The Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet Adapter is a 133 MHz PCI-X, 10-Gigabit Ethernet fiber card, designed to provide the critical bandwidth required in high-speed LAN networks. A non-proprietary technology, the Adapter is poised to protect investments for the future as well as to improve performance today.Customers will realize significant cost savings with the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet Adapter. Systems built on 10-gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) offer reliability, availability, and scalability (RAS). IT managers and CIOs see the benefit of Sun's 10GbE technology because of its non-proprietary nature - choice "future proofs" their investments for tomorrow, and optimizes their architecture today.As 10GbE technology gains wider adoption, more server and storage data can be integrated. This provides significant improvements in bandwidth performance and lowered latency, reducing bottlenecks to network attached storage (NAS) devices, as well as reducing cabling expenses, by cutting the number of links required to get the desired bandwidth.The Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet Adapter utilizes an Intel 82597EX PCIX MAC controller with XFP-based 10GigE optics in a PCI-X low profile and standard form factor. As a result, local area networks using the Adapter immediately increase in speed and efficiency.