Main Specifications
Device Type	Intel X710 10GbE controller
Form Factor	Card PCB dimensions: 13.19cm x 5.51cm (5.19in x 2.71in)
	Height of end brackets: standard – 12cm (4.725in), low-profile – 7.94cm (3.13in)
Interface (Bus) Type	PCI Express 3.0 x8 (8GT/s)
Weight	184.5g (0.4068lb)
Networking
Connectivity Technology	Wired
Features	Intel Flow Director
	MSI-X support
	Multiple queues: 1,536 Tx and Rx queues per port
	Tx/Rx IP, SCTP, TCP, and UDP checksum offloading (IPv4, IPv6) capabilities
Management Features	Controller asset tags such as part number, revision, serial number, and MAC addresses
	Controller thermal sensor
	NC-SI
Port Quantity	Dual SFP+ connectors - 10Gb/s per port
Virtualization Features	Next-Generation VMDq with up to 256 VMDq VMs supported
	SR-IOV with up to 128 virtual ports
	Virtual Machine Load Balancing (VMLB)
	Advanced Packet Filtering
	VXLAN and NVGRE support
Power
Comsumtion Operational	Typical: 5.63W
Environmental Parameters
Operating Temperature	Operating temperature: 0°C to 55°C (32°F to 131°F)
	Storage temperature: -40°C to 70°C (-40°F to 158°F)
	Storage humidity: 90% non-condensing relative humidity at 35°C
Software / System Requirements
OS Supports	Windows Server 2012 R2, 2012 R2 Core, 2012, 2012 Core, 2008 R2, 2008 R2 Core
	Linux Stable Kernel version 2.6.32/3x, RHEL 6.5 and RHEL 7.0, SLES 11 SP3 and SLES 12
	FreeBSD 9, 10
	UEFI 2.1, 2.3
	VMware ESXi 5.1 (Limited Functionality), ESXi 5.5
Miscellaneous
Cables Required	SFP+ direct attach twinax copper cables up to 7m
	Fiber-optic cables (with required optional transceivers)
Designed For	Supermicro motherboards with minimum PCI-E x8 expansion slot
	Supermicro server systems with low-profile or full-height PCI-E x8 expansion slot
	NC-SI feature is only supported by Supermicro motherboards with corresponding NC-SI connectors
ROHS	RoHS compliant 6/6