Intel X540T2BLK Dual-Port 10GBASE-T Network Interface Card

Dual-Port 10GBASE-T Connectivity for Server Networks

The Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X540-T2 (X540T2BLK) is built on the Intel Ethernet Controller X540 architecture, delivering high-performance dual-port 10GBASE-T networking for server and workstation environments. The X540 controller integrates copper physical layer transceivers (PHYs) and supports 10 Gb/s, 1 Gb/s, and 100 Mb/s Ethernet operation over standard copper cabling infrastructure.

Featuring a PCI Express 2.1 host interface operating at up to x8 lane width at 5 GT/s, the adapter incorporates hardware-based virtualization, traffic management, packet processing, and CPU offload capabilities. Key supported features include SR-IOV, Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq), Intel Flow Director, TCP segmentation offload, receive checksum offload, 802.1Q VLAN tagging, and Data Center Bridging (DCB).

Key Benefits and Features

• Dual-Port 10GBASE-T: Provides two integrated copper RJ45 Ethernet ports for high-bandwidth server connectivity.
• Multi-Speed Operation: Auto-negotiates across 10 Gb/s, 1 Gb/s, and 100 Mb/s Ethernet speeds.
• Advanced Virtualization: Supports SR-IOV and up to 64 virtual machine queues per port.
• Hardware Offloads: Includes TCP segmentation offload (TSO), checksum offloads, Flow Director, and receive-side processing capabilities.
• Data Center Bridging (DCB): Supports IEEE 802.1Qaz (ETS) and 802.1Qbb (PFC) standards for converged network environments.

Ideal Use Cases

• Rack-mount and pedestal server deployment
• Virtualized server environments requiring SR-IOV
• High-performance workstation networking
• 10GbE copper RJ45 network infrastructure upgrades

Upgrade Server Connectivity with Intel X540 10GbE

Choose the Intel X540T2BLK for dual-port 10GBASE-T copper connectivity, PCIe 2.1 bus interface support, flexible multi-speed negotiation, advanced virtualization offloads, and robust enterprise packet processing.