Features
Benefits
Intel® 82598EB 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
• Industry-leading, energy-efficient design for next-generation 10 Gigabit performance
and multi-core processors
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*
Intel® QuickData Technology
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• DMA Engine: enhances data acceleration across the platform (network, chipset, processor),
thereby lowering CPU utilization
• Direct Cache Access (DCA): allows the processor to pre-fetch the data from memory, thereby
avoiding cache misses and improving service level agreements (SLA) of the applications
iSCSI remote boot support
• Provides centralized Storage Area Network (SAN) management at a lower cost than competing
iSCSI solutions
MSI-X support
• Minimizes the overhead of interrupts
• Allows load balancing of interrupt handling between different cores/CPUs
Virtual Machine Device queues (VMDq)
• Allows the efficient routing of packets to the correct target machine in a virtualized environment
using multiple hardware queues
• Ensures transmit fairness and prevents head-of-line blocking
Low latency
• Ability to toggle between the interrupt aggregation and non-aggregation mode based on the type
of data being transferred
Optimized queues: 32 Transmit (Tx) and
64 Receive (Rx) per port
• Enhances network performance and reduces CPU utilization in the virtualized environment
• Reduces I/O overhead on the hypervisor in a virtualized server by performing data sorting and
coalescing in the network silicon
Network packet handling without waiting or buffer overflow
• Efficient packet prioritization
Support for most Network Operating Systems (NOS)
• Enables widespread deployment
Compatible with x8 and x16 standard and
low-profile PCI Express* slots
• Allows each PCI Express* slot port to operate without interfering with the other
Remote management support
• Reduces support costs with remote management based on industry-wide standards
RJ-45 connections over category-6A cabling
• Ensures compatibility with cable lengths up to 100 meters
RoHS-compliant,
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lead-free
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technology
• Compliant with the European Union directive (effective as of July 2006) to reduce the use
of hazardous materials
Intel® PROSet Utility for Microsoft Windows*
Device Manager
• Provides point-and-click power over individual adapters, advanced adapter features, connection
teaming, and Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) configuration
Intel backing
• Backed by an Intel limited lifetime warranty, 90-day money-back guarantee (U.S. and Canada),
and worldwide support
Advances for Storage Over Ethernet
The fast growth in storage capacity coupled with server virtual-
ization has brought the need for Storage Area Network (SAN)
to the forefront. To satisfy this growing demand, Intel 10 Gigabit
AT2 Server Adapters support iSCSI acceleration through Intel
I/OAT and provide advanced features for unified networking.
Fast and reliable networked storage can be achieved via native
iSCSI support with Microsoft, Linux,* and VMware operating
systems as well as support for iSCSI remote boot.
Order Code
Single unit: E10G41AT2
Companion Products
Consider these Intel® products in your server and network planning:
• Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter X520 Series for 10GbE SFP+
PCIe v2.0 (5 GT/s) performance
• 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
• Intel® PRO/1000 Desktop Adapters for PCI Express
and PCI interfaces
• Other Intel® PRO Desktop and Server Adapters
• Intel® Xeon® Processors
• Intel® Server Boards
