●General
－ 10 BASE-T IEEE 802.3 specification conformance
－ 100 BASE-TX IEEE 802.3 specification conformance
－ 1000 BASE-T IEEE 802.3 specification conformance
－ Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) IEEE 802.3az support [Low Power Idle (LPI) mode]
－ IEEE 802.3u auto-negotiation conformance
－ Supports carrier extension (half duplex)
－ Loopback modes for diagnostics
－ Advanced digital baseline wander correction
－ Automatic MDI/MDIX crossover at all speeds of operation
－ Automatic polarity correction
－ MDC/MDIO management interface
－ Flexible filters in PHY to reduce integrated LAN controller power
－ Smart speed operation for automatic speed reduction on faulty cable plants
－ PMA loopback capable (no echo cancel)
－ 802.1as/1588 conformance
－ Power Optimizer Support
－ Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
－ iSCSI Boot
－ Network proxy/ARP Offload support
●Security & Manageability
－ Intel® vPro support with appropriate Intel chipset components
●Performance
－ Jumbo Frames (up to 9 kB)
－ 802.1Q & 802.1p
－ Receive Side Scaling (RSS)
－ Two Queues (Tx & Rx)
●Power
－ Reduced power consumption during normal operation and power down modes
－ Integrated Intel® Auto Connect Battery Saver (ACBS)
－ Single-pin LAN Disable for easier BIOS implementation
－ Fully integrated Switching Voltage Regulator (iSVR)
－ Low Power LinkUp (LPLU)
●MAC/PHY Interconnect
－ PCIe-based interface for active state operation (S0 state)
－ SMBus-based interface for host and management traffic (Sx low power state)
●Package/Design
－ 48-pin package, 6 x 6 mm with a 0.4 mm lead pitch and an Exposed Pad* for ground
－ Three configurable LED outputs
－ Integrated MDI interface termination resistors to reduce BOM costs
－ Reduced BOM cost by sharing SPI flash with PCH