英特尔® 千兆位 EF 双端口Intel® Gigabit ET, ET2, and EF Multi-Port Server Adapters The Intel® Gigabit ET and EF Multi-Port Server Adapters are Intel's third generation of PCIe GbE network adapters. Built with the Intel® 82576 Gigabit Ethernet Controller, these new adapters showcase the next evolution in GbE networking features for the enterprise network and data center. These features include support for multi-core processors and optimization for server virtualization 英特尔® 千兆位 EF 双端口 Intel® Gigabit ET, ET2, and EF Multi-Port Server Adapters The Intel® Gigabit ET and EF Multi-Port Server Adapters are Intel's third generation of PCIe GbE network adapters. Built with the Intel® 82576 Gigabit Ethernet Controller, these new adapters showcase the next evolution in GbE networking features for the enterprise network and data center. These features include support for multi-core processors and optimization for server virtualization. Intel® 82576 Gigabit Ethernet Controller Industry-leading, energy-efficient design for next-generation Gigabit performance and multi-core processors Low-profile Enables higher bandwidth and throughput from standard and low-profile PCI Express* slots and servers iSCSI remote boot support Provides centralized storage area network (SAN) management at a lower cost than competing iSCSI solutions 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* Compatible with x4, x8, and x16 standard and low-profile PCI Express* slots Allows each port to operate without interfering with the other Multi-port design Enables dual- or quad-port operation in almost any PCI Express server slot, except x1 slots Support for most network operating systems (NOS) Enables widespread deployment RoHS-compliant1 Compliant with the European Union directive 2002/95/EC to reduce the use of hazardous materials Intel® PROSet Utility for Microsoft Windows* Device Manager Provides point-and-click management of individual adapters, advanced adapter features, connection teaming, and virtual local area network (VLAN) configuration Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDQ) Off loads the data sorting functionality from the Hypervisor to the network silicon, thereby improving data throughput and CPU usage