Supermicro AOC-STGN-I2S

The Ultimate Dual-Port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller with the Flexibility and Scalability required for Virtual and Unified Storage Environments

The latest member of Supermicro’s network adapter family, the AOC-STGN-i2S is the most flexible and scalable Ethernet adapter for today’s demanding data center environments. Based on the new Intel® 10GbE network controller 82599ES, the

AOC-STGN-i2S addresses the demanding needs of the next-generation data center by providing unmatched features for virtualization, flexibility for LAN and SAN networking, and proven reliable performance.

Key Features

• Dual SFP+ Connectors
• Low-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 SR Cables
• RoHS compliant 6/6

Specifications • General:

• Intel® 82599ES 10GbE controller
• 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

• Manageability Features:

• Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) support
• Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and Remote

Network Monitoring (RMON) statistics counters - iSCSI remote boot • 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

• Cables Support:

• SFP+ direct attached twin axial cables, up to 10 meters
• Dual LC fiber-optic SR cables, up to 300 meters

• 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)

Compliance/Environmental - RoHS Compliant 6/6, Pb Free RoHS c o m p l i a n t

Optional Accessories - AOC-E10GSFPSR: SFP+ transceiver module for short range fiber cables (up to 300m) - AOC-TSR-FS: SFP+ transceiver module for short range fiber cables (up to 300m) - AOC-E10GSFPLR: SFP+ transceiver module for long range fiber cables (up to 3000m)

• CBL-0347L: 1m Twinax copper cable
• CBL-0348L: 3m Twinax copper cable
• CBL-0349L: 5m Twinax copper cable

• Supported Platforms

• Motherboards with minimum PCI-E x8 slot
• Server Systems with low-profile or full-height PCI-E x8 expansion slot