Intel X710 Dual-Port 10GbE SFP+ PCIe Gen3 Full-Height Network Adapter

Description

The Intel X710-DA2 is a high-performance, dual-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapter using SFP+ interfaces, optimized for enterprise and data center deployments. Designed with a PCIe Gen3 x8 host interface and full-height bracket, it delivers advanced networking features including SR-IOV, tunneling offloads, and broad OS support for virtualized, cloud, and storage-heavy workloads.

Key Features:

Ports: 2 x SFP+ (10GbE)

Speed Support: 1GbE / 10GbE per port

Interface: PCI Express Gen3 x8

Form Factor: PCIe Full Height (Standard Bracket)

Controller: Intel® Ethernet Controller X710

Cable Type: Compatible with SFP+ Direct Attach Copper (DAC), Active Optical Cable (AOC), and fiber optics

Virtualization Features:

SR-IOV (up to 128 virtual functions)

Intel® VMDq and Virtual Machine Load Balancing

Network Service Headers (NSH), NVGRE, VXLAN, and GENEVE tunneling offloads

Networking Features:

Receive Side Scaling (RSS), Large Receive Offload (LRO), and TCP/UDP checksum offloads

IEEE 802.3ad link aggregation, 802.1Q VLAN tagging