Product Brief
Intel® Ethernet Converged
Network Adapter
X710 -T4
Quad-port 10GBASE-T simplies transition
to 10 Gigabit Ethernet
Key Features
• Standard CAT 6a cabling with four
RJ45 connectors for maximum
system density
• Backwards compatible with
existing 100BASE-T and
1000BASE-T networks
• 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
Migration to 10GbE is dramatically simplied with backward compatibility
for existing nework infrastructure. Auto-negotiation between 100 Mb/s,
1GbE, and 10GbE provides the necessary backwards compatibility that
most customers require for a smooth transition and easy migration to
10GbE. 10GBASE-T switches can now be aordably added at any time to
experience the full benets of 10GbE.
10GBASE-T is the easiest and most versatile 10GbE interface that can be
deployed anywhere in the data center. Its exible reach from 1 meter to
100 meters support the latest network architectures including Top of Rack
(ToR), middle of Row (MoR), and End of Row (EoR).
Intel® Ethernet 700 Series Network 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
RJ45 connections over CAT 6a cabling • Ensures compatibility with cable lengths up to 100 meters.
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;
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.
VIRT UALIZATION FE ATU 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 RJ45 Copper
Cable Distances 10GBASE-T: 55 m using CAT 6 , 100 m using CAT 6a
100BASE-T and 1000BASE-T: 100 m using CAT 5e, CAT 6, or CAT 6a
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TECHNICAL FEATURES
Operating Temperature 0 °C to 55 °C (32 °F to 131 °F)
Air Flow 10-30 m: 35 °C to 55 °C, 200-425+ recommended LFM
100 m: 35 °C to 40 °C, 350-400 recommended LFM
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; O=100
Mbps)
ADAPTER FEATURES
Data Rate Supported Per Port 100 Mbps/1GbE/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 XL710
Bracket Full-height bracket installed. Low-prole bracket
included in package
POWER CONSUMPTION
Link Speed / Trac Typical Power Maximum Power
100 Mbps 9.2 W 14.9 W
1GbE 12.0 W 18.1 W
10GbE 24.7 W 28.9 W
Note: At voltage and temperature corners, the adapter might exceed 25 W total power
and/or 2.1 A on the 12 V main rail.
PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS
Dimension 167mm x 69mm
PRODUCT ORDER CODE
Conguration Product Code
Quad port X710T4, X710T4BLK
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 support.
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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