Intel continues its legacy of Ethernet leadership by introducing a 10/40 gigabit family of adapters powered by, the Intel Ethernet XL710 Controller, codenamed Fortville.
The XL710 adapter family addresses the demanding needs of the next-generation agile data center by providing unmatched features for both server and network virtualization, flexibility for LAN and SAN networks, and proven, reliable performance.
Optimized performance vectors (and key uses) include:
- Small Packet Performance: Maintains 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)