Intel 10 Gigabit XF SR Server Adapter EXPX9501AFXSR User Manual

Product codes
EXPX9501AFXSR
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General 
Product codes
EXPX9502AFXSR  
(Dual-Port 10GBASE-SR); 
EXPX9501AFXSR  
(Single-Port 10GBASE-SR); 
EXPX9501AFXLR  
(Single-Port 10GBASE-LR)
Connectors 
One or two LC fiber-optic connectors
Cabling 
SR version: Multi-mode fiber  
(62.5 μm or 50 μm);
LR version: Single-mode fiber
Adapter Product Features
Intel PROSet Utility for easy configuration  
and management
Intel® lead-free
2
 technology
Plug and play specification support
Standard
Intel® I/OATª including QuickData
Ships with full-height bracket installed,  
low-profile bracket added in package
RoHs
3
Cabling Distance
Fiber type
Minimum modal 
bandwidth @  
850 nm (MHz x km)
Operating range 
(meters)
SMF (LR version)
N/A
2 to 10,000
62.5 μm MMF (SR versions)
160 
200
2 to 26 
2 to 33
50 μm MMF (SR versions)
400 
500 
2000
2 to 66 
2 to 82 
2 to 300
Receive-side scaling
VMDq
1
In a virtualized environment, packets 
dedicated to different virtual machines 
can be routed to different queues, thus 
easing the routing of these packets to 
the target machine
Advanced packet filtering (per port)
•   16 exact-matched packets (unicast 
or multicast) 
•   4096-bit hash filter for  
multicast frames 
•  Promiscuous (unicast and multicast) 
transfer mode support 
•  Optional filtering of invalid frames 
Direct Cache Access (DCA)
The I/O device activates a pre-fetch 
engine in the CPU that loads the data 
into the CPU cache ahead of time, 
before use, eliminating cache misses 
and reducing CPU load
Network Management
Wired for Management (WfM) baseline v2.0 
enabled for servers
DMI 2.0 support, Windows* Management
Instrumentation (WMI) and SNMP- 
Remote Installation Services (RIS) 
PXE 2.0 enabled through boot 
read-only memory (ROM)
Network Operating Systems (NOS) Software Support
Microsoft Windows* 2003 Server 
Microsoft Vista*
Windows Virtual Server 2005
Red Hat Enterprise Linux* 4 or later 
SUSE SLES* 10 or later, Professional  
9.2 or later
FreeBSD 5.x or later 
Network Operating Systems Software Support (continued)
ESX 3.x support (for VMware)
Fedora 
EFI 1.1
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)
Teaming support
IEEE 802.3ad
4
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 2005* flow control  
support IPv6, IPv4
• 
Tx/Rx IP, TCP, and UDP checksum offloading 
(IPv4, IPv6) capabilities control protocol (TCP), 
user datagram protocol (UDP),  
Internet protocol (IP) 
IEEE 802.1p*
TCP segmentation/large send offload
MSI -X supports Multiple Independent 
Queues
Interrupt moderation
IPv6 offloading
Checksum and segmentation 
capability extended to new standard 
packet type
Technical Features
Data rate(s) supported per port
10 Gigabit
Bus type
PCI Express 2.0 (2.5 GT/s)
Bus width
x8 lane PCI Express, operable in x4
5
, x8 
x16 slots
Bus speed (x8, encoded rate)
20 Gbps uni-directional; 40 Gbps  
bi-directional
Interrupt levels 
INTA, MSI, MSI-X
Hardware certifications
FCC B, UL, CE, VCCI, BSMI, CTICK, MIC
Controller-processor
Intel® 82598EB
Typical power consumption
Single-Port SR 10.4W (0.87A @ 12V);  
Dual-Port SR 14W (1.17A @ 12V); 
Single-Port LR 11.5W (0.96A @ 12V)
Operating temperature
0° C to 55° C (32° F to 131° F) Single 
Port with 100 LFM forced-air flow 
(linear feet per minute), Dual Port  
with 150 LFM forced-air flow.
Storage temperature
-40° C to 70° C (-40° F to 158° F)
Storage humidity
90% non-condensing relative humidity 
at 35° C
LEDs
2 (on dual port), 1 (on single port),  
LINK (solid), and ACTIVITY (blinking)
Physical Dimensions 
Length 
16.74 cm (6.59 in) 
Width
6.89 cm (2.71 in) 
Height of end bracket
PCI Express standard, 12 cm (4.725 in); 
PCI Express low-profile, 7.92 cm (3.12 in)
Specifications