ASUS MCI-10G/X550-2T 10GBase-T OCP PCIe Network Mezzanine Card

The ASUS MCI-10G/X550-2T network mezzanine card is designed for ASUS E8 and E9 series rack servers and provides a flexible and perfect fit for Open Compute Project integrations. ASUS MCI-10G/X550-2T enables fiber and copper solutions for different data center applications and features small form factor for flexible system integration.

Features

• Enables 10Gbps Ethernet across fiber and copper cabling lengths up to 100 meters
• Virtualisation support with SR-IOV, FPP, VXLAN, NVGRE
• Boot support for PXE, iSCSI, FCoE
• Jumbo Frame sizes up to 15.5K
• Small form factor for flexible system integration

About the ASUS MCI-10G/X550-2T Network Mezzanine Card

Network virtualisation: VXLAN & NVGRE

The ASUS MCI-10G/X550-2T network mezzanine card supports detection and off-loading of VXLAN and NVGRE tunneling packet formats. It also provides transmit and receive checksum off-load on both the inner and outer IP headers on the TCP header.

Cost-effective 10GBase-T solution

The MCI-10G/X550-2T network mezzanine card provides a cost-effective 10GBase-T solution that enables 10 Gigabit Ethernet operations over twisted-pair copper cabling and supports cable lengths of up to 100 meters, offering great flexibility for network design. With cost-effective RJ-45 connectivity, MCI-10G/X550-2T provides more affordable 10 Gigabit Ethernet performance. It also provides backwards compatibility, allowing most users to simplify migration to 10 Gigabit Ethernet.