Datasheet

Server NICs
GIGABIT COPPER SFP+ 10 GIGABIT
SUBCATEGORY FEATURE AT-2972SX AT-2972LX10 AT-2973SX AT-2973T AT-2973T/4 AT-VNC10S
BUS TYPE
PCIe (x4) PCIe (x4) PCIe (x4) PCIe (x4) PCIe (x4) PCIe (x8)
PORTS AND
MEDIA SUPPORT
10/100/1000T ■ (2 ports) ■ (4 ports)
1000X LC LC LC (2 ports)
SFP+ ■ (2 ports)
Fiber type MMF SMF MMF MMF, SMF
Max fiber distance 220 m 10 km 220 m Dep. on SFP
QoS
IEEE 802.1p priority queues
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PERFORMANCE
TCP/IP checksum CPU offload
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Jumbo frames
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Link aggregation support
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Link aggregation failover
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TOE
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iSCSI
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MANAGEMENT
Wake-on-LAN
■ ■
Managed boot agent
(PXE remote boot ROM)
2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1
VLAN support
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Advanced power management
(ACPI)
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SNMP
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DRIVER SUPPORT
Windows 7 (32 and 64-bit)
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Windows 2008 (32 and 64-bit)
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Windows Vista (32 and 64-bit)
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Windows 2003 (32 and 64-bit)
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Linux 2.4
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Linux 2.6
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IPv6 SUPPORT
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DIAGNOSTICS
LEDs
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Virtual cable tester
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PHYSICAL
Low profile bracket and
full height provided
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DIMENSIONS
(W x H)
16.8 x 6.8 cm
6.6 x 2.7 in
16.8 x 6.8 cm
6.6 x 2.7 in
14.5 x 5.7 cm
5.7 x 2.2 in
14.5 x 5.7 cm
5.7 x 2.2 in
15.3 x 11.1 cm
6.03 x 4.38 in
16 x 6.89 cm
6.3 x 2.71 in
Weight .06 kg / .13 lb .06 kg / .13 lb .05 kg / .09 lb .05 kg / .09 lb .10 kg / .23 lb .09 kg / .21 lb
IDEAL ENVIRONMENT
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CUSTOMER’S NEEDS
» High performance with
low CPU utilization
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low CPU utilization
» High performance with
low CPU utilization
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low CPU utilization
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low CPU utilization
» High performance with
low CPU utilization
Network Virtualization
The Allied Telesis AT-2973 Series of
Network Interface Cards has been
specically designed for use in a virtualized
environment. The cards interact directly
with the virtualization hypervisor software,
ofoading many of the interface tasks from
the main CPU, thus increasing the overall
performance of the virtual machine.
The AT-VNC10S 10 Gigabit interface card
provides improved performance with
next-generation technology — VMware
Direct Path, NetQueue, SR-IOV — that
includes features such as loopback (inter-
VM communication), priority-weighted
bandwidth management and doubling the
number of data queues per port from four
to eight. Also supported is multicast and
broadcast data on a virtualized server.
Superior Functionality
The AT-VNC10S includes dedicated
hardware and processors to process frames
at the highest levels in the operating system
for both transmit and receive paths —
advantageous for virtualization applications.
The AT-VNC10S enables convergence of
all the networked communications possible
in a server, such as data (LAN), storage
networks (iSCSI) and clustering.
SFP Optical Modules
Learn more about Allied Telesis pluggable optical modules on page 39.
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