Great reliability with the cost and power savings
April 30, 2021

Great reliability with the cost and power savings

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • X540

Overall Satisfaction with Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X540

Being used in most of our servers and are a great entry-level 10gbe card. Does work right out of box with Ubuntu Servers. It made the migration to 10Gb6 very easy and it's nice that it does have backwards compatibility so it allows us to go backwards if that is ever needed. Performance is great even with lower cost and more savings on power.
  • Backward compatibility
  • 10gbe
  • great I/O virtulization
  • Cost and power usages is lower
  • Not compatible with Mac OS
  • Had a little issue with the physical install
  • Heatsink sometimes does get very hot
  • 10gb6
  • CAT-6a cabling
  • Backward compatibility
  • I/O Virtulization
  • iSCSI and FCoE
  • Cost savings
  • Less power usage
  • Faster migration

Do you think Intel 500 Series Network Adapters delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Intel 500 Series Network Adapters's feature set?

Yes

Did Intel 500 Series Network Adapters live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Intel 500 Series Network Adapters go as expected?

No

Would you buy Intel 500 Series Network Adapters again?

Yes

The most common or well suited place would be a company that is looking to save money and make a smaller investment, at same time save money with power usage as well, and on top of that still get that 10gbe they are looking for and a 8-10x performance boost to the data center.