The Intel® Ethernet 700 Series Network Adapters. These adapters are the foundation for server connectivity, providing broad interoperability, critical
performance optimizations, and increased agility for Communications, Cloud, and Enterprise IT network solutions.

• Interoperability – Multiple speeds and media types for broad compatibility backed by extensive testing and validation.
• Optimization – Intelligent offloads and accelerators to unlock network performance in servers with Intel® Xeon® processors.
• Agility – Both Kernel and Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) drivers for scalable packet processing.

• Intel® Ethernet 700 Series delivers networking performance across a wide range of network port speeds through intelligent offloads, sophisticated packet processing, and quality open source drivers.

  • PCI Express* (PCIe) v3.0, x8
  • Network Virtualization offloads including VXLAN, GENEVE, NVGRE, MPLS, and VXLAN-GPE with Network Service Headers (NSH)
  • Intel® Ethernet Flow Director for hardware based application traffic steering
  • Dynamic Device Personalization (DDP) enables increased packet processing efficiency for NFV and Cloud deployments
  • Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) optimized for efficient packet processing
  • Excellent small packet performance for network appliances and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)
  • Intelligent offloads to enable high performance on servers with Intel® Xeon® processors
  • I O virtualization innovations for maximum performance in a virtualized server