HPE® 656596-B21 alternative Intel X540 NIC PCIe 2.1 x8 Dual Port 10GbE RJ45

656596-B21 PCI-e 10Gbps Dual RJ45 Port Ethernet Network Card based on INTEL X540 Chipset, which is used by many OEMs as a single chip solution for LAN on Motherboard (LOM) to deliver 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) on the latest server platforms. 10GBASE-T converged network adaptors simplify migration to 10GbE, provides iSCSI, FCoE, Virtualization, and Flexible Port Partitioning.

System Requirements

• Windows Client: Windows 10/ 8.1/ 8/ 7
• Windows Server: 2008 R2/ 2012/2012 R2/ 2016/2019
• Linux: RHEL7.9/ 8.4/ 8.5, SLES12SP5, SLES15SP3, Ubuntu18.04LTS/ 20.04LTS, FreeBSD 12.2/13

Specification

• PCI Express v2.1, 5.0 GT/s, x8 lanes
• Dual Port 10GbE adapters
• Network / Transport Protocol: TCP/IP, UDP/IP, IPSec, iSCS
• Features Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)
• Compliant Standards: IEEE 802.1Q, IEEE 802.1p, IEEE 802.3ad (LACP)
• IEEE 802.3an/ab and 10G Ethernet Specification Compliance
• PXE, iSCSI, FCoE boot
• Compatibility with existing 1000BASE-T networks simplifies the transition to 10GbE network virtualization
• Low cost, low power, 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) performance for the entire data centre