1. FebSmart X710-DA2 is a PCIE 3.0 standard PCIE X8 interface to 2X 10GbE SFP+ Fiber port converged ethernet adapter. It is based on Intel Dual Port 10GbE Ethernet Controller X710-BM2, will provide reliable and unified 2X 10Gbps LAN and SAN networks. It is the foundation for server connectivity, providing broad interoperability, critical performance optimizations, and increased agility for Communications, Cloud, and Enterprise IT network solutions.
2. Major Controller: Intel Dual Port 10GbE Ethernet Controller X710-BM2; Network Interface: 2X 10GbE SFP+ Fiber Port, 10GBASE-SR, 10GBASE-LR and SFP+ Direct Attach Copper (DAC) Physical Media(10m); Network Type: LAN, SAN; Host Interface: PCIE 3.0 Protocol with PCIE X8 Interface, 64Gbps Total Bandwidth; Optical Transceiver Attached Speed: 10GbE, 1GbE; Direct Attached Cable Speed: 10GbE.
3. Support IEEE 802.3, IEEE 1588 and IEEE 802.1AS; Support Intel Ethernet Flow Director; Support MSI-X and Multiple Queues. Supports TX/RX IP, SCTP, TCP and UDP Checksum Offloading (IPV4, IPV6). Support Intel Virtualization Technology for Connectivity (VT-c): VMDq, PCI-SIG SR-IOV; Support Pre-boot Execution Environment (PXE). Support Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI). Support Storage Over Ethernet: iSCSI, NFS.
4. Need to Install driver on Windows 7, 8.x, 10, 11 32/64bit, Driver Free on Windows Server 2012, 2012R2, 2016, 2019, 2022. Linux need to install I40E driver. Support RHEL 9.3-9.4, 8.9-8.10, RHEL 9.0 - 9.2, 8.0 - 8.8, SLES 15 SP5, SLES 15 SP4 and previous, SLES 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP4 and previous; Support Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Debian 11; Support FreeBSD 14.0~13.3, 13.1 - 13.2, 12.0 - 12.3; Support VMWare ESXI systems.
5. ATTENTION: 1. PCIE X8 interface design, works on PCIE X8, X16 slot with active and open PCIE X8 or PCIE X16 Lane, or the X710-DA2 cannot get expected 2X 10Gbps. 2. Low profile bracket in the package and full height bracket mounted on this network adapter. 3. X710-DA2 MUST works with 10GBASE-SR, 10GBASE-LR Transceivers or SFP+ Copper Direct Attach (DAC) Cables, users need to purchase fiber module or LC cables separately.