The Intel X710 family of 10 Gigabit Ethernet (Gb E) server network adapters addresses the demanding needs of the next-generation data center. By providing unmatched features for server & network virtualization, small packet performance, & low power; the data center network is flexible, scalable, & resilient.\n \n The X710 is available in three host connections: a standard PCIe host interface, a Mezzanine LOM (ML2) host interface for Think System & System x servers, & an Any Fabric host interface for Think Server systems.\n \n
- VXLAN/NVGRE Hardware Offloads: These stateless offloads preserve application performance for overlay networks. With these offloads, it is possible to distribute network traffic across CPU cores. At the same time, X710 offloads LSO, GSO, & checksum from the host software, which reduces CPU overhead\n
- Mobile & cloud application acceleration: Intel&153;s Data Plan Development Kit (DPDK) delivers an open driver where users can fine-tune small packet performance, which delivers line-rate at 128 byte, & near line-rate at 64 byte\n
- 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. Combined, latency is reduced & Intel reports a three-fold improvement in RPS\n
- Virtualization performance: With Intel Virtualization Technology (VT), the X710 family of adapters delivers outstanding I/O performance in virtualized server environments. These adapters reduce 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\n
- Next-generation VMDq: The X710 adapters support up to 256 VMDq VMs & offer enhanced Quality of Service (Qo S) feature by providing weighted round-robin servicing for the Tx data. The adapters offload the data-sorting functionality from the hypervisor to the network silicon, which improves data throughput & CPU usage\n
- PCI-SIG SR-IOV implementation: Provides an implementation of the PCI-SIG standard for I/O Virtualization. The physical configuration of each port is divided into multiple virtual ports. Each virtual port is assigned to an individual VM directly by bypassing the virtual switch in the Hypervisor, which results in near-native performance\n
- 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, cable, or adapter fails\n\n class="generic"> Ports & interfaces Internal Yes Fiber ports quantity 2 Fiber optic connector SFP+ Interface Fiber Host interface PCI Express Connectivity technology Wired Bandwidth Maximum data transfer rate 10000 Mbit/s Technical details Product colour Black, Green Wake-on-LAN ready Yes Receive Side Scaling (RSS) Yes Intelligent Offloads Yes Intel&174; Virtualization Technology (Intel&174; VT) Yes Intel Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq) Yes Intel Data Direct I/O Technology Yes Networking VLAN tagging Yes Jumbo frames 9728i SCSI support Yes Networking standards IEEE 802.1Q, IEEE 802.1ad, IEEE 802.1as, IEEE 802.1p, IEEE 802.3ae, IEEE 802.3x Wake-on-LAN ready Yes Jumbo frames support Yes Flow control support Yes Maximum data transfer rate 10000 Mbit/s Performance Wake-on-LAN ready Yes Receive Side Scaling (RSS) Yes Intelligent Offloads Yes Intel&174; Virtualization Technology (Intel&174; VT) Yes Intel Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq) Yes Intel Data Direct I/O Technology Yes Design Product colour Black, Green Recommended usage Server Certification EN55022\n EN55024\n EN 61000-3-2\n EN 61000-3-3\n ICES-003, Issue-004\n FCC 47 CFR Part 15 Class A\n VCCI\n AS/NZS CISPR 22 / C-tick\n RRL for KC\n BSMI\n UL 94 V-1 Internal Yes System requirements Recommended usage Server Compatible operating systems Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2\n Microsoft Windows Server 2012\n Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2\n Microsoft Windows Server 2016\n Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server x 64 Edition\n Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7\n SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64/EM64T\n SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 with Xen for AMD64/EM64T\n SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12\n SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 with XEN\n V Mware v Sphere 5.5 (ESXi)\n V Mware v Sphere 6.0 (ESXi)\n V Mware v Sphere 6.5 (ESXi) Operational conditions Operating temperature (T-T)0
- 55 &176;CStorage temperature (T-T)-20
- 65 &176;COperating relative humidity (H-H)10
- 90% Storage relative humidity (H-H)5
- 80% Operating altitude 0
- 2134 m Weight & dimensions Width 15 mm Depth 167 mm Height 69 mm Packaging data Quantity 1 Certificates Certification EN55022\n EN55024\n EN 61000-3-2\n EN 61000-3-3\n ICES-003, Issue-004\n FCC 47 CFR Part 15 Class A\n VCCI\n AS/NZS CISPR 22 / C-tick\n RRL for KC\n BSMI\n UL 94 V-1 Other features Receive Side Scaling (RSS) Yes Intelligent Offloads Yes Intel&174; Virtualization Technology (Intel&174; VT) Yes Intel Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq) Yes Intel Data Direct I/O Technology Yes Compatible operating systems Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2\n Microsoft Windows Server 2012\n Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2\n Microsoft Windows Server 2016\n Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server x 64 Edition\n Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7\n SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64/EM64T\n SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 with Xen for AMD64/EM64T\n SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12\n SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 with XEN\n V Mware v Sphere 5.5 (ESXi)\n V Mware v Sphere 6.0 (ESXi)\n V Mware v Sphere 6.5 (ESXi) Packaging content Quantity 1\n\n\n\n