IBM® 81Y8021 alternative Intel 82599 NIC PCIe 2.0 x8 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+

PCI Express x8 81Y8021 network adapter adopts the Intel third-generation WMB network controller Intel JL82599ES. By providing unparalleled features of virtualization, flexibility in LAN and SAN networks, and proven reliable performance, it meets the requirements of modern data centres. It has dual 10 Gigabit SFP+ ports which can setup a long distance link with a file server or a remote workstation.

• PCI Express* 2.0, dual port 10 Gigabit Ethernet controller with Intel Xeon processor 500 series servers deliver the performance that demanding applications require
• Industry-leading product innovations for I/O virtualization that are ideal in dynamic data centres.
• Unified networking support simplifies the network infrastructure by allowing LAN, SAN, and IPC traffic to share the same data centre fabric
• Energy efficient design with integrated SFI/KR PHYs that creates new opportunities for blades and LAN-on-motherboard (LOM) solutions
• High volume stable architecture with broad operating system support

System Requirements

• Windows Client: Windows 10/ 8.1/ 8/7
• Windows Server: 2012/2012 R2/ 2016/2019
• Linux: RHEL9.1 & 8.7, SLES15 SP4, SLES12 SP5, Ubuntu*22.04 LTS/20.04 LTS, Debian*11, FreeBSD*13 / 12.3

Specification

• PCI-Express host interface specification v2.0 with 5.0GT/s BUS width
• PCI-Express lanes: x8 
• Complies with dual port 10 gigabit SFP+ connectivity port 
• Complies with IEEE802.3ae specification
• Layer 2 functions: IEEE 802.3x Flow Control - IEEE 802.1q VLAN
• Supports receive-side scaling (RSS)
• Supports IPv4, IPv6 protocols
• Supports Jumbo Frames up to 15.5K
• Supports Checksum offloading 
• Statistics for management and RMON
• Support for virtual machines device queues
• Interrupt throttling control to limit maximum interrupt rate and improve CPU usage