Intel X550‑T2

Detailed Product Description

The Intel X550‑T2 (X550T2BLK) is a dual‑port 10GBASE‑T copper converged Ethernet network adapter built upon Intel X550 controller ASIC. It delivers multi‑speed NBASE‑T RJ45 connectivity, eliminating expensive optical modules and enabling 10‑Gigabit transmission over standard copper cabling for enterprise servers, NAS storage, virtualization hosts and high‑performance workstations.

Core Hardware Specifications

- Model: Intel X550‑T2
- Controller Chip: Intel X550 integrated MAC+PHY
- Host Interface: PCIe 3.0 x4 (8 GT/s), backward compatible with PCIe 2.0 x4
- Ports: Dual RJ45 copper ports (10GBASE‑T / NBASE‑T)
- Auto‑negotiate speeds: 10 GbE / 5 GbE / 2.5 GbE / 1 GbE / 100 Mb/s
- Cabling requirement: Cat‑6 up to 55 m; Cat‑6A / Cat‑7 up to 100 m at 10Gbps
- Form‑Factor: Low‑Profile / Full‑Height dual bracket included
- Typical power consumption: 11 W TDP
- Jumbo frame support: Up to 9 KB MTU
- Operating temperature: 0 °C ~ 55 °C

Key Features & Offload Capabilities

1.Virtualization (Intel VT‑c)

- SR‑IOV hardware I/O virtualization, supports large numbers of virtual functions
- VMDq (Virtual Machine Device Queues) for efficient VM network traffic handling
- Flexible port partitioning, hardware‑based QoS and traffic scheduling

2.Storage & Protocol Offloads

- Hardware iSCSI boot and iSCSI TCP offload
- FCoE, NFS protocol acceleration for SAN/NAS environments
- Intel Data Direct I/O technology reduces CPU overhead for high‑throughput workloads

3.Network Functions

- TCP/UDP checksum offload, LSO / LRO segmentation offload
- IEEE 1588 PTP precise time‑stamping
- Wake‑on‑LAN, VLAN tagging, flow‑control, link‑status monitoring
- Firmware protection: detect & auto‑recover from firmware corruption

Supported Operating Systems

- Linux, Windows Server, VMware ESXi, FreeBSD.
- NBASE‑T (2.5G/5G) multi‑rate function fully supported under Linux; limited support on other OS platforms.

Typical Application Scenarios

Enterprise virtualization servers, NAS / file storage servers, small‑medium data centers, workstation 10‑Gigabit upgrade, backup servers, video streaming and high‑speed local area networks.

Note: Widely available as refurbished / used adapters in second‑hand server hardware market.

- Intel X550‑T2 Dual‑Port 10GBASE‑T RJ45 Converged Network Adapter
- PCI‑E 3.0 x4 interface, auto‑negotiate:10G/5G/2.5G/1G/100Mbps over copper cable
- Cat6‑A cable support for 10Gbps up to 100 meters, no SFP+ transceivers required
- SR‑IOV, VMDq virtualization, iSCSI hardware offload & remote boot
- Jumbo Frame, PTP timestamping, Intel VT‑c virtualization technology
- Ideal for virtualization host, NAS storage server and workstation high‑speed networking

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