Supermicro Intel AOC-STGN-i2S 2x 10GbE Dual Port SFP+ Network LAN PC-SIG SR-IOV PCIe x8 Controller

The Ultimate 10G SFP+ Ethernet Controller with NC-SI remote management.

AOC-STGN-i2S and AOC-STGN-i1S are the most flexible and scalable Ethernet adapters for today’s demanding data center environments.
Based on the new Intel 10GbE network controller 82599, they address the demanding needs of the next-generation data center by providing unmatched features for virtualization, flexibility for LAN and SAN networking.

General:
- Intel® 82599 10GbE controller
- Dual SFP+ ports (AOC-STGN-i2S)
- Single SFP+ port (AOC-STGN-i1S)
- Compact size low-profile standard form factor
- PCI-E x8 2.0 (5GT/s)
- Load balancing on multiple CPUs
- iSCSI remote boot support
- Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Support
- Intel® PROSet Utility for Windows® Device Manager

I/O Features:
- Intel® QuickData Technology: DMA engine that enhances data acceleration and lowers CPU usage
- Direct Cache Access (DCA) to avoid cache misses
- MSI-X support to minimize the overhead of interrupts and allows load-balancing between multiple cores/CPUs
- Tx/Rx IP, SCTP, TCP and UDP checksum offloading capabilities (IPv4, IPv6)
- Receive and Transmit Side Scaling for Windows environments and Scalable I/O for Linux environments

Virtualization Features:
- Supports virtualization features such as VMDq, Next-generation VMDq (64 queues per port) and PC-SIG SR-IOV implementation
- IPv6 Offloading
- Advanced Packet Filtering
- VLAN support to allow creation of multiple VLAN segments
- VXLAN through Software

Manageability Features:
- Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) support
- Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and Remote Network Monitoring (RMON) statistics counters
- iSCSI remote boot