Intel X520 and X540-T2 Dual Port 10 GbE Adapters for IBM System x
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Network cabling requirements
The network cables that can be used with the adapters are described in the following sections.
Intel X520 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Adapter
Intel X520 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Embedded Adapter
10GBASE-SR (supported with the optional 10 GbE SFP+ transceivers listed in Table 2)
850 nm communication using multimode fiber cable (50 µ or 62.5 µ), up to 300 m, using an LC
duplex connector
Cu (supported with the optional SFP+ DAC cables listed in Table 3)
Up to 5 m SFP+ copper direct attach cables, as listed in Table 3
Intel X540-T2 Dual Port 10GBaseT Adapter
10GBASE-T
UTP Category 7 (100 m maximum)
UTP Category 6a (100 m maximum)
UTP Category 6 (55 m maximum)
1000BASE-T and 100BASE-TX
UTP Category 7 (100 m maximum)
UTP Category 6a (100 m maximum)
UTP Category 6 (100 m maximum)
UTP Category 5e (100 m maximum)
Figure 3 shows the Intel X520 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Embedded Adapter. This form factor is designed to
fit into a special slot in selected servers (see Table 4), allowing you to use the regular PCIe slots for other
technologies.
Figure 3. Intel X520 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Embedded Adapter
