Intel® Ethernet Controller X550-BT2
Specifications
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Essentials
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Product Collection
Intel® Ethernet Controller X550
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Code Name
Products formerly Sageville
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Marketing Status
Discontinued
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Launch Date
Q4'15
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Expected Discontinuance
LOD: Jan/22/2022; LSD: April/22/2022
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Lithography
28 nm
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TDP
11 W
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Supported Operating Systems
FreeBSD 10.2, Linux RHEL 6.7, Linux RHEL 7.1, Linux SLES 11 SP4, Linux SLES 11 SP4-IA64, Linux SLES 12, Linux Stable Kernel version 2.6/3.x, Linux Stable Kernel version 4.x, UEFI 2.1, UEFI 2.3, UEFI 2.4, VMware ESXi 5.5/6.0, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 Core, Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 Core, Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012 R2 Core, Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V, WinPE 3.0 (2008 R2 PE), WinPE 4.0 (2012 PE), WinPE 5.0 (2012 R2 PE)
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Operating Temperature Range
0°C to 55°C
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Max Operating Temperature
55 °C
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Minimum Operating Temperature
0 °C
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Networking Specifications
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Port Configuration
Dual
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Data Rate Per Port
10/5/2.5/1GbE (NBASE-T in Linux Only)
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System Interface Type
PCIe v2.1 (5.0 GT/s)
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NC Sideband Interface
Yes
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Jumbo Frames Supported
Yes
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Interfaces Supported
100Base-T, 1000Base-T, 10GBase-T
Package Specifications
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Package Size
25mm x 25mm
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Connectivity
Advanced Technologies
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Intel® Virtualization Technology for Connectivity (VT-c)
VMDq, SR-IOV
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Fiber Channel over Ethernet
Yes
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MACsec IEEE 802.1 AE
No
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IEEE 1588
Yes
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Supported Under Intel vPro® Technology
No
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iWARP/RDMA
No
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Intel® Ethernet Power Management
Yes
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Intel® Data Direct I/O Technology
Yes
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Intelligent Offloads
Yes
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Storage Over Ethernet
iSCSI, FCoE, NFS
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Latest Drivers & Software
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Intel® Ethernet Adapter Complete Driver Pack
Intel® Ethernet Product Release Notes
Intel® Network Adapter Driver for Windows Server 2016*
Intel® Network Adapter Driver for Windows® 10
Intel® Network Adapter Driver for Microsoft Windows 11*
Intel® Network Adapter Driver for Windows Server 2019*
Intel® Network Adapter Driver for Windows Server 2022*
Administrative Tools for Intel® Network Adapters
Intel® Ethernet Connections Boot Utility, Preboot Images, and EFI Drivers
Adapter User Guide for Intel® Ethernet Adapters
Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Update Utility for Intel® Ethernet Adapters 550 Series—FreeBSD*
Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Update Utility for Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter X550 Series
Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Update Utility for Intel® Ethernet Adapters 550 Series—Windows*
Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Update Utility for Intel® Ethernet Adapters 550 Series—EFI
Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Update Utility for Intel® Ethernet Adapters 550 Series—Linux*
Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Update Utility for Intel® Ethernet Adapters 550 Series—VMware ESX*
Intel® Network Adapter Driver for Windows Server 2012*
Intel® Network Adapter Driver for Windows Server 2012 R2*
Intel® Network Adapter Driver for Windows 8.1* - FINAL RELEASE
Intel® Network Adapter Driver for Windows Server 2008 R2* - Final Release
Disabling TCP-IPv6 Checksum Offload Capability with Intel® 1/10 GbE Controllers
Intel® Network Adapter Driver for Windows 8* - Final Release
Support
Launch Date
The date the product was first introduced.
Expected Discontinuance
Expected Discontinuance is an estimate of when a product will begin the Product Discontinuance process. The Product Discontinuance Notification (PDN), published at the start of the discontinuance process, will include all EOL Key Milestone details. Some business units may communicate EOL timeline details before the PDN is published. Contact your Intel representative for information on EOL timelines and extended life options.
Lithography
Lithography refers to the semiconductor technology used to manufacture an integrated circuit, and is reported in nanometer (nm), indicative of the size of features built on the semiconductor.
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP) represents the average power, in watts, the processor dissipates when operating at Base Frequency with all cores active under an Intel-defined, high-complexity workload. Refer to Datasheet for thermal solution requirements.
Max Operating Temperature
This is the maximum operating temperature allowed as reported by temperature sensors. Instantaneous temperature may exceed this value for short durations. Note: Maximum observable temperature is configurable by system vendor and can be design specific.
Flexible Port Partitioning
Flexible Port Partitioning (FPP) technology utilizes industry standard PCI SIG SR-IOV to efficiently divide your physical Ethernet device into multiple virtual devices, providing Quality of Service by ensuring each process is assigned to a Virtual Function and is provided a fair share of the bandwidth.
Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq)
Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq) is a technology designed to offload some of the switching done in the VMM (Virtual Machine Monitor) to networking hardware specifically designed for this function. VMDq drastically reduces overhead associated with I/O switching in the VMM which greatly improves throughput and overall system performance
PCI-SIG* SR-IOV Capable
Single-Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) involves natively (directly) sharing a single I/O resource between multiple virtual machines. SR-IOV provides a mechanism by which a Single Root Function (for example a single Ethernet Port) can appear to be multiple separate physical devices.
Fiber Channel over Ethernet
Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) is an encapsulation of Fibre Channel frames over Ethernet networks. This allows Fibre Channel to use 10 Gigabit Ethernet networks (or higher speeds) while preserving the Fibre Channel protocol.
MACsec IEEE 802.1 AE
802.1AE is the IEEE MAC Security (MACsec) standard which defines connectionless data confidentiality and integrity for media access independent protocols.
IEEE 1588
IEEE 1588, also knows as the Precision Time Protocol (PTP) is a protocol used to synchronize clocks throughout a computer network. On a local area network it achieves clock accuracy in the sub-microsecond range, making it suitable for measurement and control systems.
iWARP/RDMA
iWARP delivers converged, low-latency fabric services to data centers through Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) over Ethernet. The key iWARP components that deliver low-latency are Kernel Bypass, Direct Data Placement, and Transport Acceleration.
Intel® Ethernet Power Management
Intel® Ethernet Power Management Technology provides solutions to common power management approaches by reducing idle power, reducing capacity and power as a function of demand, operating at maximum energy efficiency whenever possible, and enabling functionality only when needed.
Intel® Data Direct I/O Technology
Intel® Data Direct I/O Technology is a platform technology that improves I/O data processing efficiency for data delivery and data consumption from I/O devices. With Intel DDIO, Intel® Server Adapters and controllers talk directly to the processor cache without a detour via system memory, reducing latency, increasing system I/O bandwidth, and reducing power consumption.
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System and Maximum TDP is based on worst case scenarios. Actual TDP may be lower if not all I/Os for chipsets are used.