SUPERMICRO AOC-STGN-I2S Dual SFP+ 10Gb/s, PCI-e 8x, Gen 2 (5GT/s) Card, LP

The Ultimate Dual-Port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller with the Flexibility and Scalability required
for Virtual and Unified Storage Environments
The latest member of Supermicro’s network adapter family, the AOC-STGN-i2S is the most flexible and scalable Ethernet
adapter for today’s demanding data center environments. Based on the new Intel® 10GbE network controller 82599ES, the
AOC-STGN-i2S addresses the demanding needs of the next-generation data center by providing unmatched features
for virtualization, flexibility for LAN and SAN networking, and proven reliable performance.
Key Features
• Dual SFP+ Connectors
• Low-Profile Standard Form Factor
• PCI Express 2.0 (up to 5GT/s)
• Intel® QuickData Technology
• VMDq, Next-Generation VMDq, and
PC-SIG SR-IOV for Virtualized Environments
• Load Balancing on Multiple CPUs
• iSCSI Remote Boot Support
• Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Support
• Support for most Network Operating Systems (NOSs)
• Support both DAC Twin Axial and LC Fiber-Optic SR Cables
• RoHS compliant 6/6

Specifications
• General:
- Intel® 82599ES 10GbE controller
- Compact size low-profile standard form factor
- PCI-E x8 2.0 (5GT/s)
- Load balancing on multiple CPUs
- iSCSI remote boot support
- Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Support
- Intel® PROSet Utility for Windows® Device Manager
• I/O Features:
- Intel QuickData Technology: DMA engine that enhances
data acceleration and lowers CPU usage
- Direct Cache Access (DCA) to avoid cache misses
- MSI-X support to minimize the overhead of interrupts and
allows load-balancing between multiple cores/CPUs
- Tx/Rx IP, SCTP, TCP and UDP checksum offloading
capabilities (IPv4, IPv6)
- Receive and Transmit Side Scaling for Windows
environments and Scalable I/O for Linux environments
• Virtualization Features:
- Supports virtualization features such as VMDq,
Next-generation VMDq (64 queues per port) and
PC-SIG SR-IOV implementation
- IPv6 Offloading
- Advanced Packet Filtering
- VLAN support to allow creation of multiple VLAN segments

• Manageability Features:
- Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) support
- Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and Remote
Network Monitoring (RMON) statistics counters
- iSCSI remote boot
• OS Support:
- Windows Server 2012 (x64 Edition)
Windows 8 (x64 Edition and 32-bit)
Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64 Edition, 64-bit)
Windows Server 2008 (x64 Edition, 64-bit, and 32-bit)
Windows 7 (x64 Edition and 32-bit)
Windows Vista (x64 Edition and 32-bit)
Windows Server 2003 (x64 Edition, 64-bit, and 32-bit)
- VMWare
- RedHat EL, SUSE SLES
- Free BSD
• Cables Support:
- SFP+ direct attached twin axial cables, up to 10 meters
- Dual LC fiber-optic SR cables, up to 300 meters
• Operating Conditions:
- Operating temperature: 0°C to 55°C
• Physical Dimensions:
- Card PCB dimensions:
10.16cm (4.00in) x 6.90cm (2.73in)
- Height of end brackets:
standard – 12cm (4.725in),
low-profile – 7.94cm (3.13in)

Compliance/Environmental
- RoHS Compliant 6/6, Pb Free RoHS c o m p l i a n t
Optional Accessories
- AOC-E10GSFPSR: SFP+ transceiver module for short range fiber cables
(up to 300m)
- AOC-TSR-FS: SFP+ transceiver module for short range fiber cables (up to
300m)
- AOC-E10GSFPLR: SFP+ transceiver module for long range fiber cables
(up to 3000m)
- CBL-0347L: 1m Twinax copper cable
- CBL-0348L: 3m Twinax copper cable
- CBL-0349L: 5m Twinax copper cable
• Supported Platforms
- Motherboards with minimum PCI-E x8 slot
- Server Systems with low-profile or full-height PCI-E x8 expansion slot