. The controller connects to available 10 Gb E & 1 Gigabit Ethernet LAN-on-motherboard (LOM) adapter cards & onboard connectors to provide a comprehensive 1 Gb E / 10 Gb E networking solution for Think System customers Key Product Info. Low latency Virtualization performance Next-generation VMDq VM load balancing Product Features Low latency Intel Ethernet Flow Director delivers hardware-based application steering & Intel Data Direct I/O makes the processor cache the primary destination & source of I/O data rather than main memory. Virtualization performance With Intel Virtualization Technology (VT) the controller delivers outstanding I/O performance in virtualized server environments. The controller reduces I/O bottlenecks by providing intelligent offloads for networking traffic per virtual machine (VM) which enables near-line rate speeds for small packets & supports almost an unlimited amount of isolated traffic flows so that you can scale your cloud environment. Next-generation VMDq The controller support up to 128 VMDq VMs & offer enhanced Quality of Service (Qo S) feature by providing weighted round-robin servicing for the Tx data. The controller offloads the data-sorting functionality from the hypervisor to the network silicon which improves data throughput & CPU usage. VM load balancing Provides traffic load balancing (Tx & Rx) across VMs that are bound to the team interface. It also provides fault tolerance if a switch port or cable.