User's Guide (1.0)

Safety Information and Technical Speciﬁ cations

Introduction

Overview

This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and knowledgeable

PC users who intend to integrate Supermicro's AOC-STG-I2 Add-on Card.

Product Features

The AOC-STG-I2 offers the following features:

High-performing, PCI-E 10Gb Ethernet connection ideally suited for demanding

enterprise applications.

Dual-port Intel

82598EB with two CX4 connectors.

CX4-to-Optical module/cable (optional).

PCI-E x8 to maximize performance (PCI-E Gen 2 compatible).

Intel I/O Acceleration Technology (I/O AT) for improved CPU utilization.

x16 Virtual Machine Device queues (VMDq) for virtualized environment.

Direct Cache Access (DCA) to eliminate cache misses and reduce CPU load.

Tx/Rx, IP, TCP, and UDP checksum ofﬂ oading (IPv4, IPv6) capabilities to in-

crease throughput and lower processor utilization

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and Remote Network Monitoring

(RMON) statistic counters.

iSCSI boot.

Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) support.

Energy-efﬁ cient design (maximum 6.5W).

RoHS Compliant 6/6.

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