Sun Quad Port GbE PCIe 2.0 Low Profile Adapter, UTP (for factory installation)

Oracle’s Sun Quad Port PCIe 2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Networking Cards, incorporating the Intel® i350 Controller, offer high density mutli-port copper and fiber cards designed for Sun’s rack and blade servers. These cards address the multi-port network connectivity needs of the changing data center environments. Ideal for slot-constrained servers, Sun Quad Port PCIe 2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Networking Cards provide a simplified low cost alternative to multiple 1 GbE server adapters for Oracle’s Sun port folio of SPARC and x86 servers.

Advanced networking features for Sun Rack and Blade Servers

Multi-core and virtualized server environments are driving the need for greater networking performance. By efficiently load balancing interrupts across CPU cores, the Sun Quad Port PCIe 2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Networking Cards relieve bottlenecks for various high-performance applications in the data center.

As data center compute needs grow, density increases, and many data centers are reaching their full capacity for powering and cooling sooner than expected. Sun Quad Port PCIe 2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Networking Cards reduce power by 50% over previous generation network adapters by using advanced power reduction technologies such as Energy Efficient Ethernet and DMA coalescing.

Built-in Intel virtualization technology

The Sun Quad Port PCIe 2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Networking Cards are a perfect choice for virtualization environments with the built-in Intel Technology for Virtualization (Intel-VT-c). Intel VT-c includes hardware optimization that helps reduce I/O bottlenecks and improve overall server performance.

In addition, servers deployed with SR-IOV enabled operating system provide direct access to networking hardware for 32 Virtual Machines (VMs) per quad port or 16 VMs per dual port networking card. Direct access to hardware from virtual machines environments increases performance and reduces the number of required adapters, cables and switch ports.

These networking cards also support advanced networking and virtualization capabilities incorporated in Oracle Solaris and Oracle VM for optimizing database and application performance

• Hardware classification for Oracle Solaris 11 network virtualization with Zones.
• Support of multiple TX and RX rings for improved scalability
• Dynamic polling in Oracle Solaris 11 to reduce the interrupt rate and improve system efficiency.
• Oracle Solaris Zones for Oracle x86/x64, SPA RC T-Series Servers
• Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.2 Oracle VM (OVM) 3.0.3 including
• Centralized, automated network configuration: Pool-level bridging, bonding, VLAN, multi-pathing.
• Ability to separate networks in order to isolate traffic and maintain a predictable quality of service, live migrate, and cluster heartbeat for virtual machine.

Product Type: Gigabit Ethernet Card
Interfaces/Ports
Host Interface: PCI Express 2.0
Total Number of Ports: 4
Number of Network (RJ-45) Ports: 4
Media & Performance
Media Type Supported: Twisted Pair
Network & Communication
Network Technology: 10/100/1000Base-T
Physical Characteristics
Form Factor: Plug-in Card
Width: 2.7″
Depth: 5.3″
Weight (Approximate): 2.88 oz
Miscellaneous
Device Supported: Blade Server