Introduction

iWARP/RDMA
iWARP delivers converged, low-latency fabric services to data centers through Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) over Ethernet. The key iWARP components that deliver low-latency are Kernel Bypass, Direct Data Placement, and Transport Acceleration.

Intel® Data Direct I/O Technology
Intel® Data Direct I/O Technology is a platform technology that improves I/O data processing efficiency for data delivery and data consumption from I/O devices. With Intel DDIO, Intel® Server Adapters and controllers talk directly to the processor cache without a detour via system memory, reducing latency, increasing system I/O bandwidth, and reducing power consumption.

PCI-SIG* SR-IOV Capable
Single-Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) involves natively (directly) sharing a single I/O resource between multiple virtual machines. SR-IOV provides a mechanism by which a Single Root Function (for example a single Ethernet Port) can appear to be multiple separate physical devices.

Flexible Port Partitioning
Flexible Port Partitioning (FPP) technology utilizes industry standard PCI SIG SR-IOV to efficiently divide your physical Ethernet device into multiple virtual devices, providing Quality of Service by ensuring each process is assigned to a Virtual Function and is provided a fair share of the bandwidth.

Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq)
Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq) is a technology designed to offload some of the switching done in the VMM (Virtual Machine Monitor) to networking hardware specifically designed for this function. VMDq drastically reduces overhead associated with I/O switching in the VMM which greatly improves throughput and overall system performance

Ports & interfaces

Host interface

PCI Express

Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports

2

PCI version

3.0

Network

Maximum operating distance

100 m

LAN controller

Intel X710-AT2

Design

Internal

Y

System requirements

Compatible operating systems

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000025890/network-and-i-o/ethernet-products.html

Other features

Cable type

RJ45 Category 6, Category 6A, Category 5e up to 100m

Target market

Artificial Intelligence, High Performance Computing

Intel Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq)

Y

PCI-SIG* SR-IOV Capable

Y

On-chip QoS and Traffic Management

Y

Intel Flexible Port Partitioning

Y

Speed & slot width

8.0 GT/s, x8 Lane

Intelligent Offloads

Y

iWARP/RDMA

N

Intel Data Direct I/O Technology

Y

Intel Virtualization Technology for Connectivity (VT-c)

Y

Product brief URL

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/docs/network-io/ethernet/network-adapters/ethernet-adapter-x710-t2l-t4l-brief.html

Product type

Network Interface Card

Status

Launched

Processor family

700 Network Adapters (up to 40GbE)-700 Network Adapters (up to 40GbE)

Harmonized System (HS) code

8517620090

Export Control Classification Number (ECCN)

5A991

Commodity Classification Automated Tracking System (CCATS)

NA

Controller type

Intel® Ethernet Controller X710-AT2

Cabling type

RJ45 Category 6, Category 6A, Category 5e up to 100m

Bracket height

Low-Profile (LP) / Full-Height (FH)

Interface type

PCIe v3.0 (8.0GT/s)

Storage Over Ethernet

iSCSI, NFS

Launch date

Q3'19

Network interface card cable medium

Copper

Network interface card type

Server

Product series

700 Series Network Adapters (up to 40GbE)