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Unified Networking
The Intel® Ethernet Controller X540 
enables servers to use existing Cat 6 or 
Cat 6A cables to unify NFS/CIFS, iSCSI and 
FCoE with LAN traffic instead of forcing 
the use of Twinaxial copper or Fiber Optic 
SFP+ solutions. 
Unified Networking Principles
Intel’s Unified Networking solutions 
are built on the principles that made us 
successful in Ethernet:
  Open Architecture integrates 
networking with the server, enabling 
IT managers to reduce complexity and 
overhead while enabling a flexible and 
scalable data center network.
   Intelligent Offloads lower cost and 
power while delivering the application 
performance that customers expect.
   Proven Unified Networking is built 
on trusted Intel Ethernet technology, 
enabling customers to deploy FCoE or 
iSCSI with the same quality used in their 
traditional Ethernet networks.
Intel’s Unified Networking solutions 
are enabled through a combination 
of Intel Ethernet products along 
with network and storage protocols 
integrated in the operating systems. This 
combination provides proven reliability 
with the performance that data center 
administrators around the world have 
come to expect from Intel.  
Proven iSCSI SAN Connectivity
The Intel® Ethernet Controller X540 
provides iSCSI support without the need 
for complicated firmware, driver, and 
proprietary software combinations. Native 
OS iSCSI initiators work in conjunction 
with intelligent offloads built-in to both 
the X540 controller and Intel® Xeon 
Processor-based servers to provide 
performance with proven reliability. 
10GBASE-T Supports Open-FCoE 
For the first time, Open-FCoE is supported 
on 10GBASE-T. As 10GBASE-T switches 
come to market enabled with FCoE 
support, the X540 controller enables 
using cost-effective Cat 6 and Cat 6A 
cabling for converged networking. 
The Open-FCoE architecture uses a 
combination of hardware intelligent 
offloads and FCoE initiators in VMware* 
ESXi 5.0, Microsoft* Windows*, and Linux* 
operating systems to deliver proven high-
performance FCoE solutions.
This approach enables IT managers to 
simplify the data center and standardize 
on 10 GbE for LAN and SAN connectivity. 
The Intel® Ethernet Controller X540 is 
designed to fully offload the FCoE data 
path to deliver full-featured, converged 
network adapter (CNA) functionality as a 
LOM or adapter without compromising on 
power efficiency and interoperability. 
DCB Delivers Lossless Ethernet
The Intel® Ethernet Controller X540 
supports Ethernet enhancements such as 
Data Center Bridging (DCB), a collection of 
standards, for additional QoS functionality 
such as lossless delivery, congestion 
notification, priority-based flow control, 
and priority groups.
10 Gbps Performance at Low Cost 
and Low Power 
The new Intel® Ethernet Controller X540 
brings 10GBASE-T as a cost effective 
means to bring 10 Gbps Ethernet to server 
platforms as LOM or Network Daughter 
Card. The X540 Controller connects to Cat 
6 and Cat 6A cabling and has backwards 
compatibility with many 100BASE-Tx and 
1000BASE-T switches to provide broad 
network infrastructure support. 
To reduce cost and power, the X540 
controller is manufactured using a 40 nm 
process with an integrated MAC controller 
and two 10GBASE-T PHYs in a single-chip 
solution.
Integration translates to lower power with 
reduced per-port power consumption, 
which can eliminate the need for active 
fan heatsinks.
With lower power, passive heatsinks, 
and backwards compatibility, the X540 
controller and 10GBASE-T are ready for 
broad deployment. The X540 controller 
provides bandwidth-intensive applications 
and virtualized data centers 10 GbE 
network performance with cost-effective 
network connectivity.
Network Manageability Interfaces
The X540 controller provides OS2BMC, 
SMBus and DMTF-defined Network 
Controller Sideband Interface (NC-SI) 
for BMC manageability. In addition, it 
introduces support for Management 
Component Transport Protocol (MCTP), a 
new DMTF standard, enabling a BMC to 
gather information about Intel Ethernet 
Converged Network Adapters that can 
include the data rate, link speed, and error 
counts.
Software Tools and Management
Intel® Advanced Network Services (Intel® 
ANS), includes new teaming technologies 
and techniques such as Virtual Machine 
Load-Balancing (VMLB) for Hyper-V 
environments. Intel ANS also includes a 
variety of teaming configurations for up 
to eight ports, support for mixed vendors’ 
server LOM and adapters teaming and 
includes support for IEEE 802.1Q VLANs, 
making Intel ANS one of the most capable 
and comprehensive tools for supporting 
server adapter teaming.
Additionally, Intel® PROSet for Windows* 
Device Manager (DMIX) and PROsetCL 
extends driver functionality to provide 
additional reliability and QoS features and 
configuration. 
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