NETWORK
ADAPTERS
SMC10GPCIe-XFP
Tiger Card™ 10G PCIe 10GbE XFP Server Adapter
The SMC Tiger Card™ 10G (SMC10GPCIe-XFP) is a 10 gigabit
Ethernet server adapter that runs on a high speed PCIe x8 host
bus interface with pluggable XFP modules* (SR or LR). The pluggable
feature provides the flexibility of different 10 Gigabit Ethernet
networking expansions, delivering 10GbE performance from 300m
(SR) to 10km (LR) distances between ports.
The growth and expansion of networking environments that contain
highly complex applications that create and transfer huge files
such as high performance computing (HPC), database clusters,
and video on demand will require higher bandwidth on the network.
The extremely low latency and high throughput of the SMC Tiger
CardTM 10G server adapter family makes it the best solution for
these applications.
In today’s challenging data center environment, thermal management
is a hot topic. With the industry’s lowest power consumption, the
SMC10GPCIe-XFP delivers compelling performance, resulting in
a flexible server adapter, system and ultimately data center de-
sign. The SMC Tiger Card™ 10G VNIC architecture provides the
most efficient way to maximize network and CPU efficiency. The
SMC10GPCIe-XFP is a half-height card with brackets for half- or full-
height, which offers flexibility for server installation.
The SMC Tiger Card™ 10G Server Adapter family delivers the
balance of performance, power and price. This balance is driving
the widespread adoption of 10-gigabit Ethernet throughout data
centers and enterprise networks world-wide.
*XFP module sold separately
OVERVIEW
FEATURES BENEFITS
Virtual NIC support The core of SMC’s technology. Protected VNIC interfaces can be instantiated for each run-
ning guest operating system or application, giving it a direct pipeline to the Ethernet network.
This architecture provides the most efficient way to maximize network and CPU efficiency.
The SMC Ethernet controller supports up to 4096 VNIC interfaces.
IP/UDP/TCP checksum offload Calculation and validation for the checksums found in IP, TCP and UDP headers. This feature
saves a significant amount of valuable CPU cycles.
Stateless Offloads TCP Segmentation Offload (TSO) for IPv4.
Plug-and-play Provides binary compatibility with all data center and HPC applications.
Jumbo frame support (9K) Smaller per packet overhead, increased network utilization.
MSI MSI support enables higher levels of performance on both legacy and up-to-date systems.
Remote boot Support for etherboot, PXE boot, and Linux® BIOS provides flexibility in cluster design and
diskless servers. A small programmable on-board ROM contains the boot code which provides
this functionality.
IP flow filtering Enables the hardware to steer packets based on IP, TCP and UDP header contents.
Transmit rate pacing (per queue) Provides a mechanism for enforcing bandwidth quotas across all guest operating systems.
Software re-programmable on-the-fly to allow for adjustment as congestion increases on the
network.
PCI Express 1.1 x8 Host Bus Interface Provide maximum host bus bandwidth.
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