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Key Features

• Dual- and quad-port 10 GbE

adapters

• PCI Express* (PCIe) 3.0, x8

• Exceptional Low Power Adapters

• Network Virtualization offloads

including Geneve, VXLAN and NVGRE

• Intel

Ethernet Flow Director

for hardware based application

traffic steering

• Intel

Data Plane Developer Kit

(DPDK) optimized for efficient

packet processing

• Excellent small packet performance

for network appliances and Network

Function Virtualization (NFV)

• Intelligent offloads to enable

high performance with Intel®

Xeon® processor-based servers

• I/O virtualization innovations

for maximum performance in

a virtualized server

• Unified networking providing a single

wire support for LAN and storage:

NAS (SMB, NFS) and SAN (iSCSI, FCoE

Overview

Intel continues its legacy of Ethernet leadership by introducing a 10/40

gigabit family of adapters powered by the Intel® Ethernet X710 Controller

code-named Fortville.

The X710 adapter family addresses the demanding needs of the next-

generation agile data center by providing unmatched features for both

server and network virtualization, exibility for LAN and SAN networks

and proven, reliable performance.

Leading 10/40 GbE Performance

The X710 adapter family delivers superior performance with a theoretical

throughput of 80 Gb/s (40 Gb/s Tx; 40 Gb/s Rx) bidirectional throughput

(quad-port adapter required), in a PCI Express v3.0 x8 slot. Optimized

performance vectors and key uses include:

• Small Packet Performance: Achieves wire-rate throughput on smaller

payload sizes (>128 Bytes for 40 GbE and >64 Bytes for 10 GbE

• Bulk Transfer Performance: Delivers line-rate performance with low CPU

usage for large application buffers

• Virtualized Performance: Alleviates hypervisor I/O bottlenecks by providing

flow separation for Virtual Machines (VMs)

• Network Virtualization: Network virtualization overlay offloads including

Geneve, VXLAN, and NVGRE

Intel

Ethernet Converged

Network Adapters

X710 10 GbE

Product Brief

Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapters X710

With Support for SFP+ Connections

Network Connectivity

Extending Intel

Virtualization Technology beyond

Server Virtualization to the Network with Hardware

Optimizations and Ooads for the Rapid Provisioning

of Networks in an Agile Data Center

Summary of content (6 pages)

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Product Brief Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapters X710 With Support for SFP+ Connections Network Connectivity Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapters X710 10 GbE Extending Intel® Virtualization Technology beyond Server Virtualization to the Network with Hardware Optimizations and Offloads for the Rapid Provisioning of Networks in an Agile Data Center Key Features Overview • Dual- and quad-port 10 GbE adapters • PCI Express* (PCIe) 3.
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• Storage Performance: Enables competitive performance with native OS drivers and intelligent offload for NAS (NFS, SMB), and SAN (iSCSI and FCoE) • SR-IOV for Direct Assignment: Adapter-based isolation and switching for various virtual station instances enabling optimal CPU usage in virtualized environments A Complete, Unified Networking Solution Additionally, X710 adapters provide Virtual Bridging1 support that delivers both host-side and switch-side control and management of virtualized I/O as well as
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• Flow Classification: Trafficking data flows across multiple consumers and connections Manageability The X710 family of adapters also incorporate the manageability required by IT personnel for remote control and alerting. Communication to the Board Management Controller (BMC) is available either through an on-board SMBus port or the DMTF-defined NC-SI, FEATURES providing a variety of management protocols, including IPMI, BMC Pass-thru, OS2BMC, and MCTP/ SMBus and MCTP/PCIe.
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FEATURES BENEFITS PCI-SIG SR-IOV Implementation (128 per device) • 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 virtual machine directly by bypassing the virtual switch in the Hypervisor, resulting in near-native performance.
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Adapter Product Features Technical Features Intel® PROSet Utility For easy configuration and management Plug and play specification support Standard Receive Side Scaling Multiple Rx queues enable the efficient distribution of network receive processing across multiple CPUs in multiprocessor systems Specifications General Connections Dual or Quad SFP+ cages for: • SFP+ SR fiber-optic transceivers • SFP+ LR fiber-optic transceivers • SFP+ Direct Attach cables Network Standard IEEE 802.
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