Sonnet Presto 10GbE SFP+

Sonnet Presto 10GbE SFP+

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Key Features
  • AAdds 10GbE Connectivity to Mac Pro Towers, Windows PCs, or Linux® Servers—Powerfully simple way to add high-performance 10GbE connectivity to your computer with PCIe slots
  • Optimized for Thunderbolt—Ideal for use in Sonnet's Echo Express and xMac Thunderbolt-to-PCIe card expansion systems
  • Connection Flexibility—Choose between two short-range or two long-range SFP+ optical transceivers (sold separately), two RJ45 SFP+ copper transceivers(1) (sold separately), or two SFP+-terminated “Direct Attach” twinax copper cables (sold separately) to connect the Presto card to your network or storage
  • Simple Setup—Low-profile x4 PCI Express® 2.0 card installs into an available slot, and after a simple driver installation, configures through OS X Network control panel or Windows Device Manager
  • Supports Transparent Failover—Keeps your computer connected in case a single cable is disconnected or one of the ports fails
  • Supports Link Aggregation (Teaming)—Increases throughput beyond what a single connection can sustain
  • Overview
  • Tech Specs

Dual-Port 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express 2.0 Card!

Ultra-Fast 10 Gb/s Network ConnectionWith increasing demands for greater data transfer speeds and more bandwidth over shared networks, and with specialized applications such as HD video editing using high-performance shared storage systems, it’s no wonder that 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) use has skyrocketed—this high-speed cabled networking standard offers ten times the performance of Gigabit Ethernet, the common wired network connection included with most computers today. Sonnet offers a powerfully simple way to add dual-port 10GbE connectivity to your Mac Pro® tower, Windows® PC, or Linux® server—the Presto 10GbE SFP+.

Simple Set-Up. High-Performance Computing.
The Presto 10GbE SFP+ dual-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express 2.0 adapter card enables you to connect your computer to high-speed infrastructure and storage without stepping down in speed. Setup is simple—after installing the low-profile card into an available x8 or x16 PCIe slot in your computer, just download and install a driver, connect to the switch or device’s 10GbE port via LC optical cables (SFP+ optical transceivers and optical cables sold separately), CAT-6 or CAT-6A copper cables (RJ45 SFP+ copper transceivers and cables sold separately), or direct attach Twinax copper cables (sold separately), and then configure the card through the OS X® Network control panel or Windows Device Manager. This Sonnet solution is perfect for high-performance computing where low latency, high bandwidth, and low CPU overhead are required.

Flexibility of SFP+ Transceiver Choices
Sonnet offers three SFP+ transceiver options (sold separately)—a short-range multi-mode fiber module (up to 300 meters), part number G10E-SFP-SR; a long-range single-mode fiber module (up to 10 kilometers), part number G10E-SFP-LR; and a 10GBASE-T copper module, part number G10E-SFP-T (Cat 6A cable up to 100 meters). Alternatively, you can use cost-effective direct-attach Twinax copper cables up to 10 meters long (sold separately).

Optimized for Thunderbolt
Got a Thunderbolt connection, but no PCIe slot? Presto 10GbE SFP+ is ideal for use in one of Sonnet’s Echo Express or xMac Thunderbolt-to-PCIe card expansion systems—the combo enables you to add ultra-fast 10GbE network connections to any Mac® or Windows PC with a Thunderbolt 2 port.

Part Number G10E-SFP-2XA-E2
Hardware
Form Factor Low-profile PCIe computer card
Transceiver Interface Type SFP+
Bus Interface PCI Express v2.0, x8
Controller Intel 82599
Network 10 Gigabit Ethernet
Link Aggregation (Teaming) Supported
Packets Maximum packet size: 15872 bytes (jumbo frames)
Data Rate Supported Per Port 10 Gb/s
Advanced Features
  • Flow control support
  • Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI)
  • RSS (Receive-Side Scaling)
  • Interrupt coalescing
  • Multicast filtering
  • 64-bit address support for systems using more than 4GB of physical memory
  • PCIe networking cards cannot support Wake-on-LAN
Stateless Offloads
  • TCP, UDP and IPv4 checksum offloading
  • TSO (TCP Segmentation Offload, AKA Large Send Offload)
  • LRO (Large Receive Offload)
RoHS Compliant Yes

Computer Compatibility
  • Mac Pro (3,1 or 4,1 or 5,1), Xserve (3,1), PC desktop, or server with full-height or low-profile PCIe slots

OS Compatibility
  • OS X 10.8.5+
  • macOS Mojave compatible
  • 64-bit editions of Windows 10, 8, 7; Server 2016, 2012, 2008
  • Linux

Thunderbolt Compatibility
  • Mac or PC via a Thunderbolt-to-PCIe Card Expansion System