Product Brief Network Connectivity Intel PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter Two Gigabit Copper Server Connections in a Single PCI Express* Slot Two high-performance PCI Express 10/100/1000 Mbps connections for slot-constrained servers Multi-Gigabit scalability and increased uptime through advanced server features 1 Built on Intel lead-free technology Connectivity You Can Count On Conserve valuable PCI Express (PCIe*) server slots The Intel PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter while adding multi-port Gigabit Ethernet capability represents the fifth generation of Intel network with the Intel PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter. adapters for Gigabit Ethernet, and features 10/100/ The dedicated input/output (I/O) bandwidth of PCIe 1000 Mbps self-configuration for compatibility with ensures priority performance on each portwithout mixed-speed network devices. For easy installation bus sharingfor Gigabit Ethernet connectivity in and management, all Intel PRO Network Connections Category-5 networks. Additionally, the Intel PRO/ are supported by Intel PRO Intelligent Install and 1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter is designed to the new Intel PROSet Utility for Microsoft* Device provide high performance in multi-processor systems Manager. Intel PROSet simplifies adapter installation by efficiently balancing network loads across multiple and gives you point-and-click power to configure Central Processing Units (CPUs) when used with and manage all your Intel PRO Network Connections Receive-Side Scaling from Microsoft or Scalable for connectivity you can count on. I/O on Linux*. Features Benefits Intel 82571GB Gigabit Controller Enables two Gigabit connections in a single adapter, delivering increased bandwidth for slot-constrained servers and providing high performance, reliability, and low power use in a single, integrated, dual port PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller chip 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 from Microsoft or Scalable I/O on Linux* Interrupt moderation Delivers increased performance while significantly reducing CPU utilization 2 Compatible with x4, x8, and x16 full-height Allows dual-port operation in almost any PCI Express server slot, except x1 slots, PCI Express* slots and allows each port to operate without interfering with the other Support for most network operating systems (NOS) Enables widespread deployment Remote management support Reduces support costs with remote management based on industry-wide standards Category-5 unshielded twisted pair (UTP), 4-pair cabling Uses existing 4-pair cabling and saves re-wiring costs 3 1 RoHS compliant, lead-free technology Compliant with the new European Union directive (effective July 2006) to reduce the use of hazardous materials Intel PROSet Utility for Microsoft* Device Manager Provides point-and-click power over individual adapters, advanced adapter features, connection teaming, and virtual local area network (VLAN) configuration Advanced cable diagnostics Dynamically tests and reports network problems (error rate, cable length) and automatically compensates for cable issues (cross-over cable, wrong pin-out/polarity) Intel backing Backed by an Intel limited lifetime warranty, 90-day money-back guarantee (U.S. and Canada), and worldwide support Specifications: Intel PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter General 4 Product code EXPI9402PT Connectors Two RJ-45 IEEE standards/network topology 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T Wiring Category-5, unshielded twisted pair (UTP), 4-pair Adapter Product Features Intel PROSet Utility and Intel PRO Intelligent Install for easy installation 1 Intel lead-free technology Plug and play specification support Standard Auto-negotiation, full-duplex capable Integrated media access control (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) Includes a full-height bracket Cable distance 100 m in Category-5 for 100/1000 Mbps and Category-3 for 10 Mbps Network Management Wired for Management (WfM) baseline v2.0 enabled for servers DMI 2.0 support, Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) and SNMP-manageable SMBus support Remote Installation Services (RIS) Diagnostics (loopback, testability, PHY register access) Advanced configuration and power interface (ACPI) 1.0 power management Wake on LAN* support over PCI Express* PXE 2.0 enabled through boot read-only memory (ROM) Network Operating Systems (NOS) Software Support Microsoft Windows* Server 2003, Enterprise, Datacenter (32- and 64-bit) Microsoft Windows 2000 Red Hat Linux* 2.4x or later (32- and 64-bit) FreeBSD 4.x or later Novell Netware* 5.x, 6.x Sun Solaris* x86, OS 8 and later SCO Open Server 5, OpenUNIX 8* Intel Backing Limited lifetime warranty 90-day, money-back guarantee (U.S. and Canada) Advanced Software Features Adapter fault tolerance (AFT) Switch fault tolerance (SFT) Adaptive load balancing (ALB) 5 Fast EtherChannel* (FEC) 5 Gigabit EtherChannel* (GEC) Teaming support Scales up to 8 connections Multiple teams Supports 4 separate teams, maximum 5 IEEE 802.3ad* (link aggregation control protocol) Test switch configuration Tested with major switch original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) PCIe Hot Plug*/Active peripheral component interconnect (PCI) IEEE 802.1Q* VLANs IEEE 802.3* (z, ab, u, x) flow control support TCP checksum offload transmission control protocol (TCP), user datagram protocol (UDP), Internet protocol (IP) IEEE 802.1p* TCP segmentation/large send offload Interrupt moderation