The Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter XL710 offers single port 40GbE, and is backwards compatible to 10GbE.

The Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter XL710 is part of 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 Telecommunications, 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.
Built on more than 35 years of continuous Ethernet innovations, the Intel' Ethernet 700 Series delivers networking performance across a wide range of network port speeds through intelligent

• Supports 2x10GbE or Ix40GbE configurations.
• PCI Express (PCIe).
• Exceptional low power adapters.
• 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.
• 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.