The Intel X550 dual port 10 G Base-T adapter, full height Ethernet is optimized on Intel Xeon processors & is backward compatible with 1000 Base-T. It is an amazing choice for virtualized servers, providing advanced features including Intel Virtualization Technology for Connectivity (VT-c), Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq) & Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) up to 64 VFs per port, NVGRE & VXLAN stateless offloads delivering amazing performance. Built to enable Network Virtualization & Network Functions Virtualization Designed to support demanding workloads for enterprise, cloud, & telecommunication service providers & data centers Single-chip solution