Chelsio T540-BT Alternative NIC

Chelsio
Quad Port 10G Copper RJ-45 PCIe
Intel® XL710
RJ45
4
Chelsio T540-BT Compatible Network Interface Card

Chelsio compatible T540-BT - Key Features

  • Compatibility: Chelsio
  • NIC Category: Quad Port 10G Copper RJ-45 PCIe
  • Controller Silicon: Intel® XL710
  • Controller Type: Ethernet
  • Connector Type: RJ45
  • Number of Ports: 4
  • Data Rate per Port: 10/1GbE
  • Bus Interface: PCIe v3.0 x8

Chelsio T540-BT Price

SKUSKU:10G-NIC-XL710-4T
Lead timeMade to Order - 2 Weeks
Standard recommended retail price ex VAT:
€556.24
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Chelsio compatible T540-BT Specifications

Controller Silicon
Intel® XL710
Controller Type
Ethernet
Connector Type
RJ45
Number of Ports
4
Data Rate per Port
10/1GbE
Bus Interface
PCIe v3.0 x8
Bus Transfer Rate
8GT/s
Storage Over Ethernet
iSCSI, NFS
iSCSI
Supported
FCoE
Not Supported
Jumbo Frames
Supported
PXE Boot
Supported
Wake-on-LAN (WoL)
Supported
Network Virtualization
SR-IOV; VMDq; VLAN; VXLAN; NVGRE; GENEVE
Power
Power consumption (max): 10G=28.0W, 1G=18.1W, 100Mbps=14.0W; Operating voltage: 3.3V and 12V
Interconnection Distance
CAT6 up to 55 m; CAT6A up to 100 m
Environmental Specifications
Operating temperature: 0 °C to 55 °C; Air Flow Minimum 10-30m=200-425 LFM, 100m=350-400 LFM; Storage temperature: -40 °C to 70 °C; Relative Humidity: 5% to 90% (non-condensing)
Physical Characteristics
Dimensions (W x H): 146mm x 69mm; Ships with low-profile bracket attached to interface card. Standard bracket included in packaging.
LED Status Indicators
LINK (solid) and ACTIVITY (blinking); LINK SPEED (green=10 G bps; yellow=1 G bps)
Supported Operating Systems
Windows Server 2012/2016/2019/2022; Windows 10/11; Linux (RHEL, SLES, Ubuntu); VMware ESXi; FreeBSD
I/O Virtualization Features
SR-IOV (128 VFs); VMDq (64 pools); VMDQ-DCB; Packet Direct
Protocol Support
IEEE 802.3an 10GBASE-T; IEEE 802.3x Flow Control; IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation; IEEE 802.1Q VLAN; IEEE 802.1Qaz ETS; IEEE 802.1Qbb PFC; IEEE 1588 PTP
Management Features
PXE Boot; iSCSI Boot; SNMP; RMON; LLDP; DCBX; Intel PROSet Utility
Compliance
CE, FCC, RoHS

Chelsio compatible T540-BT Datasheet

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Complete technical specifications and product details

Updated:Jan 2, 2026Format:PDF

Chelsio compatible T540-BT Description

For Your convenience, we have matched popular NIC card manufacturer SKUs with our product portfolio, allowing choosing cost efficient alternative. As Chelsio T540-BT is Quad Port 10 Gigabit Ethernet RJ-45 PCIe-Express Network Interface Card, its functionality & features corresponds our product 10G-NIC-XL710-4T. 10G-NIC-XL710-4T is based on Intel® XL710, it has 4 x RJ45 interfaces and features load balancing functions provides superior performance on multi-core processor servers and can offer leading network virtualization features, several remote boot options and wide manageability features. 10G-NIC-XL710-4T(as alternative to Chelsio T540-BT) card provides as well flexibility for LAN and SAN networking by iSCSI, NFS protocol support and support synchronization of internal clocks according to a network master clock.

10G-NIC-XL710-4T card can run on most operating systems and can be used in Dell, Lenovo, IBM, HPE, Supermicro, Cisco and many other brand servers. Our team will be glad to help You find right network connectivity solution for Your Chelsio system – Contact Us!

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