Powered by Intel's Ethernet Controller X550 single-chip controller, the X550-T2 offers two 10GbE RJ-45 Ethernet ports to meet the needs of today's high-bandwidth applications. In addition to 10 GbE standards, this card also supports 5GbE/2.5GbE/1GbE/100Mb operation speed for compatibility with existing and legacy equipment. The use of copper twisted-pair cables helps simplify installation and reduce cost. The PCIe 3.0 x4 host interface provides bottleneck-free performance and can fit into x4, x8 and x16 slots. An array of advanced features are also supported, including: FCoE, Virtualization, Flexible Port Partitioning (FPP), and more.
This card comes in a low-profile form factor, and includes both full-height and half-height brackets for easy compatibility with servers of various form factors.