PCIe x8 Intel X710 Quad-Port 10G SFP+ Converged adapter for 710 series to implement PCIe v3.0 x8 host interface, it operates at up to 8GT/S or 64Gb/s. It provides full functionality to support four 10Gb/s ports, and the device performs all the functions required for transmission and reception as specified in the IEEE standard. By delivering unmatched features for server and network virtualization, small packet performance, and low power consumption; data centers are flexible, scalable, and resilient.

• PCI-Express Host Interface Specification v3.0 x8 and later
• Supports Section 5 of the PCI Bus Power Management Specification and the PCI Express Base Specification
• PCI-Express lanes: x8
• Quad Port 10GbE Adapter
• Network virtualization offload, including VXLAN, NVGRE, Geneve, and network service headers
• Ethernet traffic director for hardware-based application flow control
• High-performance intelligent offloading with Intel Xeon processor-based servers
• Packet Checksum Offload: Calculates IP, UDP, TCP, and streaming protocol checksums to insert Integrity checks on transmitted and received packets, including support for UDP and TCP checksums
• in IPv4 and IPv6 datagrams
• I/O virtualization innovations enable the highest performance in virtualized servers
• Supports optional end-to-end CRC generation and checking
• Supports up to 1024 LAN queue sets (768 typically available)
• Supports up to 384 VSIs, each with an equal distribution of two TCs
• Supports up to 16 VEB/VEPA switch assemblies
• Support network standards: IEE802.3 10GBASE-SR, 10GBASE-LR, 10GBASE-CR
• IEEE802.3x flow control support
• IEEE802.3Q VLAN support with VLAN tag insertion, stripping, and packet filtering of up to 4096 VLAN tags.
• Jumbo frames support 9728 bytes