Interface Masters Technologies has expanded its 10GbE (Gigabit Ethernet) server adapter card family that is designed to integrate with PCI Express based inline networking servers, including WAN acceleration, UTM, and IPS systems, and security and monitoring appliances such as firewalls, IDS systems, and analysis probes. The Niagara 32711 and 32710 server adapters are low power Dual Port 10GbE NICs, with SFP pluggable modules for multi-mode and single-mode fiber media, based on Intel's recent 82599 Ethernet controller. The Niagara 32710 supports failover and network bypass.
The new Niagara 32711 and Niagara 32710 10GbE NICs are based on the new 10GE Intel 82599 Gigabit Ethernet controller, which provides PCI Express2.0 (5GT/s) support, 100/1000/10Gbit/s auto-negotiation capabilities, low power 6.2W operation and 128transmit (Tx) and receive (Rx) queues. The 82599 also features enhanced virtualisation support, layer two and three security including IPSec and LinkSec, Intel I/OAT acceleration v3.0, VLAN tagging, stripping and packet filtering, It also features FCoE transmit, segmentation and offload, and SNMP and RMON statistic counters. Intels 82599 also possesses a variety of time manageability interfaces including RMII, SMBus, PXE, iSCSI Boot.
The Niagara 32710 low-profile, dual port 10G fiber server adapter card with bypass is designed for high-availability server applications that demand premium performance and maximum uptime. The bypass feature, upon power failure or power loss, allows network traffic to continue by re-routing traffic from the transmit port directly to the receive port. This creates a closed loop that bypasses the down appliance, ensuring that network uptime is maintained.
These two new 10GE NICs have been designed to leverage the new 10 Gigabit technology to meet performance standards of the enterprise, security and datacenter markets. These power-efficient, low-profile NICs take advantage of PCI Express Gen2 standards to provide better network I/O performance.
