Sonnet Twin25G PCIe Card

Why Choose Sonnet for Ethernet Networking?

We've got what you need for 10GbE and 25GbE connections:

- macOS, Windows, and Linux support

- 10GbE and 25GbE network experts

- One provider for all your networking connections

- Adapters for Thunderbolt computers

- Single- and dual-port adapters

- Copper and optical adapters

- Networking PCIe cards

 

Key Features:

- Adds High-performance 25GbE Connectivity: 

Simply powerful way to add dual optical 25GbE connections to any computer with PCIe card slots.

- SFP28 Transceivers Included: High-performance card includes two 25GBASE SFP28 transceivers.

- Backward Compatible: Adapter also supports 10GbE — enables you to integrate with 10GbE infrastructure now and upgrade your switch or shared storage system to 25GbE later.

- Great for Use in Thunderbolt Expansion Systems: Use in a Sonnet multi-slot Echo Thunderbolt expansion system to add 25Gb Ethernet to your computer without expansion card slots

 

Compatibility

Mac Compatibility

- Mac Pro 7,1 (2019)

- macOS 13 (Ventura)

Windows Compatibility

- Windows 11 and 10

- Windows Server 2022, 2019

Linux Compatibility

- Linux Kernel 5.0+

Thunderbolt PCIe Expansion System Compatibility

- Mac computer (M1/M2 series, Intel) with Thunderbolt port via a Thunderbolt to PCIe card expansion system

- Windows computer with Thunderbolt port via a Thunderbolt to PCIe card expansion system

- Linux computer with Thunderbolt 4 port via a Thunderbolt to PCIe card expansion system

 

Hardware

Form Factor

- Low-profile PCIe 3.0 x8 card

- PCIe x4 slot supports one port at full bandwidth

- PCIe x8 slot supports two ports at full bandwidth

External Connectors

- Two SFP28 optical transceivers

25GbE Controller

- Mellanox ConnectX

Network Support

- 25Gb/s

- 10Gb/s

Link Aggregation (Teaming)

- Supported by Windows and Linux

- PCIe x8 slot recommended

Packets

- Maximum packet size: 9000 bytes (jumbo frames)

Advanced Features

- Flow control support

- MSI (Message Signaled Interrupts)

- RSS (Receive-Side Scaling)

- Multicast filtering

- 64-bit address support for systems using more than 4GB of physical memory

- Wake-on-LAN not supported

Stateless Offloads

- TCP, UDP, and IPv4 checksum offloading

- TSO (TCP Segmentation Offload, AKA Large Send Offload)(3)

- TRO (TCP Receive Offload)

Compliance

- RoHS 3 (Directive 2015/863)

- IEC62368-1 and IEC62368-2 Safety

Package Contents

- Twin25G PCIe Card

- Two PCIe mounting brackets

- Documentation