https://nick-black.com/dankwiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=10GbE10GbE - revision history2026-07-11T17:07:53ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.46.0https://nick-black.com/dankwiki/index.php?title=10GbE&diff=10605&oldid=prevDank: Created page with "10 Gigabit Ethernet achieves 10Gbs data rates using the Ethernet Layer 2 protocol over a variety of media, usually using SFP+ transceivers. It is defined on CAT-6A copper, twinaxial, and fibre. CAT-5e and CAT-6 can also be used, but not for the full 100m of 10GBASE-T (IEEE 802.3an-2006). ==100GbE NICs== PCIe 2.0 at 4 lanes doesn't have sufficient throughput to carry a full 10Gbps. At least 8 lanes of PCIe 2.x are required. 2 lanes of PCIe 3.0 or a single lane of..."2024-04-07T09:01:37Z<p>Created page with "10 Gigabit Ethernet achieves 10Gbs data rates using the <a href="/dankwiki/index.php?title=Ethernet" title="Ethernet">Ethernet</a> Layer 2 protocol over a variety of media, usually using SFP+ transceivers. It is defined on CAT-6A copper, twinaxial, and fibre. CAT-5e and CAT-6 can also be used, but not for the full 100m of 10GBASE-T (IEEE 802.3an-2006). ==100GbE NICs== <a href="/dankwiki/index.php?title=PCIe" title="PCIe">PCIe</a> 2.0 at 4 lanes doesn't have sufficient throughput to carry a full 10Gbps. At least 8 lanes of PCIe 2.x are required. 2 lanes of PCIe 3.0 or a single lane of..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>10 Gigabit Ethernet achieves 10Gbs data rates using the [[Ethernet]] Layer 2 protocol over a variety of media, usually using SFP+ transceivers. It is defined on CAT-6A copper, twinaxial, and fibre. CAT-5e and CAT-6 can also be used, but not for the full 100m of 10GBASE-T (IEEE 802.3an-2006).<br />
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==100GbE NICs==<br />
[[PCIe]] 2.0 at 4 lanes doesn't have sufficient throughput to carry a full 10Gbps. At least 8 lanes of PCIe 2.x are required. 2 lanes of PCIe 3.0 or a single lane of PCIe 4.0 will also suffice.<br />
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* [https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/41282/intel-82599es-10-gigabit-ethernet-controller.html Intel 82599ES] (PCIe 2.0, dual port)<br />
* [https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/60020/intel-ethernet-controller-x540at2/specifications.html Intel X540-AT2, X540-BT2] (PCIe 2.1, dual port)<br />
* [https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/88209/intel-ethernet-converged-network-adapter-x550-t2.html Intel X550-T2] (PCIe 3.0, dual port)<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[100GbE]]<br />
* [[IEEE_Networking_Standards|IEEE Networking Standards]]</div>Dank