IBM 49Y7960 Alternative NIC

IBM
Dual Port 10G SFP+ PCIe
Intel® 82599E
SFP+
2
IBM 49Y7960 Compatible Network Interface Card

IBM compatible 49Y7960 - Key Features

  • Compatibility: IBM
  • NIC Category: Dual Port 10G SFP+ PCIe
  • Controller Silicon: Intel® 82599E
  • Controller Type: Ethernet
  • Connector Type: SFP+
  • Number of Ports: 2
  • Data Rate per Port: 10/1GbE
  • Bus Interface: PCI-E 2.0 x8

IBM 49Y7960 Price

SKUSKU:10G-NIC-82599ES-2O
Lead timeMade to Order - 2 Weeks
Standard recommended retail price ex VAT:
€166.02
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IBM compatible 49Y7960 Specifications

Controller Silicon
Intel® 82599E
Controller Type
Ethernet
Connector Type
SFP+
Number of Ports
2
Data Rate per Port
10/1GbE
Bus Interface
PCI-E 2.0 x8
Bus Transfer Rate
5GT/s or 2.5GT/s
Storage Over Ethernet
iSCSI, FCoE, NFS
iSCSI
Supported
FCoE
Supported
Jumbo Frames
Supported
PXE Boot
Supported
Wake-on-LAN (WoL)
Not Supported
Network Virtualization
SR-IOV; VMDq; VLAN
Power
Power consumption (max): 6W; Operating voltage: 3.3V and 12V
Interconnection Distance
Per SFP+ used
Environmental Specifications
Operating temperature: 0 °C to 55 °C; Air Flow Minimum of 100 LFM required; 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 2008/2012/2016/2019; Windows 7/8/10; Linux (RHEL, SLES, Ubuntu); VMware ESXi; FreeBSD
I/O Virtualization Features
SR-IOV (64 VFs); VMDq (64 pools)
Protocol Support
IEEE 802.3ae 10GBASE; IEEE 802.3x Flow Control; IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation; IEEE 802.1Q VLAN; IEEE 802.1p QoS; IEEE 802.1Qaz ETS
Management Features
PXE Boot; iSCSI Boot; SNMP; RMON; Intel PROSet Utility
Compliance
CE, FCC, RoHS

IBM compatible 49Y7960 Datasheet

v1

Complete technical specifications and product details

Updated:Jan 2, 2026Format:PDF

IBM compatible 49Y7960 Description

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