The new Intel X710 family of 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) server network adapters addresses the demanding needs of the next-generation data center. By providing unmatched features for server and network virtualization, small packet performance, and low power; the data center network is flexible, scalable, and resilient.
The X710 is available in three form factors: a standard PCIe low-profile card, a Mezzanine LOM (ML2) form factor for ThinkSystem and System x servers, and an AnyFabric form factor for ThinkServer systems.


The Intel X710 adapters have the following specifications:
•Empty SFP+ cages for 10GbE connection supporting SFP+ transceivers or DAC cables
•Host interface: ?PCI Express 3.0; x8
?PCI Power Management/ACPI Extensions
?TLP Processing Hint (TPH) Support
?MSI-X Support
?Energy Efficient Ethernet

•Performance: ?Achieves wire-rate throughput on smaller payload sizes (>64 bytes)
?Standard stack Latency: ~7 µs
?Kernel- Bypass Latency: ~3 µs
?Small Packet Developers Tool Kit

•Virtualization features: ?Microsoft Network Virtualization that uses Generic Routing Encapsulation (NVGRE)
?VMware Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN)
?Intel Virtual Technology (VT) with VMDq for virtualization
?SR-IOV direct assignment support
?Virtual Bridging Support: VEPA/802.1Qbg, BPE/802.1Qbh
?Virtual Functions: Up to 128 per device
?Hardware Queue Pairs: Up to 1.5K

•Management features: ?Advanced filtering capabilities (IPv4, IPv6)
?SNMP
?RMON statistic counters
?Wake on LAN support (WoL support is for ML2 and AnyFabric adapters only; first port only)
?NC-SI for IMM shared management port connectivity through port 1 (NCSI support is for ML2 and AnyFabric adapters only)

•Additional features: ?Jumbo Frame Support: 9728 bytes
?VLAN support
?Flow Control
?1588 Time Synchronization Support

•TCP/IP Layer 2 features: ?Receive Side Scaling (RSS)
?Large Send Offload (LSO)
?TCP/UDP/IP/SCTP Checksum Offload
?IPv4, IPv6

•IEEE 802.1Q VLAN support with VLAN tag insertion, with stripping and packet filtering for up to 4096 VLAN tags.
•IEEE 802.3x flow control support.
•IEEE 802.1p Class of Service (CoS)/QoS.
•Support for Advanced Packet Filtering.
•Teaming support: ?Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT)
?Switch Fault Tolerance (SFT)
?Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB)
?VM Load Balancing (VMLB)
?IEEE 802.3ad (link aggregation control protocol)

•Intel PROSet Utility for easy configuration and management.
•UEFI and legacy PXE boot
•Option ROM: ?PCIe adapter: Disabled on both ports by default.
?ML2 adapter: Enabled on all ports by default.
?AnyFabric adapters: Enabled on all ports by default.

•RoHS compliance that is based on latest 2014 standards.


Standards supported

The X710 adapters support the following IEEE standards:
•IEEE 802.1p CoS traffic prioritization
•IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging
•IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol
•IEEE 802.3x Full-duplex flow control
•IEEE 802.3ae 10GBASE-SR short range fiber optics 10 Gb Ethernet
•10GSFP+Cu SFP+ Direct Attach copper
•IEEE 1588, 802.1as Time Sync



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