Intel Ethernet Server Adapter I350T2 Review

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Faisal Ismail Leave a comment

PCI Express x4 – 2 Port – 10/100/1000Base-T – Low-Profile Network Card

The Intel Dual-Ports Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter I350T2 is designed with Virtualization Technology for connectivity (Intel VT-c) to deliver I/O virtualization and Quality of Service (QoS). This Server Network Adapter provides Flexible Port Partitioning (FPP), multiple Rx/Tx queues, and on-controller QoS functionality that can be used in both virtual and non-virtual server deployments.

This network adapter represents the next step in the Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) networking evolution for the enterprise and data centers. This Ethernet Adapter also includes new power management technologies such as Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) and DMA Coalescing (DMAC).

The I350T2 Intel Ethernet Server Adapter also features native iSCSI initiators built into Microsoft Windows, Linux, and VMware ESX platforms providing a simple, dependable, cost-effective way to connect to iSCSI SANs.

I350T2 Technical Specifications:

Part Number: I350T2
Brand Name: Intel
Product Type: Gigabit Ethernet Card
Host Interface: PCI Express x4
Number of Ports: 2
Number of RJ-45 Ports: 2
Network Technology: 10/100/1000Base-T
Form Factor: Plug-in Card

I350T2 Key Features:

Broad OS support
Optimized for Intel Architecture
Advanced traffic steering using Intel Ethernet Flow Director

Virtualization

Outstanding virtualization performance with Intel Virtualization Technology for Connectivity
Network Virtualization Offloads for VXLAN, NVGRE & Geneve
Leadership in virtual system scalability with Flexible Port Partitioning (FPP) and intelligent offload
Broad Hypervisor support (VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, KVM and Xen)

Unified Networking

Full line of 10GbE/40GbE Converged Network Adapter
Fibre Channel over Ethernet
iSCSI with trusted, native OS support
Support for Data Center Bridging with lossless Ethernet

Platform Optimization

Integrated PCI Express
Intel Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) optimized
Intel Direct Data I/O Technology

In addition, Intel Ethernet Server Adapter I350T2 supports the CRC-32 digest instruction set included with Intel XEON Server Processors, which improves transmission reliability and delivers an enterprise class iSCSI solution.

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