The IBM NetXtreme 1000 T Ethernet Adapter enables high-performance network connections for IBM eServer xSeries customers. Server performance is optimized to help ensure that system I/O is not a bottleneck in high-performance networking applications. The NetXtreme 1000 T Ethernet Adapter (31P6301) comes with three key improvements over the earlier IBM Gigabit Ethernet Adapter options: first PCI-X 10/100/1000 Ethernet Adapter offering based on BCM5703 technology for IBM eServer xSeries; first Gigabit Ethernet Adapter with support for Full Smart Load Balancing for optimized bandwidth and Failover for fault tolerant environments; hardware/software commonality with BCM570x on-board technology on IBM eServer xSeries systems.The NetXtreme 1000 T Ethernet Adapter uses a BCM5703 Chip, the latest in Gigabit Ethernet technology from Broadcom. Its flexible architecture, which matches the hardware behavior to the operating system, is designed to help allow higher data throughput and increased CPU performance. Higher data throughput helps offer better utilization of the entire network and contributes to lower latencies for the applications. Lower CPU utilization enables the server to execute applications faster when communicating over the network. The NetXtreme 1000 T Ethernet Adapter comes with Full Smart Load Balance and Failover options for optimized bandwidth and fault tolerance. It includes 802.3ad teaming, GEC trunking teaming, and VLAN (802.1Q) option to allow traffic segregation and data privacy.