Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710-DA2 - 10GbE PCIe Server Network Card

Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710-DA2

The Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710-DA2 is designed to meet the high-performance demands of modern data centers, delivering reliable connectivity and advanced virtualization features for enterprise servers. This low-profile PCIe 3.0 x8 network card supports multiple network speeds and media types, ensuring broad compatibility across diverse network environments. Its intelligent offloads and hardware accelerators optimize throughput, reduce CPU load, and support scalable virtualized infrastructures, making it an ideal choice for data centers seeking agility and efficiency.

This adapter excels in virtualized environments by providing extensive support for I/O virtualization technologies. Features such as Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq) and Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) enable efficient port partitioning and direct VM assignment, respectively. With up to 128 virtual functions, the adapter allows for flexible resource allocation, ensuring high levels of performance for multiple virtual machines or containers. The inclusion of Intel® Ethernet Flow Director enhances traffic steering capabilities, further improving application performance.

Network virtualization is further enhanced through advanced tunneling methods and offloads for protocols like VxLAN, GENEVE, NVGRE, MPLS, and VxLAN-GPE with Network Service Headers (NSH). These features enable seamless overlay networks, supporting NFV and cloud deployments with high small packet performance. The adapter's DPDK-optimized packet processing ensures high throughput and low latency, essential for network appliances and virtual network functions. Additionally, dynamic device personalization (DDP) provides increased packet processing efficiency, adapting to evolving network workloads. Backed by Intel’s proven reliability and compliance with RoHS environmental standards, the X710-DA2 is a robust solution for future-proof server connectivity needs.

Features:

• I/O virtualization innovations for maximum performance in a virtualized server

• Intelligent offloads to enable high performance on servers with Intel® Xeon® processors

• Excellent small packet performance for network appliances and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)

• Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) optimized for efficient packet processing

• Dynamic Device Personalization (DDP) enables increased packet processing efficiency for NFV and Cloud deployments

• Intel® Ethernet Flow Director for hardware-based application traffic steering

• Network virtualization offloads including VxLAN, GENEVE, NVGRE, MPLS, and VxLAN-GPE with Network Service Headers (NSH)

• PCI Express (PCIe) 3.0, x8