Product Brief Network Connectivity Intel 82572EI Gigabit Ethernet Controller ® High-performance Gigabit Network Connectivity for Servers and Embedded System Designs • High-performing, PCI Express* 10/100/1000 Ethernet connection • Single-chip Ethernet controller simplifies designs • Footprint compatibility with dual-port Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) controllers for flexible designs The Intelligent Way to Connect The Intel® 82572EI Gigabit Ethernet Controller is a single, compact component with fully integrated Gigabit Ethernet Media Access Control (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) functions. This device uses the PCI Express architecture (Rev. 1.0a), and also enables a Gigabit Ethernet implementation in a very small area, which is useful for server and workstation network designs with critical space constraints. The Intel 82572EI Gigabit Ethernet Controller provides an IEEE 802.3* Ethernet interface for 1000BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, and 10BASE-T applications. It also integrates a Serializer-Deserializer (SerDes) to support 1000BASE-SX or 1000BASE-LX (optical fiber) and Gigabit backplane applications. In addition to managing MAC and PHY Ethernet layer functions, the controller manages PCI Express packet traffic across its transaction, link, and physical/logical layers. On-Board Management Features The on-board System Management Bus (SMB) or Fast Management Link (FML) ports of the Intel 82572EI Gigabit Ethernet Controller enable network manageability implementations required by IT personnel for remote control and for alerting via the LAN. With SMB, management network packets can be routed to or from a management processor. The SMB port enables industry standards, such as the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) and Alert Standard Format (ASF) 2.0, to be implemented using the controller. In addition, connecting to a management processor via the controller’s FML port allows higher speed management traffic, such as keyboard, video and mouse (KVM) data, to be sent via the LAN to a remote management console. Both SMB and FML operation use the standard SMB protocol and allow enhanced pass-through implementations using a standardized interface. Features Benefits PCI Express* Features Uses x4 or X1 PCI Express interface on Memory Control Hub (MCH) device • Bus sharing not required • Low latency path to memory 2 Gbps peak bandwidth per direction per PCI Express lane • Supports Gigabit Ethernet at wire speed Complies with peripheral component interconnect (PCI) Power Management 1.1 and advanced configuration and power interface (ACPI) 2.0 register set (D0 & D3 power states, Network Device Class Power Management Specification 1.1) • Provides PCI Express power management capabilities for PC and embedded applications High bandwidth density per pin • Less congested board routing Gigabit MAC/PHY Advanced Features Wide, pipelined, internal data-path architecture • Low-latency data handling • Superior direct memory access (DMA) transfer-rate performance Multiple, optimized transmit (Tx) and receive (Rx) queues • Network packet handling without waiting or buffer overflow • Efficient packet prioritization 48 KB configurable Rx and Tx first-in/first-out (FIFO) buffer with support for error correction code (ECC) • No external FIFO memory requirements • FIFO size adjustable to application • Error detection and correction for FIFO data Support for transmission and reception of packets up to 9 Kbytes • Enables use of jumbo frames IEEE 802.3* compliant flow-control support with software-controllable pause times and threshold values • Frame loss reduced from receive overruns • Hardware or software control over transmission of pause frames Caches up to 64 packet descriptors per queue • Efficient use of PCI Express bandwidth Programmable host memory receive buffers (256 Bytes to 16 KBytes) and cache line size (64 Bytes to 128 Bytes) • Efficient use of PCI Express bandwidth Descriptor ring management hardware for Tx/Rx with optimized descriptor fetching and write-back mechanisms • Simple software programming model • Efficient use of system memory and PCI Express Mechanism for reducing interrupts from Tx/Rx operations • Maximizes system performance and throughput Integrated PHY for 10/100/1000 Mbps (full- and half-duplex) • Smaller footprint, lower power dissipation compared to multi-chip MAC and PHY solutions IEEE 802.3 auto-negotiation support • Automatic link configuration for speed, duplex, flow control IEEE 802.3 PHY compliance and compatibility • Robust operation over installed base of Category-5 twisted-pair cabling Built-in cable diagnostics and adjustments for cable faults • Improved end-user troubleshooting • Tolerance of common wiring faults Host Offloading Features Tx/Rx IP, TCP, and UDP checksum offloading (IPv4, IPv6) • Lower processor utilization Tx TCP segmentation (IPv4, IPv6) • Increased throughput and lower CPU utilization • Compatible with large send offload (in Microsoft Windows* operating systems) Packet filtering including: • 16 exact-matched packets (unicast or multicast) • 4096-bit hash filter for multicast frames • Promiscuous (unicast and multicast) transfer mode support • Filtering of invalid frames IEEE 802.1q* virtual local area network (VLAN) support with VLAN tag insertion, stripping, and packet filtering for up to 4096 VLAN tags • Ability to use advanced packet filtering in software • Lower processor utilization • Ability to create multiple VLAN segments Manageability Features Two SMB ports, one with Fast Management Link capability • Allows packet routing to and from either LAN port and a Board Management Controller (BMC) such as IPMI • Manageability data transfers up to 8 Mbps peak rate Alerting Standards Format 2.0 • Standard alerting capability to notify IT of system events Advanced pass through • Filtering and redirection for management packets • Support for serial text and keyboard redirection and remote floppy/CD Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) flash interface support (32 bit and 64 bit) • Enables system boot up via the LAN • Flash interface for PXE image Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and Remote Network Monitoring (RMON) statistic counters • Easy system monitoring with industry-standard consoles SDG 3.0, Wired for Management (WfM) 3.0 and PC2001 compliant • Remote network management through Desktop Management Interface (DMI) 2.0 and SNMP Wake on LAN support • Packet recognition and wake-up for LAN on motherboard applications without software configuration Additional Device Features Integrated SerDes • Supports backplane and fiber optic applications Four outputs that directly drive LEDs with programmable LED functionality • Software-definable function (speed, link, activity) and blinking allow flexible LED signaling implementations Internal phase-locked loop (PLL) for clock generation can use 25-MHz crystal • Lower component count and reduced system cost JTAG (IEEE 1149.1*) test access port built-in silicon • Simplified testing using boundary scan Loop-back capability • Built-in tests for silicon integrity Characteristics Electrical PCI Express signaling • 3.3 V Typical targeted power dissipation (in active link state) • 1.4 W @ D0 1000 Mbps • 370 mW @ D3 100 Mbps (wakeup enabled) • 175 mW @ D3 wakeup disabled Environmental Operating temperature • 0° to 70° C Storage temperature • – 65° C to 140° C Physical Implemented in 90nm complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) process • Offers lowest geometry to minimize power and size while maintaining quality and reliability Package • Lead-free1 256-pin Flip-Chip Ball Grid Array (FC-BGA) package High-Performance Design Features The Intel 82572EI Gigabit Ethernet Controller for PCI Express acceleration, the controller offloads tasks from the host, such is designed for high performance and low memory latency. as checksum calculations for transmission control protocol (TCP), The device is optimized to connect to a system Memory Control user datagram protocol (UDP), and Internet protocol (IP); header Hub (MCH) using up to four PCI Express lanes. Alternatively, and data splitting; and TCP segmentation. the controller can connect to an Input/Output (I/O) Control Hub (ICH) that has a PCI Express interface. Wide internal data paths eliminate performance bottlenecks by efficiently handling large address and data words. Combining a parallel and pipelined logic architecture that is optimized for Gigabit Ethernet and for The Intel 82572EI Gigabit Ethernet Controller package is a 17 mm x 17 mm, 256-ball grid array. Order Codes independent transmit and receive queues, the controller efficiently 82572EI • HL82572EI handles packets with minimum latency. The controller includes 82572EI lead-free1 • JL82572EI advanced interrupt-handling features and uses efficient ring-buffer descriptor data structures, with up to 64 packet descriptors cached on chip. A large 48 KByte per port on-chip packet buffer maintains superior performance. 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