Flexible technology options The host-based virtualization technologies supported by Intel VT include VMDq for Emulated Path: Adapter-based Queue sorting enabling efficient hypervisor-based switching

This card actually brought to light one negative aspect of the OCP NIC 3.0 form factor: it is often designed for a PCIe Gen4 x16 slot, yet only brings 20Gbps of networking capacity. It is important to have a range of NICs at different price points for slots, as we have with traditional PCIe slots. While many are focused on the higher-end 200Gbps, SmartNIC, and DPU solutions, there will be a market for cards like this dual 10GbE unit. A downside of the specialized form factor is that it routes lanes even if they are unnecessary for the card. At some point, trade-offs have to be made and one can argue that if you are using an inexpensive dual 10GbE NIC you are most likely not using every lane in a system anyway so this is moot. It is simply a dynamic we wanted to call out since we, like many, focus on the new capabilities rather than sometimes considering the legacy market impact. Your Products” means products developed or to be developed by or for You that include an Intel Component executing the Materials. We wanted to take a few moments to show our readers what these NICs look like installed. Here is a look at the lshw output: Intel X710 OCP NIC 3.0 LshwAdapter-based isolation and switching for various virtual station instances enabling optimal CPU usage in virtualized environments Assignment. You may not assign Your rights or obligations under this Agreement without Intel’s prior written consent. No third party will have any rights under this Agreement. We can see the NICs are using the Intel i40e driver, which is Intel’s mainstream Fortville driver shared with the XL710 series and even the X722 PCH networking options found in Xeon Scalable platforms and the embedded NICs in the Xeon D-2100 series. We can also see SR-IOV support.

This. zip file contains all of the Intel® Ethernet network drivers and software for currently supported versions of Windows*, Linux*, and FreeBSD* for most Intel® Ethernet Adapters. Not all Intel® Ethernet Adapters and Intel® Ethernet Controllers are supported under every version of Windows, Linux, or FreeBSD. Removed Brocade 10Gb SFP+ SR Optical Transceiver, 49Y4216 as not supported - Supported transceivers and cables section NC-SI for shared management port connectivity through port 1 (NCSI support is for OCP and ML2 and AnyFabric adapters only) CONFIDENTIALITY. This Agreement and the Materials are Intel confidential information and subject to Your valid corporate non-disclosure agreement with Intel (CNDA). Except as authorized in Section 2.1, you must not disclose this information to anyone, including the U.S. government. This Agreement will not become effective, or will automatically terminate, in the absence of a CNDA. Scalable performance Cost-and energy-efficient design delivers superior performance with a theoretical throughput of 40 Gb/s (20 Gb/s Tx; 20Gb/s Rx) bidirectional throughputNote: Installation of Intel® PROSet is optional. Intel® PROSet software includes Intel® PROSet for Windows* Device Manager, Intel® PROSet Adapter Configuration Utility (Intel® PROSet ACU) , and Intel® PROSet for Windows PowerShell* software. For more information on Intel® PROSet, please review the “Microsoft* Windows* Driver and Software Installation and Configuration” section of the Intel® Ethernet Adapters and Devices User Guide.

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Entire Agreement. Except for any non-disclosure agreement between you and Intel, this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement, and supersedes all prior agreements, between Intel and You concerning its subject matter. Converging data and storage onto one fabric eliminates the need for multiple adapters, cables and switches Corrected Table 5 in the Server support section, System servers with Intel Xeon v4 and v5 processors The Intel X710 adapters are optimized for data center, cloud, and mobile applications and include the following features:

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NO WARRANTY. The Materials are provided “as is,” without any express or implied warranty of any kind including warranties of merchantability, non-infringement, title, or fitness for a particular purpose. The Materials may include pre-release software or algorithms and may not be fully functional. Intel is not required to maintain, update, or support the Materials. Low latency: Intel Ethernet Flow Director delivers hardware-based application steering and Intel Data Direct I/O makes the processor cache the primary destination and source of I/O data rather than main memory. Combined, latency is reduced and Intel reports a three-fold improvement in RPS. Part number 01DA900 is supported on the x3850 X6 and x3950 X6, however 81Y3520 is not supported on these servers SFP+ Modules (S26361-F3986-E3 / -L3) for MMF SR fiber optic or SFP+ Twinax cables (from switch vendors) can be plugged The host-based virtualization technologies supported by Intel VT include VMDq for Emulated Path: Adapter-based Queue sorting enabling efficient hypervisor-based switching