DELL 196TN Dual-Port 10GBE Network Mezzanine Adapter

Product Description

The DELL 196TN is a high-performance network adapter designed to deliver dual-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) connectivity. This mezzanine adapter is intended for integration into Dell servers and other enterprise-class systems that require substantial network bandwidth. The 10GbE standard provides a data transfer rate of 10 Gigabits per second per port, enabling extremely fast communication between servers, storage devices, and network infrastructure. As a mezzanine adapter, the 196TN is designed to fit into specific proprietary slots on server motherboards, offering a compact and efficient way to add high-speed networking capabilities. This form factor is common in blade servers and other dense computing environments where space is at a premium. The dual-port design allows for network redundancy, load balancing, or connection to multiple network segments, enhancing network resilience and performance. This adapter is crucial for demanding enterprise workloads such as high-performance computing (HPC), large-scale data storage, virtualization, and data center networking. The DELL 196TN ensures that servers can handle the high throughput required by modern applications and data-intensive tasks, making it a key component for building robust and scalable network infrastructures.