Intel X520DA2G2P5 X520-DA2 Dual-Port 10GbE SFP+ Network Adapter

Dual-Port 10GbE Connectivity for Virtualized Servers

The Intel Ethernet Network Adapter X520-DA2 is a dual-port 10GbE SFP+ network adapter designed for Dell PowerEdge rack and tower servers. Built around the Intel 82599ES 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller, the adapter combines two SFP+ cages with a PCI Express 2.0 x8 host interface for high-bandwidth server networking, network consolidation, and virtualized data center environments.

The X520-DA2 supports SR and LR optical modules as well as Direct Attach Copper cables compliant with the SFP+ MSA SFF-8431 specification. Direct Attach Copper connections can support in-rack server-to-switch links of up to 7 meters. Advanced packet-processing capabilities include Intel Ethernet Flow Director, DPDK PMD support, Intel QuickData Technology, checksum offloading, TCP segmentation offload, and Receive Side Scaling.

Key Benefits and Features

• Dual-Port 10GbE: Two SFP+ ports provide high-speed Ethernet connectivity for server and data center deployments
• I/O Virtualization Support: SR-IOV supports 64 virtual functions per port, while VMDq offloads packet sorting from the software virtual switch to network silicon
• Flexible Media Support: Supports SR and LR SFP+ optical modules plus Direct Attach Copper Twinaxial cables
• Advanced Hardware Offloads: Supports checksum offloading, TCP segmentation offload, Receive Side Scaling, Intel QuickData Technology, and Intel Ethernet Flow Director
• Flexible Network Boot: Supports PXE and native iSCSI boot for server deployment and storage networking

Ideal Use Cases

• Virtualized Dell PowerEdge server infrastructure
• 10GbE data center network consolidation
• In-rack server-to-switch Direct Attach Copper connectivity
• High-throughput storage, database, and network-intensive applications

Deploy Intel X520-DA2 for High-Speed Server Networking

Choose the X520DA2G2P5 for dual-port 10GbE SFP+ connectivity, PCIe 2.0 x8 integration, advanced virtualization capabilities, flexible optical or DAC media support, and efficient server network connectivity.