| Controller type | Intel® Ethernet Controller X550 |
| Last change | 64826838 |
| Commodity Classification Automated Tracking System (CCATS) | G135872 |
| Ethernet adapter ARK ID | 88209 |
| Product brief URL | http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ethernet-products/converged-network-adapters/ethernet-x550-brief.html |
| Product series | 500 Series Network Adapters (up to 10GbE) |
| Speed & slot width | 8.0 GT/s, x4 Lane |
| Storage Over Ethernet | iSCSI, FCoE, NFS |
| Cable Type | RJ45 Category 6 up to 55m; Category 6A up to 100m |
| LAN controller | Intel® X550 |
| Number of VLANs | 4096 |
| Market segment | Server |
| Status | Launched |
| Product family | Intel 10 Gigabit server adapter |
| Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) | 5A992C |
| Launch date | Q1'16 |
| Bracket height | Low-Profile (LP) / Full-Height (FH) |
| Network interface card cable medium | Copper |
| Network interface card type | Server |
| PCI Card form factor | Half-height (low-profile) |
| PCI version | 3.0 |
| Cabling type | RJ45 Category 6 up to 55m; Category 6A up to 100m |
| Desktop Management Interface (DMI) version | 2.0 |
| Harmonized System (HS) code | 85176990 |
| Low halogen options available | No |
| Conflict-Free | Yes |
| Intel Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq) | Yes |
| PCI-SIG* SR-IOV Capable | Yes |
| On-chip QoS and Traffic Management | Yes |
| Intel Flexible Port Partitioning | Yes |
| Intelligent Offloads | Yes |
| iWARP/RDMA | No |
| Fiber Channel over Ethernet | Yes |
| Intel Data Direct I/O Technology | Yes |
| Product color | Green, Silver |
| Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports | 2 |
| Connectivity technology | Wired |
| Host interface | PCI Express |
| Interface | Ethernet |
| Internal | Yes |
| Operating temperature (T-T) | 0 - 55 °C |
| Storage temperature (T-T) | -40 - 70 °C |
| Storage relative humidity (H-H) | 0 - 90 % |
| Data transfer rate | 8 GT/s |
| Product type | Network Interface Card |
| Linux operating systems supported | Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 5.0, Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 6.0, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 |
| Compatible operating systems | https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000025890/network-and-i-o/ethernet-products.html |
| Maximum operating distance | 3937" |
| Maximum data transfer rate | 10000 Mbit/s |
| Interface type | PCIe v3.0 (8.0 GT/s) |
| Cabling technology | 10GBase-T |
| Networking standards | IEEE 802.1Q, IEEE 802.1as, IEEE 802.1p, IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3ad |
| Ethernet LAN | Yes |
| VLAN tagging | Yes |
| Ethernet interface type | 5 Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet |
| Ethernet LAN data rates | 100,1000,2500,5000,10000 Mbit/s |
| iSCSI support | Yes |
| Windows operating systems supported | Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows 7 Enterprise x64, Windows 7 Home Basic, Windows 7 Home Basic x64, Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Professional x64, Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Starter x64, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Windows 8, Windows 8 Enterprise, Windows 8 Enterprise x64, Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8 Pro x64, Windows 8 x64 |
| Processor family | 500 Network Adapters (up to 10GbE)-500 Network Adapters (up to 10GbE) |
| Server operating systems supported | Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 x64, Windows Server 2008 x64, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012 R2 x64 |