Intel Ethernet X520 10GbE Dual Port KX4 Mezz User Manual

Linux* Drivers for the Intel® Gigabit and 10 Gigabit
Adapters
Overview
This release includes Linux Base Drivers for Intel® Network Connections. These drivers are named e1000e, igb, and
ixgbe. Specific information on building and installation, configuration, and command line parameters for these drivers
are located in the following sections:
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e1000e Linux Driver for the Intel® Gigabit Family of Adapters for 82571 and 82572 based Gigabit Family of
Adapters
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igb Linux Driver for the Intel® Gigabit Family of Adapters for 82575, 82576, I350, and I354-based Gigabit Family
of Adapters
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ixgbe Linux Driver for the Intel® 10 Gigabit Family of Adapters for 82598, 82599, and X540-based 10 Gigabit
Family of Adapters
See the Supported Adapters section below to determine which driver to use.
These drivers are only supported as a loadable module. Intel is not supplying patches against the kernel source to
allow for static linking of the driver. For questions related to hardware requirements, refer to System Requirements. All
hardware requirements listed apply to use with Linux.
This release also includes support for Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) drivers. More detail on SR-IOV can be
found here. Intel recommends test-mode environments until industry hypervisors release production level support. The
following drivers support the listed virtual function devices that can only be activated on kernels that support SR-IOV.
SR-IOV requires the correct platform and OS support.
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igbvf Linux Driver for the Intel® Gigabit Family of Adapters for 82575, 82576, I350, and I354-based Gigabit Fam-
ily of Adapters
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ixgbevf Linux Driver for the Intel® 10 Gigabit Family of Adapters for 82599 and X540-based 10 Gigabit Family of
Adapters.
Supported Network Connections
The following Intel network adapters are compatible with the drivers in this release:
Controller Adapter Name Board IDs Linux Base
Driver
82571EB Intel® PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter C57721-xxx e1000e
82572EI Intel® PRO/1000 PT Server Adapter D28777-xxx and E55239-xxx e1000e
82572EI Intel® PRO/1000 PF Server Adapter D28779-xxx e1000e
82576 Intel® ET Quad Port Mezzanine Card G19945-xxx igb
82576 Intel® ET Dual Port Server Adapter G18758-xxx and G20882-xxx igb
82576 Intel® ET Quad Port Server Adapter G18771-xxx and G20885-xxx igb
I350 Intel® Gigabit 2P I350-t Adapter G15136-xxx and G32101-xxx igb
I350 Intel® Gigabit 4P I350-t Adapter G13158-xxx and G32100-xxx igb
I350 Intel® Gigabit 4P I350-t rNDC G10565-xxx igb
I350 Intel® Gigabit 4P X540/I350 rNDC G14843-xxx and G59298-xxx igb
I350 Intel® Gigabit 4P X520/I350 rNDC G61346-xxx igb
I350 Intel® Gigabit 4P I350-t Mezz G27581-xxx igb

Intel Ethernet X520 10GbE Dual Port KX4 Mezz Specifications

General

Interface	KX4
Data Rate	10 Gbps
Form Factor	Mezzanine
Data Transfer Rate	10 Gbps
Product Type	Network Adapter
Controller	Intel 82599
PCIe Version	2.0
Virtualization	Yes
Operating Temperature	0°C to 55°C
Jumbo Frames	Supported
Ports	Dual Port