Data Sheet

Ethernet Controller I210 —Introduction

1.2.1.2 Host Interface Documents

1. PCI-Express 2.1 Base specification

2. PCI Specification, version 3.0

3. PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification, Rev. 1.2, March 2004

4. Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Specification, Rev 2.0b, October 2002

1.2.1.3 Networking Protocol Documents

1. IPv4 specification (RFC 791)

2. IPv6 specification (RFC 2460)

3. TCP/UDP specification (RFC 793/768)

4. SCTP specification (RFC 2960)

5. ARP specification (RFC 826)

6. Neighbor Discovery for IPv6 (RFC 2461)

7. EUI-64 specification, http://standards.ieee.org/regauth/oui/tutorials/EUI64.html.

1.2.1.4 Manageability Documents

1. DMTF Network Controller Sideband Interface (NC-SI) Specification rev 1.0.0, May 2009

2. Management Component Transport Protocol (MCTP) Base Specification, rev 1.1.0, 4/22/2010 which

specifies the Management Component Transport Protocol (MCTP)

3. Management Component Transport Protocol (MCTP) SMBus/I2C Transport Binding Specification, rev

1.0.0, 7/28/2009 which describes the binding of MCTP over SMBus.

4. Management Component Transport Protocol (MCTP) PCIe VDM Transport Binding Specification, rev

1.0.1, 12/11/2009 which describes the binding of MCTP over PCI Express.

5. Management Component Transport Protocol (MCTP) IDs and Codes, rev 1.1.0, 11/3/2009 which

describes constants used by MCTP specs.

6. Document: dmtf.org/sites/default/files/standards/documents/DSP0236_1.1.0.pdf

7. NC-SI Over MCTP Specification, draft 0.4.3c, 8/2008 which describe the encapsulation of NC-SI

packets in MCTP.

8. System Management Bus (SMBus) Specification, SBS Implementers Forum, Ver. 2.0, August 2000

1.2.1.5 Proxy Documents

1. proxZZZy™ for sleeping hosts, February 2010 (ECMA-393)

2. mDNS Offload - Draft 1.0, May 2010

1.3 Product Overview

The I210 supports a SerDes or SGMII port for a MAC-to-MAC blade server connection or a MAC-to-

external PHY connections. Alternatively, the internal 1000BASE-T PHYs can be used to implement a

single port NIC or LOM design.

The I210 targets server system configurations such as rack mounted or pedestal servers, where the

I210 can be used as add-on NIC or LOM design. Another system configuration is blade servers, where it

can be used on Mezzanine card or LOM. The I210 can also be used in embedded applications such as

switch add-on cards and network appliances.