Specs
Adapter Specs
- Adapter: Intel X520 (N2XX-AIPCI01)
- Ports: Dual 10Gb SFP+
- Speed: 10 Gigabit Ethernet
- Protocols: IPv4, IPv6, TCP, UDP, SCTP
- Form Factor: PCIe low-profile
- Queues: 128 Tx/Rx per port
- Checksum Offload: IPv4/IPv6, TCP/UDP
- TCP Segmentation Offload: IPv4/IPv6
- Interrupt Scaling: RSS/Scalable I/O
- Security: IPsec & MacSec offload
- OS Support: Windows & Linux
Part Number:
- N2XX-AIPCI01
The Intel® X520 Dual Port Adapter (N2XX-AIPCI01) is a high-performance network interface card tailored for data-intensive environments. It supports 128 Tx and Rx queues per port, advanced offloading for IP/TCP/UDP protocols, and segmentation features that significantly lower processor usage. Additional features like IPsec and MacSec offloads, Receive and Transmit Side Scaling, and compatibility with multiple OS environments make it a robust choice for enterprise virtualization, storage, and high-throughput networking tasks.
This dual-port X520 adapter is ideal for enterprises leveraging virtualization or converged network infrastructures. Its capability to offload CPU-intensive tasks like encryption and segmentation enables higher server efficiency and lower latency. The dual 10Gb SFP+ ports provide redundancy and scalability, ensuring high availability and performance in cloud environments, software-defined data centers, and SANs. This makes it especially useful in setups where uptime, throughput, and CPU optimization are mission-critical.
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Base Standard Capabilities
| Features | Benefits |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Intel® 82599 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller | Industry-leading, energy-efficient design for next-generation 10 Gigabit performance and multi-core processors |
| SFP+ Connectivity | X520 Adapters with SFP+ connections support 10GBASE-SR, 10GBASE-LR and SFP+ Copper Direct Attach physical media. |
| 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 (RSS) from Microsoft or Scalable I/O on Linux* |
| iSCSI remote boot support | Provides centralized storage area network (SAN) management at a lower cost than other iSCSI solutions |
| Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Support | Includes FCoE Boot and Data Center Bridging |
| Support for most network operating systems (NOS) | Enables widespread deployment |
| RoHS-compliant² | Complies with the European Union directive 2002/95/EC to reduce the use of hazardous materials |
| Intel® PROSet Utility for Windows* Device Manager | Provides point-and-click management of individual adapters, advanced adapter features, connection teaming, and virtual local area network (VLAN) configuration |
| Time Sync (IEEE 1588*, 802.1as) | Enables networked Ethernet equipment to synchronize internal clocks according to a network master clock; endpoint can then acquire an accurate estimate of the master time by compensating for link latency |