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17.Dd $Mdocdate: September 7 2021 $
18.Dt IX 4
19.Os
20.Sh NAME
21.Nm ix
22.Nd Intel 82598/82599/X540/X550 PCI Express 100/1Gb/10Gb Ethernet device
23.Sh SYNOPSIS
24.Cd "ix* at pci?"
25.Sh DESCRIPTION
26The
27.Nm
28driver provides support for PCI Express 10Gb Ethernet adapters based
29on the Intel 82598EB, 82599EB, X540 and X550 Ethernet controller chips,
30including the following:
31.Pp
32.Bl -bullet -offset indent -compact
33.It
34Intel 82598AF 10GbE Adapter (10GbaseSR)
35.It
36Intel 82598AF Dual Port 10GbE Adapter (10GbaseSR)
37.It
38Intel 82598EB 10GbE Adapter (10GbaseCX4)
39.It
40Intel 82598EB 10GbE Adapter (SFP+)
41.It
42Intel 82598EB Dual Port 10GbE Adapter (10GbaseCX4)
43.It
44Intel 82598EB XF 10GbE Adapter (10GbaseLR)
45.It
46Intel 82598AT 10GbE Adapter (10GbaseT)
47.It
48Intel 82598AT Dual Port 10GbE Adapter (10GbaseT)
49.It
50Intel 82599EB 10GbE Adapter (10GbaseCX4)
51.It
52Intel X520-DA2 Dual Port 10GbE Adapter (SFP+)
53.It
54Intel X520-SR1 10GbE Adapter (SFP+/10GbaseSR)
55.It
56Intel X520-SR2 Dual Port 10GbE Adapter (SFP+/10GbaseSR)
57.It
58Intel X520-LR1 10GbE Adapter (SFP+/10GbaseLR)
59.It
60Intel X520-QDA1 10GbE Adapter (QSFP)
61.It
62Intel X540-T 10GbE Adapter (10GbaseT/1000baseT/100baseTX)
63.It
64Intel X550-T 10GbE Adapter (10GbaseT/1000baseT/100baseTX)
65.It
66Intel X552 10GbE Adapter (SFP+)
67.It
68Intel Xeon-D X552/X557 embedded 10GbE Adapter (SFP+/10GbaseT)
69.It
70HotLava Tambora 64G4/80G4/64G6/120G6 (SFP+)
71.El
72.Pp
73SFP+ adapters generally also support SFP type modules with their
74associated 1000base-* media types.
75.Pp
76Please note that the networking interface should be brought down before
77disconnecting fiber optics, otherwise irreversible damage might be caused
78to the equipment.
79.Sh SEE ALSO
80.Xr arp 4 ,
81.Xr ifmedia 4 ,
82.Xr intro 4 ,
83.Xr netintro 4 ,
84.Xr pci 4 ,
85.Xr hostname.if 5 ,
86.Xr ifconfig 8
87.Sh HISTORY
88The
89.Nm
90driver first appeared in
91.Ox 4.4 .
92.Sh AUTHORS
93.An -nosplit
94The
95.Nm
96driver was written by
97.An Intel Corporation
98and ported to
99.Ox
100by
101.An Reyk Floeter Aq Mt reyk@openbsd.org .
102.An Claudio Jeker Aq Mt claudio@openbsd.org
103and
104.An Mike Belopuhov Aq Mt mikeb@openbsd.org
105have performed multiple updates since.
106