Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X550-T2

Specifications

  • Product Collection Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X550
  • Marketing Status Launched
  • Launch Date Q1'16
  • Vertical Segment Server
  • Cable Medium Copper
  • Cabling Type RJ45 Category 6 up to 55m; Category 6A up to 100m
  • Bracket Height Low Profile and Full Height
  • Supported Operating Systems View now
  • New Design Availability Expiration Date Tuesday, January 1, 2030

Supplemental Information

  • Datasheet View now
  • Description NBASE-T support in Linux Only
  • Product Brief View now

Networking Specifications

  • Port Configuration Dual
  • Data Rate Per Port 10GbE/5GbE/2.5GbE/1GbE/100Mb
  • Intel® Virtualization Technology for Connectivity (VT-c) Yes
  • Speed & Slot Width 8.0 GT/s, x 4 Lane
  • Controller Intel® Ethernet Controller X550

Package Specifications

  • System Interface Type PCIe v3.0 (8.0 GT/s)

Intel® Virtualization Technology for Connectivity

Advanced Technologies

Ordering and Compliance

Ordering and spec information

Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X550-T2, Single Pack

Trade compliance information

  • ECCN 5A992C
  • CCATS G135872
  • US HTS 8517620090

PCN Information

Drivers and Software

Latest Drivers & Software

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Intel® Network Adapter Driver for Windows Server 2016*

Intel® Ethernet Product Release Notes

Intel® Ethernet Adapter Complete Driver Pack

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*

Adapter User Guide for Intel® Ethernet Adapters

Administrative Tools for Intel® Network Adapters

Intel® Ethernet Connections Boot Utility, Preboot Images, and EFI Drivers

Intel® Network Adapter Virtual Function Driver for PCIe* 10 Gigabit Network Connections under FreeBSD*

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—EFI

Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Update Utility for Intel® Ethernet Adapters 550 Series—VMware ESX*

Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Update Utility for Intel® Ethernet Adapters 550 Series—FreeBSD*

Intel® Network Adapter Driver for PCIe* Intel® 10 Gigabit Ethernet Network Connections under Linux*

Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Update Utility for Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter X550 Series

Intel® Network Adapter Virtual Function Driver for Intel® 10 Gigabit Ethernet Network Connections under Linux*

Intel® Network Adapters Driver for PCIe* 10 Gigabit Network Connections Under FreeBSD*

Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Update Utility for Intel® Ethernet Adapters 550 Series—Windows*

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.

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.

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® 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.