Product Brief
Intel® Ethernet Converged
Network Adapter
X710 DA-2/DA-4
Dual and Quad-port 10GbE adapters with Hardware
Optimization and Ooads for the Rapid Provisioning
of Networks in an Agile Data Center
Key Features
• PCI Express* (PCIe) v3.0, 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
• Data Plane Development Kit
(DPDK) optimized for efficient
packet processing
• Excellent small packet
performance for network
appliances and Network Functions
Virtualization (NFV)
• Intelligent offloads to enable high
performance on servers with
Intel® Xeon® Processors
• I/O virtualization innovations for
maximum performance in a
virtualized server
Overview
The Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710 addresses the
demanding needs of an agile data center by providing unmatched features
for both server and network virtualization, exibilty for LAN and SAN
networks, and proven, reliable performance.
The Intel® Ethernet 700 Series Network Adapters. These adapters are the
foundation for server connectivity, providing broad interoperability, critical
performance optimizations, and increased agility for Telecommunications,
Cloud, and Enterprise IT network solutions.
• Interoperability - Multiple speeds and media types for broad compatibility
backed by extensive testing and validation.
• Optimization - Intelligent ooads 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.
Built on more than 35 years of continuous Ethernet innovations, the
Intel® Ethernet 700 Series delivers networking performance across a wide
range of network port speeds through intelligent ooads, sophisticated
packet processing, and quality open source drivers.
All Intel® Ethernet 700 Series Network Adapters
include these feature-rich technologies:
Flexible and Scalable I/O for Virtualized
Infrastructures
Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT), delivers
outstanding I/O performance in virtualized
server environments.
I/O bottlenecks are reduced through intelligent ooads
such as Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq) and
Flexible Port Partitioning, using SR-IOV for networking
trac per Virtual Machine (VM), enabling near-native
performance and VM scalability. Host-based features
supported include:
VMDq for Emulated Path: VMDq, enables a hypervisor
to represent a single network port as multiple network
ports that can be assigned to the individual VMs. Trac
handling is ooaded to the network controller,
delivering the benets of port partitioning with little to
no administrative overhead by the IT sta.
SR-IOV for Direct Assignment: Adapter-based
isolation and switching for various virtual station
instances enables optimal CPU usage in
virtualized environments.
• With up to 128 Virtual Functions (VF)s, each VF can
support a unique and separate data path for I/Orelated functions within the PCI Express* hierarchy.
• Use of SR-IOV with a networking device, for example,
allows the bandwidth of a single port (function) to be
partitioned into smaller slices that can be allocated to
specific VMs or guests, via a standard interface.
Enhanced Network Virtualization Overlays (NVO)
Network virtualization has changed the way
networking is done in the data center, delivering
accelerations across a wide range of
tunneling methods.
VXLAN, GENEVE, NVGRE, MPLS, and VXLAN-GPE with
NSH Ooads: These stateless ooads preserve
application performance for overlay networks, and the
network trac can be distributed across CPU cores,
increasing network throughput.
Greater Intelligence and Performance for NFV
A combination of hardware and software acceleration
features, such as Application Device Queues (ADq)
and Dynamic Device Personalization (DDP), enable
customizable packet ltering. The acceleration features,
along with enhanced Data Plane Development Kit
(DPDK), support advanced packet forwarding and high
ecient packet processing for both Cloud and Network
Functions Virtualization (NFV) workloads.
• ADq is a fast queuing and signaling technique for
high-speed I/O that improves performance and limits
performance jitter.
• DDP enables a method to change the packet
processing pipeline by applying a profile package to
the Intel® Ethernet 700 Series Network Adapter at
runtime—resulting in improvements in throughput,
latency and reduced CPU loads.
• DPDK provides a programming framework for Intel®
processors and enables faster development of
high-speed data packet networking applications.
Flexible Port Partitioning (FPP)
FPP leverages the PCI-SIG SR-IOV specication. Virtual
controllers can be used by the Linux* host directly
and/or assigned to virtual machines.
• Assign up to 63 Linux host processes or virtual
machines per port to virtual functions.
• Control the partitioning of 10GbE bandwidth across
multiple dedicated network resources, ensuring
balanced QoS by giving each assigned virtual
controller equal access to 10Gbs of bandwidth.
Network administrators can also rate limit each of
these services to control how much of the 10GbE pipe
is available to each process.
Advanced Traffic Steering
Intel® Ethernet Flow Director (Intel® Ethernet FD) is
an advanced trac steering capability built into the
adapter. It consists of a large number of ow
anity lters that direct receive packets by their ows
to queues for classication, load balancing, and
matching between ows and CPU cores.
Steering trac into specic queues can eliminate
context switching required within the CPU. As a result,
Intel® Ethernet FD signicantly increases the number of
transactions per second and reduces latency for cloud
applications like memcached.
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FEATURES DESCRIPTION
GENERAL
SFP+ Connectivity • X710 adapters with SFP+ connections support 10GBASE-SR, 10GBASE-LR and SFP+ Direct Attach Copper (DAC)
Low-Prole (non-compliance) • Intel does oer a 4x10 SFP+, low prole, non-PCI compliant version of the Intel® Ethernet Converged Network
Full-Height • Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710-DA4 FH requires a full height slot for PCIe compliance
Load balancing on multiple CPUs • Increases performance on multi-processor systems by eciently balancing network loads across CPU core when
Support for most network operating systems • Enables broad deployment for dierent applications.
RoHS-compliant • Complies with the European Union directive 2011/65/EU to reduce the use of hazardous materials.
Time Sync (IEEE 1588*, 802.1as) • Enables networked Ethernet equipment to synchronize internal clocks according to a network master clock;
physical media.
Adapter X710-DA4 FH. Please contact your Intel representitive for information about this adapter.
used with Receive-Side Scaling (RSS) from Microsoft* or scalable I/O on Linux*.
endpoint can then acquire an accurate estimate of the master time by compensating for link latency.
I/O FEATURES FOR MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR SERVERS
Intel® Ethernet Flow Director
(Intel® Ethernet FD)
MSI-X support • Minimizes the overhead of interrupts.
Multiple Queues: 1,536 Tx and Rx queues
per device
Tx/Rx IP, SCTP, TCP, and UDP checksum ooading (IPv4,
IPv6) capabilities
• An advanced trac steering capability increases the number of transactions per second and reduces latency for
cloud applications like Memcached.
• Load-balancing of interrupt handling between multiple cores/CPUs.
• Network packet handling without waiting for buer overow providing ecient packet prioritization.
• Actual number of queues will vary depending upon software implementation.
• Lower processor usage.
• Checksum and segmentation capability extended to new standard packet type.
VIRTUA L IZ ATI O N FE AT U R E S
Next-Generation VMDq • Up to 256 maximum VMDq VMs supported.
• Ooads the data-sorting based on MAC addresses and VLAN tags, functionality from the Hypervisor to the network
silicon, improving data throughput and CPU usage.
PCI-SIG SR-IOV Implementation
(128 per device)
Virtual Machine Load Balancing (VLMB) • VMLB provides trac load balancing (Tx and Rx) across VMs bound to the team interface, as well as fault tolerance
Advanced Packet Filtering • 1536 exact matched packets (unicast or multicast).
VLAN support with VLAN tag insertion, stripping and
packet ltering for up to 4096 VLAN tags
VXLAN, NVGRE, GENEVE, VXLAN-GPE+NSH, MPLS • Preserves application performance in network virtualized environments.
• Provides an implementation of the PCI-SIG standard for I/O Virtualization. The physical conguration of each port is
divided into multiple virtual ports. Each virtual port is assigned to an individual VM directly by bypassing the virtual
switch in the Hypervisor, resulting in near-native performance.
• Integrated with Intel® VT for Directed I/O (Intel® VT-d) to provide data protection between VMs by assigning separate
physical addresses in the memory to each VM.
• 64/port for dual port.
in the event of switch, port, cable, or adapter failure.
• 512 hash entries each for unicast and multicast.
• Lower processor usage.
• Promiscuous (unicast and multicast) transfer mode support.
• Optional ltering of invalid frames.
• Ability to create multiple VLAN segments.
MANAGEABILITY FEATURES
Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) Support • Enables system boot up via the LAN (32-bit and 64-bit).
• Flash interface for PXE image.
Unied Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) • Enables new technologies during the pre-OS boot process and addresses legacy BIOS limitations on hardware.
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and
Remote Network Monitoring (RMON) Statistic Counters
iSCSI Boot • Enables system boot up via iSCSI.
Watchdog Timer • Gives an indication to the manageability rmware or external devices that the controller or the software device
• Easy system monitoring with industry-standard consoles.
• Provides additional network management capability.
driver is not functioning.
SPECIFICATIONS
GENERAL
Connections Dual or Quad SFP+ cages supporting Direct Attach Copper (DAC) Twinaxial cable and optical transceivers
Network Standard Physical Layer Interfaces 10GBASE-SR and -LR optical transceivers
10GbE SFP+ DAC
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TECHNICAL FEATURES
Operating Temperature 0 °C to 55 °C (32 °F to 131 °F)
Air Flow 150 LFM with 55 °C required for CR (DAC)
150 LFM with 55 °C or 500 LFM with 65 °C
required with extended temp SR optics
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 = 10Gbps; yellow = 1Gbps)
ADAPTER FEATURES
Data Rate Supported Per Port • Optical: 1/10GbE
• Direct Attach: 10GbE
Bus Type PCI Express v3.0 (8 GT/s)
Bus Width PCI Express x8
Interrupt Levels INTA, MSI, MSI-X
Hardware Certications FCC A, UL, CE, VCCI, BSMI, CTICK, KCC
Controller Intel® Ethernet Controller X710-AM2
POWER CONSUMPTION
SKU Typical Power Maximum Power
Dual-port 10GBASE-SR 4.3 W 4.8 W
Dual-port 1000GBASE-SX 4.0 W 4.3 W
Dual-port 10GBASE-LR 4.5 W 5.1 W
Dual-port Direct Attach (Twinax) 3.3 W 3.7 W
Quad-port 10GBASE-SR 6.2 W 6.6 W
Quad-port 1000GBASE-SX 5.5 W 6.0 W
Quad-port 10GBASE-LR 6.9 W 7.4 W
Quad-port Direct Attach (Twinax) 3.6 W 3.8 W
PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS
X710-DA2 Low prole 167mm x 69mm
X710-DA4 Full height 167mm x 111mm
X710-DA4 Low prole 167mm x 69mm
PRODUCT ORDER CODE
Conguration Product Code Adapter Height
Dual Port X710DA2 Low prole
Quad Port X710DA4FH Full height
Quad Port X710DA4G1P5 Low prole
NETWORK OPERATING SYSTEM (NOS) SUPPORT
For a complete list of supported network operating systems for
Intel® Ethernet 700 Series Adapters visit:
intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/contact-support.html
INTEL® ETHERNET ACCESSORIES
Intel® Ethernet Optics and Cables are proven, reliable solutions for
high-density Ethernet connections. Combine these accessories with
Intel® Ethernet 700 Series and 500 Series Network Adapters for
dependable interoperability and consistent performance across the
network. Learn more at intel.com/ethernet
Warranty
Intel limited lifetime hardware warranty, 90-day money-back
guarantee (U. S. and Canada) and worldwide suppor t.
Product Information
For information about Intel® Ethernet Products, visit:
intel.com/ethernet
Customer Support
For customer support options in North America visit:
intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/contact-support.html
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