Intel continues its legacy of Ethernet leadership by introducing a 10/40 gigabit family of adapters powered by the Intel Ethernet X710 Controller code-named Fortville.The X710 adapter family addresses the demanding needs of the next- generation agile data center by providing unmatched features for both server and network virtualization, fexibility for LAN and SAN networks and proven, reliable performance.

Leading 10/40 GbE Performance
The X710 adapter family delivers superior performance with a theoretical throughput of 80 Gb/s (40 Gb/s Tx; 40 Gb/s Rx) bidirectional throughput (quad-port adapter required), in a PCI Express v3.0 x8 slot. Optimized performance vectors and key uses include:

• Small Packet Performance: Achieves wire-rate throughput on smaller payload sizes (>128 Bytes for 40 GbE and >64 Bytes for 10 GbE
  
• Bulk Transfer Performance: Delivers line-rate performance with low CPU usage for large application buffers
  
• Virtualized Performance: Alleviates hypervisor I/O bottlenecks by providing flow separation for Virtual Machines (VMs)
  
• Network Virtualization: Network virtualization overlay offloads including Geneve, VXLAN, and NVGRE
  
• Storage Performance: Enables competitive performance with native OS drivers and intelligent offload for NAS (NFS, SMB), and SAN (iSCSI and FCoE