The Compact and Feature-Rich 4-port Ethernet Controller

With the AOC-SGP-i4, Supermicro has extended the boundaries of Ethernet technology to create the most compact and feature-packed 4-port Ethernet controller in the market, and allow it to fit in the smallest space in the ever-densifying server system. With ultra-small footprint and rich of power management technology feature set, the AOC-SGP-i4 represents the next step in the Gigabit Ethernet networking evolution for enterprise and data center environments

Key Features

• 3.9-inch Length, Low-Profile Standard Form Factor

• PCI Express 2.1 (2.5GT/s or 5GT/s)

• 4 RJ-45 ports

• Intel® I/O Acceleration Technology (I/O AT)

• VMDq, Next-Generation VMDq, and PC-SIG SR-IOV for Virtualized Environments

• Jumbo Frame Support up to 9.5KB

• IEEE 802.3az – Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE)

• Low Power Consumption (5W Typical)

• iSCSI Remote Boot Support

• Flexible I/O Virtualization and Quality of Service (QoS)

• PXE Boot Support • RoHS compliant 6/6

Specifications

• General

– Intel® i350 GbE controller

– Compact size low-profile standard form factor

– PCI-E 2.1 x4 (2.5GT/s or 5GT/s) interface

– Quad RJ-45 connectors

– Intel® PROSet Utility for Windows® Device Manager

– Intel® I/O Acceleration Technology (I/O AT)

– Power consumption: about 5W

• Ethernet Features

– IEEE 802.3 auto-negotiation for speed, duplex, and flow control

– IEEE 802.3x and 802.3z compliant flow control support

– Automatic cross-over detection function (MDI/MDI-X)

– 1Gb/s Ethernet IEEE 802.3, 802.3u, 802.3ab PHY specifications Compliant

– IEEE 1588 protocol and 802.1AS implementation

• Power Management and Efficiency

– IEEE 802.3az

– Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) which reduces power consumption of the PHY by about 50%

– DMA Coalescing reduces platform power consumption

– Active State Power Management (ASPM) support

– LAN disable function – MAC Power Management controls – Low Power Link Up – Link Speed Control

• Virtualization Features

– VM to VM Packet forwarding (Packet Loopback)

– Eight TX and RX queue pairs per port to support VMWare NetQueue and Microsoft VMQ

– Flexible Port Partitioning: 32 Virtual Functions

– PC-SIG SR-IOV implementation

– IEEE 802.1q VLAN support

– IEEE 802.1q advanced packet filtering

• Performance Features

– TCP/UDP, IPv4 and IPv6 checksum offloads to improve CPU usage

– Low Latency Interrupts

– Tx TCP segmentation offload (IPv4, IPv6) increases throughput and lowers processor usage

– Receive Side Scaling (RSS) for Windows environment, Scalable I/O for Linux environments

– Jumbo Frames support up to 9.5K Bytes

– Intelligent interrupt generation

• Remote Boot Options

– Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) support

– iSCSI remote boot for Windows, Linux, and VMware

• OS Support

– Windows® XP SP3, Vista SP2, 7 SP1 2003 SP2, 2008 SP2, 2008 R2S

– RedHat EL 5.5, 6.0; SuSe SLES 10 SP3, 11 SP1 – FreeBSD 8.0

– VMware ESX 4.0, 4.1, 5.0 – Xen

• Cables Support

– RJ-45 Category-5/5e up to 100m

• Operating Conditions

– Operating temperature: 0°C to 55°C (32°F to 131°F)

– Storage temperature: -40°C to 70°C (-40°F to 158°F)

• Physical Dimensions

– Card PCB dimensions: 9.91cm (3.90in) x 6.35cm (2.50in) (L x H)

– Height of end brackets: standard

– 12cm (4.725in), low-profile

– 7.94cm (3.13in)