Intel XXV710-DA2 - Network Adapter - PCIe 3.0 X8 Low Profile - 25 Gigabit SFP28 X 2 - For P/N: HX240C-M5SD-BR, HX240C-M5SX-BR, HXAF220C-M5SX-BR, HXAF240C-M5SD-BR, HXAF-E-220M5SX-BR - HX-PCIE-ID25GF=

• Flexible and scalable I/O for virtualized infrastructures
  Intel Virtualization Technology (Intel VT) delivers outstanding I/O performance in virtualized server environments. I/O bottlenecks are reduced through intelligent offloads, such as Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq) and Flexible Port Partitioning, using SR-IOV for networking traffic per Virtual Machine (VM), enabling near-native performance and VM scalability.
• Enhanced Network Virtualization Overlays (NVO)
  Network virtualization has changed the way networking is done in the data center, delivering accelerations across a wide range of tunneling methods.
• Greater intelligence and performance for NFV
  A combination of hardware and software acceleration features, such as Application Device Queues (ADq) and Dynamic Device Personalization (DDP), enable customizable packet filtering. The acceleration features, along with enhanced Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK), support advanced packet forwarding and high efficient packet processing for both cloud and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) workloads.
• Advanced traffic steering
  Intel Ethernet Flow Director (Intel Ethernet FD) is an advanced traffic steering capability built into the adapter. It consists of a large number of flow affinity filters that direct receive packets by their flows to queues for classification, load balancing, and matching between flows and CPU cores.

The Intel Ethernet Adapter XXV710 delivers excellent performance for 25GbE connectivity that is backwards compatible to 1/10GbE, making migration to higher speeds easier. It's a 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.