Intel JL82598
10Giga Ethernet Controller
FEATURES
The Intel 82598 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller is a single, compact component with two fully integrated 10 Gigabit Ethernet Media Access Control (MAC) and XAUI ports. The controller supports CX4 (802.3ak*) and KX4/KX (802.3ap*) interfaces and each port contains a Serializer-Deserializer (SerDes) for backward compatibility with gigabit backplanes. The device is designed for high performance and lower memory latency. Wide internal data paths eliminate performance bottlenecks by efficiently handling large address and data words. The controller includes advanced interrupt-handling features and uses efficient ring-buffer descriptor data structures, with up to 64 packet descriptors cached on chip. A large on-chip packet buffer maintains superior performance. The 82598 controller enables network manageability implementations required by IT personnel for remote control and alerting. The communication to the Board Management Controller (BMC) is available either through an on-board System Management BUS (SMBus) port or though the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF)-defined NC-SI.