Lenovo 7ZT7A00496 Alternative NIC

Lenovo
Dual Port 10G Copper RJ-45 PCIe
Intel® X540
RJ45
2
Lenovo 7ZT7A00496 Compatible Network Interface Card

Lenovo compatible 7ZT7A00496 - Key Features

  • Compatibility: Lenovo
  • NIC Category: Dual Port 10G Copper RJ-45 PCIe
  • Controller Silicon: Intel® X540
  • Controller Type: Ethernet
  • Connector Type: RJ45
  • Number of Ports: 2
  • Data Rate per Port: 10/1GbE and 100Mb
  • Bus Interface: PCI-E 2.1 x8

Lenovo 7ZT7A00496 Price

SKUSKU:10G-NIC-X540-2T
Lead timeMade to Order - 2 Weeks
Standard recommended retail price ex VAT:
€100.98
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Lenovo compatible 7ZT7A00496 Specifications

Controller Silicon
Intel® X540
Controller Type
Ethernet
Connector Type
RJ45
Number of Ports
2
Data Rate per Port
10/1GbE and 100Mb
Bus Interface
PCI-E 2.1 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)
Supported
Network Virtualization
SR-IOV; VMDq; VLAN
Power
Power consumption (max): 100Mbps 6.6W, 1 Gbps 9.5W, 10 Gbps 17.4W; 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 of 200 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 802.3an 10GBASE-T; IEEE 802.3x Flow Control; IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation; IEEE 802.1Q VLAN; IEEE 802.1Qaz ETS; IEEE 802.1Qbb PFC
Management Features
PXE Boot; iSCSI Boot; SNMP; RMON; Intel PROSet Utility
Compliance
CE, FCC, RoHS

Lenovo compatible 7ZT7A00496 Datasheet

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Complete technical specifications and product details

Updated:Jan 2, 2026Format:PDF

Lenovo compatible 7ZT7A00496 Description

For Your convenience, we have matched popular NIC card manufacturer SKUs with our product portfolio, allowing choosing cost efficient alternative. As Lenovo 7ZT7A00496 is Dual Port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Copper RJ-45 PCI-Express Network Interface Card, its functionality & features corresponds our product 10G-NIC-X540-2T. 10G-NIC-X540-2T is based on Intel® X540, it has 2 x 10/1GbE and 100Mb RJ45 interfaces and features load balancing functions, superior performance on multi-core processor servers and can offer leading network virtualization features, several remote boot options and wide manageability features. 10G-NIC-X540-2T card has integrated MAC+PHY Single-Chip solution which translates into low power consumption. With it’s auto negotiation features between 10GbE/1GbE/100Mb card gives users great flexibility in network design.. 10G-NIC-X540-2T (as alternative to Lenovo 7ZT7A00496) card provides as well flexibility for LAN and SAN networking by iSCSI, FCoE, NFS protocol support.

10G-NIC-X540-2T 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 Lenovo system – Contact Us!

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