| Features |
Benefits |
| Intel® 82571GB Gigabit Controller |
Enables two Gigabit connections in a single adapter, delivering increased bandwidth for slot-constrained servers and providing high performance, reliability, and low power use in a single, integrated, dual port PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller chip |
| Load balancing on multiple CPUs |
Increases performance on multi-processor systems by efficiently balancing network loads across CPU cores when used with Receive-Side Scaling from Microsoft or Scalable I/O on Linux* |
| Interrupt moderation |
Delivers increased performance while significantly reducing CPU utilization |
| Compatible with x4, x8, and x16 full-height and low-profile PCI Express* slots |
Allows dual-port operation in almost any PCI Express server slot, except x1 slots, and allows each port to operate without interfering with the other |
| Support for most network operating systems (NOS) |
Enables widespread deployment |
| Remote management support |
Reduces support costs with remote management based on industry-wide standards |
| Category-5 unshielded twisted pair (UTP), 4-pair cabling |
Uses existing 4-pair cabling and saves re-wiring costs |
| RoHS compliant2, lead-free1 technology |
Compliant with the new European Union directive (effective July 2006) to reduce the use of hazardous materials |
| Intel® PROSet Utility for Microsoft* Device Manager |
Provides point-and-click power over individual adapters, advanced adapter features, connection teaming, and virtual local area network (VLAN) configuration |
| Advanced cable diagnostics |
Dynamically tests and reports network problems (error rate, cable length) and automatically compensates for cable issues (cross-over cable, wrong pin-out/polarity) |
| Intel backing |
Backed by an Intel® limited lifetime warranty, 90-day money-back guarantee (U.S. and Canada), and worldwide support |
Conserve valuable PCI Express (PCIe*) server slots while adding multi-port Gigabit Ethernet capability with the Intel® PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter. The dedicated input/output (I/O) bandwidth of PCIe ensures priority performance on each port, without bus sharing, for Gigabit Ethernet connectivity in Category-5 networks. Additionally, the Intel PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter is designed to provide high performance in multi-processor systems by efficiently balancing network loads across multiple Central Processing Units (CPUs) when used with Receive-Side Scaling from Microsoft or Scalable I/O on Linux*.
