Supermicro AOC-STGN-i2S Rev: 2.11 Dual-Port 10G SFP+ Fiber-Optic Server Ethernet Network Card

The Ultimate 10G SFP+ Ethernet Controller with NC-SI remote management
AOC-STGN-i2S is 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, and flexibility for LAN and SAN networking.

Key Features
• Dual and single SFP+ Connectors
• Low-Profile and High-Profile Standard Form Factor
• PCI Express 2.0 (up to 5GT/s)
• Intel® QuickData Technology
• VMDq, Next-Generation VMDq, and PC-SIG SR-IOV for Virtualized Environments
• Load Balancing on Multiple CPUs
• iSCSI Remote Boot Support
• Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Support
• Support for most Network Operating Systems (NOSs)
• Support both DAC Twin Axial and LC Fiber-Optic Cables
• RoHS compliant 6/6
• Network Controller Sideband Interface (NC-SI)

Specifications:

Intel® 82599 10GbE controller
– Dual SFP+ ports (AOC-STGN-i2S)
– Compact size low-profile and high-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 the 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
– NC-SI for remote management (Only supported with Supermicro
motherboards with corresponding NC-SI connectors)

• Cables Support:
– SFP+ directly attached twin axial cables, up to 7 meters
– LC-LC fiber-optic cables (optional SFP+ transceiver is required)
– NC-SI cable (comes with motherboard)

• OS Support:
– Windows Server 2012 (x64 Edition)
Windows 8 (x64 Edition and 32-bit)
Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64 Edition, 64-bit)
Windows Server 2008 (x64 Edition, 64-bit, and 32-bit)
Windows 7 (x64 Edition and 32-bit)
Windows Vista (x64 Edition and 32-bit)
Windows Server 2003 (x64 Edition, 64-bit, and 32-bit)
– VMWare
– RedHat EL, SUSE SLES
– Free BSD

• Operating Conditions:
– Operating temperature: 0°C to 55°C

• Physical Dimensions:
– Card PCB dimensions:
10.16cm (4.00in) x 6.90cm (2.73in)
– Height of end brackets:
standard – 12cm (4.725in),
low-profile – 7.94cm (3.13in)