Sun Oracle-Intel 7054739 PCIe x4 Quad Gigabit Ethernet Network Adapter

SUN QUAD PORT PCIE 2.0 GIGABIT ETHERNET NETWORKING CARDS

Oracle’s Sun Quad Port PCIe 2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Networking Cards, incorporating the Intel® i350 Controller, offer high-density multi-port copper and fiber cards designed for Sun’s rack and blade servers. These cards address the multi-port network connectivity needs of the changing data center environments. Ideal for slot-constrained servers, Sun Quad Port PCIe 2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Networking Cards provide a simplified low-cost alternative to multiple 1 GbE server adapters for Oracle’s Sun portfolio of SPARC and x86 servers.

ADVANCED PCIE 2.0 NETWORKING FOR SUN BLADE AND RACK SERVERS
KEY FEATURES

• Choice of form factors: Low profile and High profile card and Express Module for Sun SPARC and x86 servers
• Available for copper and fiber cabling
• Industry-standard PCIe 2.0 doubles the bus speed to 5 GT/sec
• Hardware-based granular server virtualization
• Scalable iSCSI performance for storage connectivity
• Support of Energy Efficient Ethernet (802.1az) and DMA Coalescing for power reduction
  Broad operating systems support

KEY BENEFITS

• 50% lower power consumption than the previous generation
• Higher application performance and lower CPU utilization
• Improved virtualization performance with the elimination of I/O bottlenecks between virtual machines
• Industry-standard, cost-effective connectivity to both LANs and iSCSI SANs

Advanced networking features for Sun Rack and Blade Servers

Multi-core and virtualized server environments are driving the need for greater networking performance. By efficiently load balancing interrupts across CPU cores, the Sun Quad Port PCIe 2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Networking Cards relieve bottlenecks for various high-performance applications in the data center.
As data center computing needs grow, density increases, and many data centers reach their full capacity for powering and cooling sooner than expected. Sun Quad Port PCIe 2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Networking Cards reduce power by 50% over previous generation network adapters using advanced power reduction technologies such as Energy Efficient Ethernet and DMA coalescing.
Built-in Intel virtualization technology
The Sun Quad Port PCIe 2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Networking Cards are a perfect choice for virtualization environments with the built-in Intel Technology for Virtualization (Intel-VT-c). Intel VT-c includes hardware optimization that helps reduce I/O bottlenecks and improve overall server performance.
In addition, servers deployed with SR-IOV-enabled operating systems provide direct access to networking hardware for 32 Virtual Machines (VMs) per quad port or 16 VMs per dual port networking card. Direct access to hardware from virtual machine environments increases performance and reduces the number of required adapters, cables, and switch ports.
These networking cards also support advanced networking and virtualization capabilities incorporated in Oracle Solaris and Oracle VM for optimizing database and application
performance

• Hardware classification for Oracle Solaris 11 network virtualization with Zones.
• Support of multiple TX and RX rings for improved scalability
• Dynamic polling in Oracle Solaris 11 to reduce the interrupt rate and improve system
  efficiency.
• Oracle Solaris Zones for Oracle x86/x64, SPARC T-Series Servers
• Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.2
  Oracle VM (OVM) 3.0.3 including
  Centralized, automated network configuration: Pool-level bridging, bonding, VLAN, multipathing.
  Ability to separate networks to isolate traffic and maintain a predictable quality of
  service, live migration, and cluster heartbeat for virtual machines.