Overview
The Intel X550 10GBase-T adapter is a low cost, low power 10 GbE performance adapter suitable for all data center applications. With support for standard CAT 6a cabling with RJ-45 connectors, the X550 offers a low barrier of entry to 10 Gb Ethernet networking.
  • Flexible Port Partitioning
  • Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq)
  • Intel Data Direct I/O-Technik
Flexible Port Partitioning Flexible Port Partitioning technology utilizes the PCI SIG SR-IOV industry standard to efficiently divide the physical Ethernet device into multiple virtual devices and provides Quality of Service by ensuring that each process is assigned to a virtual function and receives an appropriate share of the bandwidth. Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq) Virtual Machine Device Queues is a technique for offloading some switching operations in the Virtual Machine Monitor to network hardware specifically designed for this function. Virtual Machine Device Queues dramatically reduces the operational costs associated with I/O switching within the Virtual Machine Monitor, significantly increasing throughput and overall system performance. Intel Data Direct I/O Technology Intel Data Direct I/O Technology is a platform technology designed to improve the efficiency of I/O data processing for data delivery and data utilization from I/O devices. With Intel Data Direct I/O Technology, Intel server adapters communicate directly with the processor cache without going through system memory, which reduces latency, increases system I/O bandwidth and reduces power consumption.