Features
External Interfaces provided:
 PCIe v2.1 (2.5GT/s and 5GT/s) x4/x2/x1; called PCIe in this
document.
 MDI (Copper) standard IEEE 802.3 Ethernet interface for
1000BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, and 10BASE-T applications
(802.3, 802.3u, and 802.3ab)
 Serializer-Deserializer (SERDES) to support 1000BASE-SX/
LX (optical fiber - IEEE802.3)
 Serializer-Deserializer (SERDES) to support 1000BASE-KX
(802.3ap) and 1000BASE-BX (PICMIG 3.1) for Gigabit
backplane applications
 SGMII (Serial-GMII Specification) interface for SFP (SFP
MSA INF-8074i)/external PHY connections
 NC-SI (DMTF NC-SI) or SMBus for Manageability connection
to BMC
 IEEE 1149.6 JTAG
Performance Enhancements:
 PCIe v2.1 TLP Process Hints (TPH)
 UDP, TCP and IP Checksum offload
 UDP and TCP Transmit Segmentation Offload (TSO)
 SCTP receive and transmit checksum offload
Virtualization ready:
 Next Generation VMDq support (8 VMs)
 Support of up to 8 VMs per port (1 queue allocated to each
VM)
 PCI-SIG I/O SR-IOV support (Direct assignment)
 Queues per port: 8 TX and 8 RX queues
Power saving features:
 Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) power
management states and wake-up capability
 Advanced Power Management (APM) wake-up functionality
 Low power link-disconnect state
 PCIe v2.1 LTR
 DMA Coalescing for improved system power management
 EEE (IEEE802.3az) for reduced power consumption during
low link utilization periods
IEEE802.1AS - Timing and Synchronization:
 IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol support
 Per-packet timestamp
Total Cost Of Ownership (TCO):
 IPMI BMC pass-thru; multi-drop NC-SI
 Internal BMC to OS and OS to BMC traffic support
Additional product details:
 17x17 (256 Balls) or 25x25 (576 Balls) PBGA package
 Estimated power: 2.8W (max) in dual port mode and 4.2W
(max) in quad port mode
 Memories have Parity or ECC protection