Product Brief
Intel® PRO/1000 PF Quad Port Server Adapter
Network Connectivity
Intel® PRO/1000 PF Quad Port Server Adapter
Quad Port Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter for PCI* Express Slots
• Four high-performance PCI Express* 1000 Mbps connections
• Multi-Gigabit Ethernet Scalability enhances and increases
• Built on Intel® lead-free
Connectivity You Can Count On
Conserve valuable PCI Express (PCIe*) server slots while adding
multi-port Gigabit Ethernet capability with the Intel® PRO/1000 PF
Quad Port Server Adapter. The dedicated input/output (I/O) band-
width of PCIe ensures priority performance on each port – without
bus sharing – for Gigabit Ethernet connectivity in fiber optic net-
works. The Intel PRO/1000 PF Quad Port Server Adapter improves
Features
Two Intel® 82571GB Gigabit Controllers
Load balancing on multiple CPUs
Intel® I/OAT
Virtualization
LC connectors
1000BASE-SX multi-mode fiber
Support for most network operating
systems (NOS)
Remote management support
RoHS compliant
Intel® PROSet Utility for Windows*
Advanced cable diagnostics
Intel backing
for slot-constrained servers requiring high bandwidth
uptime through advanced server features
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Benefits
Enables four Gigabit Ethernet connections on a single adapter, delivering increased bandwidth for slot-constrained servers and
providing high performance, reliability, and two low-power integrated, dual port PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller chips
Increases performance on multi-processor systems by efficiently balancing network loads across CPU cores when used with
Receive-Side Scaling from Microsoft or Scalable I/O on Linux*
Accelerates I/O with higher throughput and lower CPU utilization by offloading processing overhead
Multi-port cards provide the platform with the port density required for virtualized environments
Small connector design is compatible with the latest fiber-optic cabling standards
Ensures compatibility with fiber-optic cable lengths up to 275 meters
Enables widespread deployment
Reduces support costs with remote management based on industry-wide standards
Compliant with the European Union directive (effective as of July 2006) to reduce the use of hazardous materials
Provides point-and-click power over individual adapters, advanced adapter features, connection teaming, and Device Manager
virtual local area network (VLAN) configuration
Dynamically tests and reports network problems (error rate, cable length) and automatically compensates for cable issues
(cross-over cable, wrong pin-out/polarity)
Backed by an Intel® limited lifetime warranty, 90-day money-back guarantee (U.S. and Canada), and worldwide support
performance in multi-processor systems by balancing network loads
across multiple central processing units (CPUs). Additionally, the Intel
PRO/1000 PF Quad Port Server Adapter enables Intel® I/O Acceler-
ation Technology (Intel® I/OAT)
Dual-Core and Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor-based servers.
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