Dual and quad-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters

optimization and offloads for the rapid provisioning of data center networks

The Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter X710-DA2 and -DA4 for OCP 3.0 provide broad interoperability, critical performance optimizations, and increased agility for Communications, Cloud, and Enterprise IT network solutions.

• Interoperability 

- Multiple speeds and media types for broad compatibility backed by extensive testing and validation.

• Optimization 

- Intelligent offloads and accelerators to unlock Network performance in servers with Intel Xeon processors.

• Agility 

- Both Kernel and Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) drivers for scalable packet processing.

Sepcification

• OCP NIC 3.0 Small Form Factor adapter

• Quad-port and Dual-port 10GbE SFP+

• PCI Express (PCIe) 3.0 x8

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

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

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

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

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

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