for Connectivity providing Virtual Machine (dual-port Direct Attach copper) Device Queues (VMDq) and PCI-SIG SR-IOV • E10G41BFSR (single-port SR fiber) • Optimized offloads for native software iSCSI and FCoE initiators integrated • E10G42BFSR (dual-port SR fiber) in VMware vSphere • Optimized for I/O enhancements in Intel® Xeon® processor E5-based systems • E10G41BFLR (single-port LR fiber)

Intel® Ethernet Server • Dual- and quad-port models for GbE copper (1000GBASE-T twisted pair) • Standard Adapter I350 and fiber networks • Essentials Plus Product codes: • Intel® Virtualization Technology for Connectivity providing Virtual • Essentials Machine Device Queues • I350T4 (quad-port 1000BASE-T) • Optimized offloads for native software iSCSI initiator integrated in • I350T2 (dual-port 1000BASE-T) VMware vSphere • I350F4 (quad-port LC Fiber) • Optimized for I/O enhancements in Intel® Xeon® processor E5-based systems

Gigabit Ethernet Gigabit • I350F2 (dual-port LC Fiber) • Energy Efficient Ethernet Flexible I/O Virtualization Reliable Performance with Intel Ethernet Intel® Virtualization Technology for Connectivity (Intel® Intel has more than 30 years’ experience delivering VT-c), reduces data processing bottlenecks and improves reliable Ethernet products and has shipped more than overall server performance using hardware optimizations 600 million Ethernet ports over the last decade. Intel is in the Intel® Ethernet Controller. The quality of service the industry’s leading 10GbE adapter vendor, and features included in Intel VT-c help balance bandwidth innovations such as intelligent hardware offloads help and improved I/O scalability. Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapters deliver outstanding performance, efficiency, and value across • Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq) works in a wide range of applications. conjunction with VMware NetQueue to enable hardware-assisted traffic steering and balanced Intel and VMware: The Foundation of Virtualization bandwidth allocation across the Intel Ethernet Controller’s multiple hardware queues. Intel and VMware can help you transform your organization and align IT with your organization’s business • PCI-SIG Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) allows needs by delivering infrastructure as a service (IaaS) partitioning of a single Intel® Ethernet Converged solutions that let you virtualize any workload, simplify Network Adapter 10GbE port into multiple virtual network provisioning and management, and increase functions. IT administrators can assign these network data center and cloud security. adapter virtual functions directly to a virtual machine, bypassing the and enabling traffic flow directly between the VM and the adapter.

Native Fibre Channel over Ethernet and iSCSI for Scalable Performance Learn more: Converging LAN and SAN traffic onto 10GbE lowers costs www.intel.com/go/vtc and complexity by eliminating the need for dedicated storage host bus adapters. Intel Ethernet Converged www.vmware.com Network Adapters use the native Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and iSCSI initiators in VMware vSphere to consolidate storage area network (SAN) traffic on 10GbE. Intelligent hardware offloads in the Intel® Ethernet Controller accelerate storage traffic performance. This powerful 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.

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