Intel Ethernet I350 QP 1Gb Server Adapter,Full Height,CusKit

The Intel I350 controller includes several advanced features suitable for a server environment:

• High Performance: Uses the high-speed PCI Express bus to ensure dedicated I/O bandwidth for each port, maximizing throughput.
  
• Virtualization: Supports Intel VT for Connectivity (Intel VT-c), which includes features like Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq) and SR-IOV (Single-Root I/O Virtualization) for efficient I/O virtualization and better performance in virtualized server environments.
  
• Power Efficiency: Incorporates innovative power management features like Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) and DMA Coalescing to reduce power consumption.
  
• Remote Boot: Supports remote boot options, including Intel iSCSI Remote Boot and Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE).

This product, Part Number: 540-BBDS, is a Dell-branded Intel Ethernet I350 Quad Port (QP) 1Gb Server Adapter.It's a high-performance network interface card (NIC) primarily used to enhance network connectivity in servers, especially Dell PowerEdge models.

⚙️ Key Specifications and Features

This adapter is designed to provide reliable, high-speed Gigabit Ethernet connectivity and includes features beneficial for server virtualization and efficiency.

• Device Type: Network Adapter / Network Interface Card (NIC)
• Host Interface: PCI Express (PCIe) Bus Architecture (often PCIe v2.1 x4)
  
• Ports: Quad Port (QP), meaning it has 4 ports.
  
• Connectivity: Wired
  
• Data Link Protocol: Gigabit Ethernet (GigE)
  
• Data Transfer Rate: 1 Gbps (10/100/1000Base-T) per port
  
• Connectors: 4 x RJ-45 ports (for use with Category-5 UTP cabling)
  
• Form Factor: Plug-in Card (Full-Height)
  
• Controller: Intel Ethernet Controller I350

✨ Primary Features

The Intel I350 controller includes several advanced features suitable for a server environment:

• High Performance: Uses the high-speed PCI Express bus to ensure dedicated I/O bandwidth for each port, maximizing throughput.
  
• Virtualization: Supports Intel VT for Connectivity (Intel VT-c), which includes features like Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq) and SR-IOV (Single-Root I/O Virtualization) for efficient I/O virtualization and better performance in virtualized server environments.
  
• Power Efficiency: Incorporates innovative power management features like Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) and DMA Coalescing to reduce power consumption.
  
• Remote Boot: Supports remote boot options, including Intel iSCSI Remote Boot and Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE).
  

🖥️ Typical Use and Compatibility

The 540-BBDS adapter is primarily used to add multiple high-speed network connections to a server, which is essential for:

• Virtualization: Allocating dedicated network ports or virtual ports to multiple virtual machines (VMs).
• Network Segmentation: Separating different types of network traffic (e.g., public data, storage, management) onto different physical ports.
• Link Aggregation (Teaming): Combining the four 1Gb ports to increase overall throughput and provide redundancy.
• iSCSI/SAN Connectivity: Providing dedicated connections for storage area networks.

This Dell part number is typically validated for use with various Dell PowerEdge servers (e.g., R320, R430, R530, R630, R730, T430, T630, and others).