Product Brief

Intel® Ethernet Network

Adapter I350-T4 for OCP 3.0

Quad-port Gigabit Ethernet network adapter for OCP

NIC 3.0 specification designed with performance
enhancing features and power management technologies

Key Features Overview

• OCP NIC 3.0 adapter The Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter I350-T4 for OCP 3.0 includes
enhancements for both virtualized and iSCSI environments. Intel uses
• Innovative power management
features including Energy a suite of hardware assists that improve overall system performance by
Efficient Ethernet (EEE) and lowering the I/O overhead in virtualized environments. iSCSI simplifies
DMA Coalescing for increased SAN connectivity by eliminating the need for SAN-specific adapters
efficiency and reduced power or switches.
consumption
• Scalable iSCSI performance This adapter also includes power management technologies such as
delivering cost-effective
SAN connectivity Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) and direct memory access (DMA)
Coalescing. With Advanced Power Management Technologies, customers
• Reliable and proven Gigabit
can configure power options on the adapter and more effectively manage
Ethernet technology from
Intel Corporation their power consumption.

The OCP NIC 3.0 specification defines a standardized design for a new
generation of network adapters. Simple and straightforward form
factors, clear manageability requirements, and improved serviceability
help simplify deployment for current and emerging capabilities.
All Intel® Ethernet I350 Series Adapters include Power Management Technologies
these technologies: Today, companies everywhere are looking for ways to
decrease energy consumption across the enterprise
Flexible I/O Virtualization to reduce costs and environmental impact, while at
the same time solving increasingly important power
The Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter I350 family density challenges. Power Management Technologies
includes Intel® Virtualization Technology for (PMTs) included in the Intel Ethernet Network Adapter
connectivity (Intel® VT-c) to deliver I/O virtualization for OCP 3.0 enable enterprises to configure power
and Quality of Service (QoS) features designed options on the adapter and more effectively manage
directly into the controller on the adapter. I/O their power consumption.
virtualization advances network connectivity models
by providing Flexible Port Partitioning (FPP), multiple Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE)
Rx/Tx queues, and on-controller QoS functionality During periods of low network activity, EEE reduces
that can be used in both virtual and non-virtual the power consumption of an Ethernet connection
server deployments. by negotiating with a compliant EEE switch port to
transition to a low power idle (LPI) state. EEE reduces
By taking advantage of the PCI-SIG SR-IOV
the controller power to approximately 50 percent
specification, Intel® Ethernet products enable
of its normal operating power, saving power on
Flexible Port Partitioning (FPP). With FPP, virtual
the network port and the switch port. As soon as
controllers can be used by the Linux host directly
increased network traffic is detected, the controller
and/or assigned to virtual machines. With this port
and the switch quickly come back to full power to
partitioning, administrators can create up to eight
handle the increased network traffic. EEE is supported
dedicated connections on a single Ethernet port for
for both 1000BASE-T and 100BASE-TX.
use in bare-metal and virtualized server deployments.
DMA Coalescing
In a bare-metal Linux server, host processes can be
Another power management technology that
assigned to dedicated network resources to provide
can reduce power on the server platform is DMA
traffic isolation and balanced bandwidth allocation.
Coalescing. Typically, when a packet arrives at a
In a virtualized environment, a VM can be assigned server, DMA calls are made to transfer the packet
to a virtual controller to reduce the CPU overhead within the server. These calls wake up the processor,
seen when using a software-based network bridge memory and other system components from a lower
by offloading network traffic management to the power state in order to perform the tasks required to
controller. handle the incoming packet.

Scalable iSCSI Performance Based on the configurable DMAC settings, incoming

An Intel Ethernet Network Adapter I350-T4 for OCP packets are buffered momentarily before any DMA
3.0, with native iSCSI initiators for Microsoft Windows, calls are made. The controller can then identify
Linux, and VMware ESX platforms, provides a simple, opportunities to batch multiple packets together.
dependable, cost-effective way to connect to iSCSI When components are wakened from lower power
SANs. These native initiators are broadly tested using states, they can efficiently handle the batched packets
multiple generations of operating systems, storage at the same time. The platform components can
systems, and OS tools to help ensure reliability and then remain in lower power states longer, which can
ease of use. Standardizing on Intel® Ethernet Adapters dramatically reduce platform energy consumption.
enables administrators to use a single initiator, TCP/IP DMAC synchronizes DMA calls across all controller
stack, and a common set of management tools and IT ports to ensure maximum power savings.
policies. In addition, Intel® Ethernet Network Adapters
include a number of hardware features designed to
accelerate iSCSI traffic and enhance data processing.
For example, TCP segmentation offload and checksum
offload capabilities help reduce processor usage,
increase throughput, and deliver exceptional iSCSI
performance. Finally, using native OS initiators, an
Intel Ethernet Network Adapter I350-T4 for OCP 3.0
supports the CRC-32 digest instruction set included
with Intel® Xeon® processor products, that improves
transmission reliability and delivers an enterprise-
class iSCSI solution.
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Features Description
General
RJ45 Connectivity • Up to 100 meters using twisted-pair copper cabling:
• CAT3 or higher for 10BASE-T operation
• CAT5 or higher for 100BASE-TX operation
• CAT5e or higher for 1000BASE-T operation
IEEE802.3az - Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) • Power consumption of the PHY is reduced by approximately 50% link transitions to low power Idle (LPI) state as
defined in the IEEE802.3az (EEE) standard.
DMA Coalescing • Reduces platform power consumption by coalescing, aligning, and synchronizing DMA.
• Enables synchronizing port activity and power management of memory, CPU and RC internal circuitry.
Load balancing on multiple CPUs • Increases performance on multi-processor systems by efficiently balancing network loads across CPU core when
used with Receive-Side Scaling (RSS) from Microsoft or scalable I/O on Linux.
Support for most network operating systems • Enables broad deployment for different applications.
ROHS-compliant • Product is compliant with EU RoHS Directive 2 2011/65/EU (Directive 2011/65/EU) and its amendments
(e.g. 2015/863/EU)
Halogen Free¹ • Leadership in an environmentally friendly ecosystem.
Time Sync (IEEE 1588, 802.1as) • Enables network Ethernet equipment to synchronize internal clocks according to a network master clock;
endpoint can then acquire an accurate estimate of the master time by compensating for link latency.

I/O Features for Multi-Core Processor Servers

Intel® Ethernet Flow Director (Intel® Ethernet FD) • An advanced traffic steering capability increases the number of transactions per second and reduces latency for
cloud applications like Memcached.
MSI-X support • Minimizes the overhead of interrupts.
• Load-balancing of interrupt handling between multiple cores/CPUs.
Multiple Queues: Eight transmit (Tx) and receive (Rx) • Supports VMware NetQueue and Microsoft VMQ.
queue pairs per port
TCP/UDP, IPv4 checksum offloads (Rx/ Tx/Large-send); • Lower processor usage.
Extended Tx descriptors for more offload capabilities • Checksum and segmentation capability extended to new standard packet type.

Virtualization Features
VMDq • Up to eight VMDq VMs supported.
• Improves data throughput and CPU usage by offloading data-sorting (based on MAC addresses an VLAN tags)
from the Hypervisor to the network silicon.
PCI-SIG SR-IOV specification • Up to 8 Virtual Functions per port.
Flexible Port Partitioning: • Virtual Functions (VFs) appear as Ethernet Controllers in Linux OSes that can be assigned to VMs, Kernel
32 Virtual Functions processes or teamed using the Linux Bonding Drivers.
Virtual Machine Load Balancing (VMLB) • VMLB provides traffic load balancing (Tx and Rx) across VMs bound to the team interface as well as fault
tolerance in the event of switch, port, cable, or adapter failure.
VLAN support with VLAN tag insertion, stripping and • Ability to create multiple VLAN segments.
packet filtering for up to 4096 VLAN tags

Manageability Features
Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) support • Enables system boot via the EFI (32-bit and 64-bit).
• Flash interface for PXE 2.1 option ROM.
Intel Boot Agent software: • Enables networked computer to boot using a program code image supplied by a remote server.
Linux boot via PXE or BOOTP, Windows Deployment • Complies with the PXE 2.1 Specification.
Services, or UEFI
Management Component Transport Protocol (MCTP) • Baseboard management controller (BMC) communication between add-in devices using a standardized protocol.
Manageability type • RBT

Specifications
General
Connections Four RJ45 ports
Network Standard Physical Layer Interfaces IEEE 802.3/10BASE-T
100BASE-TX
1000BASE-T
Form Factor OCP NIC 3.0 Small Form Factor

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Technical Features Power Consumption
Operating Temperature Hot Aisle and Cold Aisle: 0 °C to 65 °C (32 °F to Typical (1000BASE-T) 4.63 W
149 °F)
Maximum (1000BASE-T) 5.16 W
Airflow 0 LFM
Storage Temperature -40 °C to 70 °C (-40 °F to 158 °F)
Storage Humidity 90% non-condensing relative humidity at 35 °C Physical Dimensions
LED Indicators Link: green=1 Gb/s; amber=100Mb/s, 10 Mb/s; Dimension 115mm x 76mm (OCP NIC 3.0 Small Form Factor)
not illuminated=no link
Activity: blinking=activity; off=no activity

Product Order Code

Adapter Features Configuration Product Code
Single Unit I350T4OCPV3
Data Rate Supported 1000/100/10 Mbps
Per Port Bulk Pack I350T4OCPV3G1P5
Bus Type PCI Express 2.1 (5 GT/s)
Bus Width PCI Express x4
Supported Operating Systems
Interrupt Levels INTA, INTB, INTC, INTD, MSI, MSI-X
Hardware Certifications FCC A, UL, CE, VCCI, BSMI, CTICK, KCC For a complete list of supported networking systems for Intel®
Ethernet I350 Series Adapters visit:
Controller Intel® Ethernet Controller I350 intel.com/support/EthernetOS

Warranty Product Information

Intel limited lifetime hardware warranty, 90-day money-back For information about Intel® Ethernet Products, visit:
guarantee (U.S. and Canada) and worldwide support. intel.com/ethernetproducts

Customer Support
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intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/contact-support.html

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