ATTO FastFrame NS14 Quad Channel x8 PCIe 2.0 to 10Gb Ethernet conserves PCI slots for more flexible system design, while drawing up to 60% less power than competing solutions. A single NS14 quad-port FastFrame adapter in a server provides an affordable, high-performance small network or storage solution for four clients. Or, link aggregation may be used to reduce server-to-switch bottlenecks. A lower power rating means lower energy costs, lower data center maintenance fees, and fewer worries about heat dissipation. This high performance adapter includes high-quality pluggable optical SFP+ tranceivers - a hidden cost with some competitor cards - and support for direct attach copper cables.

10GbE Interface:
LC SFP+ SR Optical Interface (4 SFPs included)
Data Center Bridging (DCB)/Enhanced Ethernet
Flow Control
MSI Support
Jumbo frames
Link Aggregation

Offloads (reduce CPU Overhead):
IPv4 Header Checksum
TCP/UDP Checksum (IPv4 & IPv6)
VLAN Offload
IPsec Offload (Windows)

For Windows & Linux:
NUMA & RSS (allows load-balancing across CPUs)
RMON
SNMP
SR-IOV

For Virtualization:
Advanced Packet Filtering
VM Load Balancing
VMDq Teaming Support

Host Bus Specifications:
x8 mechanical and electrical PCIExpress 2.0 interconnect
Backward compatible with PCIExpress 1.1
Supports PCIe Base Spec 2.0, CEM Spec 2.0

Driver Support:
Windows, Windows Server
Linux RHEL, SLES (Latest Kernels)
OS X 10.7 and later
VMware ESXi (Latest Revision)
Thunderbolt-aware driver for Mac OS X 10.7 & above

Other
3 year standard product warranty
RoHS compliant