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Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapters XL710
With Support for QSFP+ Connections
Network Connectivity
SPECIFICATIONS
GENERAL
Connections Single or Dual QSFP+ cages for:
• QSFP+ SR4 ber-optic transceivers
• QSFP+ LR4 ber-optic transceivers
• QSFP+ CR4 Direct Attach Cables
Intel® Ethernet QSFP+ Optics required for a ber conguration
Network Standards
Physical Layer Interface
IEEE 802.3:
• 40GBASE-SR4
• 40GBASE-LR4
SFF-8431:
• 40GSFP+ CR4 (Direct Attach Copper)
• 40GSFP+ CR4 to 4x SFP+ (Breakout Cable)
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Adapter fault tolerance (AFT)
Switch fault tolerance (SFT)
Adaptive load balancing (ALB)
Teaming Support
IEEE 802.3ad (link aggregation control protocol)
PCIe Hot Plug*/Active peripheral component interconnect (PCI)
IEEE 802.1Q* VLANs
IEEE 802.3 2005* ow control support
Tx/Rx IP, TCP, & UDP checksum ooading (IPv4, IPv6) capabilities
(Transmission control protocol (TCP), user datagram protocol (UDP),
Internet protocol (IP))
IEEE 802.1p*
TCP segmentation/large send ooad
MSI-X supports Multiple Independent Queues
Interrupt moderation
IPv6 ooading—Checksum and segmentation capability extended to
new standard packet type
TECHNICAL FEATURES
Operating temperature 0 °C to 55 °C (32 °F to 131 °F)
Air Flow Minimum of 150 LFM required
Storage temperature -40 °C to 70 °C (-40 °F to 158 °F)
Storage humidity Maximum: 90% non-condensing
relative humidity at 35 °C
LED Indicators LINK (solid) and ACTIVITY (blinking)
LINK SPEED (green=10 Gbps; yellow=1
Gbps)
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XL710 DA2
Low-prole PCIe*
2.703 in. x 6.578 in.
Data rate supported per
port
• Optical: 10 GbE/40 GbE
• Direct Attach: 40 GbE
Bus type PCI Express 3.0 (8 GT/s)
Bus width 4-lane PCI Express* and 8-lane PCI
Express
Interrupt levels INTA, MSI, MSI-X
Hardware certications FCC B, UL, CE, VCCI, BSMI, CTICK, KCC
Controller-processor Intel® Ethernet Controller XL710-AM2
Power Consumption
SKU TYPICAL POWER MAX POWER
Single-port 40GBASE-SR4 4.2W 4.6W
Single-port 40GBASE-CR4 3.4W 3.8W
Dual-port 40GBASE-SR4 4.9 W 5.6W
Dual-port 40GBASE-CR4 3.6 W 4.0W
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ALL ADAPTERS
OPERATING SYSTEM   
Windows Server 2012 R2* N/A X N/A
Windows Server 2012 R2 Core N/A X N/A
Windows Server 2012 N/A X N/A
Windows Server 2012 Core N/A X N/A
Windows Server 2008 R2* N/A X N
Windows Server 2008 R2 Core N/A X N
Linux* Stable Kernel version 2.6.32/3x X X X
Linux RHEL 6.5 and RHEL 7.0 X X X
Linux SLES 11 SP3 and SLES 12 X X X
FreeBSD* 9 and FreeBSD* 10 X X X
UEFI* 2.1 N/A X X
UEFI* 2.3 N/A X X
VMware ESXi 5.1
1
(Limited Functionality) N/A X N/A
VMware ESXi 5.5
1
N/A X N/A
INTEL® BACKING INFORMATION
Backed by an Intel limited lifetime warranty, 90-day money-back
guarantee (U.S. and Canada), and worldwide support.