The PRO/1000 PT Single Port Server Adapter from Dell™ is a high performance adapter designed for the high-speed PCI Express Bus Architecture. It offers increased bandwidth, reliability and enhanced functionality. The dedicated input/output (I/O) bandwidth of PCIe ensures priority performance on the port - without bus sharing - for Gigabit Ethernet connectivity in Category-5 networks. Additionally, the PRO 1000/PT Server Adapter is designed to provide high performance in multi-processor systems by efficiently balancing network loads across multiple Central Processing Units. This product has been tested and validated on Dell systems and is supported by Dell Technical Support when used with a Dell system.