SMC Networks Tiger Card 10G PCIe 10GbE XFP Server Adapter SMC10GPCIe-XFP manual

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    NETWORK AD APTERS SMC10GPCIe- XFP Tiger C ard™ 10G PCIe 10GbE XFP S erver A dapter The SMC Tiger C ard™ 10G ( SMC10GPCIe- XFP) is a 10 gigabit Ethernet s erver adapt er that runs on a high speed PCIe x8 host bus interf ac e with pluggable XFP modules* (SR or LR ). The pluggable feat ure pr ovide s the fl exibilit y of dif fer ent 10 Gigabit Et[...]

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    TE CHNICAL SPE CIFICA TIONS SMC10GPCIe- XFP ST ANDARDS • IEEE 802.3 10GBA SE -SR • IEEE 802.3 10GBA SE -LR • IEEE 802.3x Flow C ontrol • IEEE 802. 1p Priorit y • IEEE 802. 1Q VLAN t agging INTERF ACE S • 1 XFP module cage (IEEE 80 2.3ae) NETWORK MANA GEMENT • SNMP • ACPI • Remot e boot AD V ANCED SOFTW ARE FEA TURES • Virtual NI[...]