| Intel® 82544EI Gigabit Controller |
High performance, reliability |
| 1000 BASE-LX Fiber Connection |
Longer cable lengths, noise resistance for signal integrity at 1000 Mbps |
| Advanced Offloading |
Provides maximum scalability of servers while minimizing CPU utilization |
| Compatible with Fast Ethernet |
Reduce training costs and ramp rollout quickly |
| IEEE 802.3z |
Standards interoperability |
| Adaptive Load Balancing, Gigabit EtherChannel*, Intel® Link Aggregation, IEEE 802.3ad |
Scalability and high availability |
| Mixed Adapter Teaming |
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Flexibility and compatibility |
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Team any combination of Intel PRO/1000 Server Adapters |
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Team with Intel® 10/100 Server Adapters and LOM; cost-effective failover | |
| PCI Hot Plug*/Active PCI* |
Online serviceability |
| Driver Backward Compatibility, one driver works with all current Gigabit products |
Reduces support costs |
| SNMP/DMI; WfM |
Manageability; lowers TCO |
| Connection supports 32/33, 32/66, 64/66, 64/100, 64/133 |
Designed for high performance on server bus architectures |
| Support for many NOSs |
Widespread deployment |
