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Chris Hopkins – Product Marketing Engineer
Networking Division
Q4’15
Intel® Ethernet
Benefits of Moving to
the Next Generation

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• Ethernet Market Overview
• Evolution of the Network
• Moving to the next generation
• New technologies for virtualized networks
• Working Together for greater ROI
• Why Choose Intel® Ethernet Wrap up

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TRANSFORM THE NETWORKTRANSFORM THE NETWORK
4
Long Range Forecast For Ethernet
Intel Confidential
Source: Crehan Research, LRF , 2015

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TRANSFORM THE NETWORKTRANSFORM THE NETWORK
5
Thank You for Driving ND MSS!
(NIC, Mezzanine, & LOM)
Intel ConfidentialSource: Crehan Research, Q3'15

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Evolution of the Network

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Software Defined Infrastructure
Network Virtualization
Network Functions Virtualization
10/20/40+ Gb Ethernet
Unified Network
I/O Virtualization
10Gb Ethernet
Discrete Networks
Multi-port I/O
1Gb Ethernet
Discrete Data Center
Compute Storage Networking
ConsoleConsoleConsole
Manageability
Virtualized Data Center
Console
Console
Manageability
Console
Resource Pools
Cloud Data Center
Manageability
Console
…Evolution of the Network
Evolution of the Data Center…

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Intel® Ethernet Controller X710 &
XL710Family
Designed For the Datacenter of Tomorrow
Yesterday
Manual – Fixed – Hardware
Defined
Tomorrow
Automated – Flexible – Software Defined

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Intel® Xeon® processor
E5-2600 v3 Family
Intel® Data Directed I/O makes the
processor cache the primary destination and
source of I/O data rather than main memory
Intel® Ingredients for Workload Optimization
Storage
Intel® Solid State Drive
DC P3700 Family
PCI Express* brings extreme data throughput
directly to Intel® Xeon® processors
Intel® Ethernet Controller
XL710 Family
40GbE & 10GbE connectivity for
Enterprise, Cloud and Communications
Intel Ethernet Converged
Network Adapter
XL710 / X710 Family
Intel® QuickAssist
Technology
Offloads packet processing technology
thereby reserving processor cycles for
application and control processing
Intel® QuickAssist Adapter
8950-SCCP
Intel® Solid-State Drive
DC P3700 Series Family
Intel® Communications Chipset 89xx
Intel® C610 Series Chipset Chipset
Network
Acceleration
Software
Intel® Data Plane
Development Kit
Packet Processing Software create the
foundation for NFV / SDN, server
virtualization and vSwitch optimizations
Compute

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Intel® Ethernet Controller X710 Features
• Low power single chip design for PCI Express* 3.0
• Software configurable Ethernet Port Speed for up to 2x10GbE or up to 4x10GbE
• Interfaces for Converged Network Adapters, backplanes and LAN on MotherboardFlexibility
• Network virtualization Overlay stateless offloads for Geneve, VXLAN and NVGRE
• Intelligent load balance for high performance traffic flows of virtual machines
• Intelligent Offloads accelerate operating systems storage initiators to deliver high
performance for NAS (NFS, SMB), and SAN (iSCSI)
Acceleration
• Intel® Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) optimized for efficient packet
processing to support Network Function Virtualization (NFV)
• Intel® Ethernet Flow Director for hardware based application traffic steering
• Intel® Data Direct I/O (Intel® DDIO) makes the processor cache the primary
destination and source of I/O data rather than main memory
Better
Together

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HP Portfolio of Intel® X710/XL710 NDC’s and Adapters
Intel® Ethernet XL710 (*40GbE) Targeted for Gen9, in 2H’2016
Hanson FlatGarden Key Henry Key Igloo
20GbE 20GbE 10GbE 10GbE

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Benefits of Moving to the Next Generation
Feature X520 X710/XL710 Benefit
Port Count 2 ports 2x10, 2x20 ports Scalable 10GbE
Host Interface PCIe Gen2 x8 PCIe Gen3 x8 Allows up to 2x20 GbE
Virtual Embedded Switch Up to 23Gb Up to 50Gb Double bandwidth for VM to VM traffic
across PCIe bus
Host Virtualization 64 Virtual Station Interfaces 384 Virtual Station Interfaces Increased consolidation by support more
than double virtual machines
Network Virtualization RSS for VXLAN outer
header
Full VXLAN, NVGRE, Geneve and
NSH offload support
Virtualized Network traffic at linerate with
low CPU usage for ESXi, Linux, KVM and
Windows
Intel® Ethernet Flow
Director
TCP/IP or SCTP/IP only Up to 64 different packet types
(L2/IPV4/IPv6/TCP/UDP/SCTP)
Increase HW base traffic steering for cloud
based applications
Multi-Function Port SR-IOV only Flex10 and SR-IOV Physical partitioning and virtual partitioning
Flexible Logic Driver NVM updates Support new protocols like Geneve and
NSH

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Developing New Technologies
for the Virtualized Network

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Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)
Hypervisor
Virtual Switch
Physical
Hardware
Hypervisor
Virtual Switch
Physical
Hardware
Router VPN Firewall Load Balancer
Network Services
Switch
Current Model
• Services in dedicated hardware or physical boxes
that are Network Topology dependent
• Inflexible deployment model, requires changing
forwarding behavior NFV is about dynamic provisioning of services
• Virtualizing service functions on IA based servers in VMs
Today IT delivers a network service by utilizing ordered sets of cooperating network
applications known as Service Function Chain (SFC)
Intel Confidential

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Network Virtualization: Abstracts Physical Network
Server Virtualization Network Virtualization
Virtual Network 2
Hypervisor
Virtual Switch
Physical
Hardware
Physical IP Network
Virtual Network Abstraction using tunnel overlays e.g. VXLAN, Geneve and NVGRE
Open Virtual Switch
Open Virtual Switch
Open Virtual Switch
Open Virtual Switch
Network Virtualization Controller using VMware* NSX
Virtual Network 3Virtual Network 1

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Intel® Virtualization Technology
CPU utilization per core
Core 1 Core 2 Core 3 Core 4 Core5 Core N
CPU utilization per core
Core 1 Core 2 Core 3 Core 4 Core 5 Core N
VXLAN Network Virtualization Optimizations using Receive Side Scaling
VTEP / Virtual Switch
VTEP / Virtual Switch
Receive Side Scaling for VXLAN TrafficWithout Receive Side Scaling
Single
Rx Queue
Multiple
Rx Queues
Intel Confidential
Network Virtualization Offloads: RSS, VMDq, LSO, CRC

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Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation (Geneve)
R –
Reserved
Geneve Option: Type, Length, Value (TLV) Format
Outer
Ethernet Header
Outer IP
Header
Outer UDP
Header
Geneve Base
Header
Geneve
Options
Inner
Payload
Outer
CRC
Geneve Header:
Co-authored byVersion | Option Length | OAM | Critical Options | Reserved | Protocol Type
Virtual Network Identifier (VNI) | Reserved
Variable Length Options
Option Class | Option Type | R | R | R | Length
Variable Length Options
Geneve overview:
• Geneve is UDP encapsulation for overlays
• Unifies VXLAN, NVGRE, STT formats
• Extensible to support future control planes
• Options infrastructure to carry metadata/ context
for network virtualization & service chaining
• Options use TLV format for flexibility
Motivation for Geneve:
• Metadata (system state, service context)
Example usage for metadata
• Service Chaining: Sharing service context between
service functions e.g. FW, LB, DPI, NAT, VPN
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-gross-geneve/
Intel Confidential

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Working Together
for a Greater ROI

19. Network Platforms Group
Step Up Your Server Game
Intel® Solid-State Drives
DC S3700 Series
Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark* and MobileMark*, are measured using
specific computer systems, components, software, operations and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to
assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products.
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Intel® Xeon®
processor
E5-2697 v3
1Gb Ethernet
Server Adapter
Intel® Xeon®
processor
E5-2670 v2
67% more VMs
SAS 10K
Hard Drive
10Gb Intel® Ethernet
CNA Family
Intel®Xeon®E5-2699 V3
Intel®Xeon®E5-2670 V2

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Climb to 67% more virtual machines
for more performance—and GREATER ROI
Good
Windows Server* 2012
Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2670 v2
(running at optimal 57% utilization)
SAS hard disk drives
1GbE network connection
6,000
Microsoft
Exchange* users1
12
Microsoft
Exchange* VMs1
12
Database VMs1
Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark* and MobileMark*, are measured using
specific computer systems, components, software, operations and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to
assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products.
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21. Network Platforms Group
Better
Windows Server* 2012 R2
Intel® Xeon® processor
E5-2697 v3
SAS hard disk drives
1GbE network connection
17%
more Microsoft
Exchange* users1
(7,000)
14
Microsoft
Exchange* VMs1
14
Database VMs1
+
…Upgrade Compute Power
Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark* and MobileMark*, are measured using
specific computer systems, components, software, operations and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to
assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products.
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Best
Windows Server* 2012 R2
Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2697 v3
Intel® Solid-State Drives
DC S3700 Series
10Gb Intel® Ethernet
Converged Network Adapter
Family
+
67%
more Microsoft
Exchange* users1
(10,000)
20
Microsoft
Exchange* VMs1
20
Database VMs1
…Upgrade Disk I/O &
Upgrade Network I/O
Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark* and MobileMark*, are measured using
specific computer systems, components, software, operations and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to
assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products.
+
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Designed To Work Better
For HP Platforms

24. SKU: 71659-B21
SKU: 665249-B21 SKU: 727055-B21
Intel® Ethernet
• Uses existing, low-cost Cat 6/Cat/7 cables
• Cabling lengths from 1 m to 100 m
• Backwards compatible to1G network
infrastructures
• Allows for Auto negotiation between 1G to 10G:
“As-needed infrastructure upgrade”
• Pluggable solutions for Direct Attach (DA)
and LC Fiber Optic Cables ( SR / LR )
• SFP+ DA cables up to 7 m
• SR Fiber Optics up to 300 m
• LR Fiber Optics up to 10 km
• Cabling options include:
• Offers a low latency solution Suited
for high speed applications
Intel® Ethernet is validated and optimized on
Intel® Xeon® processors
Best choice for virtualized servers, providing
advanced features including Virtual Machine
Device Queues (VMDq) and Single Root I/O
Virtualization (SR-IOV) to deliver amazing
performance
Built to enable network virtualization and
network functions virtualization
Connecting Server, Storage, and Networking
10GBASE-T
Intel® Ethernet
10GbE SFP+
Intel® Ethernet – “It Just Works”
Why are customers upgrading from 1G to 10G Ethernet?
Server
Virtualization
Server
Performance
Simplified
Networking
Flash in the
Data Center
More virtual Machines
(VMs) are deployed
than
Physical servers
Many VMs now share
one Ethernet port
Even more powerful Intel®
Server processors support
more VMs and drive more
demanding requirements
on network I/O
More processor + more
VMs = Network
bottlenecks
10GbE enables running all
network storage and LAN
traffic over an Ethernet pipe
Simplified networking
Can lower total cost of
ownership (TCO)
Flash non-volatile
memory offers 2x the
read performance of
hard disk drives
(HDDs)
Old spinning HDDs are
often the critical bottleneck
in today’s data centers
Why choose Intel® 10G
Ethernet? Unparalleled supply line, customer support,
and warranty
Designed to support demanding workloads for
enterprise, cloud, and telecommunication service
providers and data centers.
Intel is the #1 Ethernet vendor- having shipped
over 1 billion Ethernet ports
10G Ethernet will be a required of the future
for SDI, Cloud, and Big Data
Component upgrades from Intel® - increase VM density and boost
performanceIntel®Xeon® processor E5-2699 v3
Intel® Solid-StateDrives
(SSD) DC S3700 Series
10Gb Intel® Ethernet
Converged Network Adapters
SAS Hard-Disk Drives
(HDDs) 1G Intel®Ethernet
1G Intel® Ethernet
SAS Hard-Disk Drives
(HDDs)
Best
Better
Good
10,000 Microsoft Exchange* Users
40 Total VMs supported
7,000 Microsoft Exchange* Users
28 Total VMs supported
6,000 Microsoft Exchange* Users
24 Total VMs supported
Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2699 v3
Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2670 v2

25. Intel technologies features and benefits depend on system configurations and may require enabled hardware,software or service activation. Performancevaries
Depending on system configuration, No computer system can be absolutely secure. Check with our system manufactureror retailer or learn more at www.intel.com.
© 2015 Intel® Corporation. All rights reserved 1115/CWH/TDA/PDF Updated December 2015
www.Intelethernet-HP.com
Coming Soon… 40GbE
Part Number 615729-B21
(Intel: Vaca Key)
(HP: Poynor)
665246-B21
(Intel: Duck Key)
(HP: Izzy)
655639-B21
(Intel: Racehorse Flat)
(HP: Impact)
727053-B21
(Intel: Henry Key)
(HP: Ink)
727052-B21
(Intel: Garden Key)
(HP: Imp)
665240-B21
(Intel: Oak Flat)
(HP: Ingram)
665243-B21
(Intel: Dutch Flat)
(HP: Ira)
716599-B21
(Intel: Dutch Flat SP)
(HP: Insider)
700699-B21
(Intel: Copper Flat)
(HP: Italy)
727054-B21
(Intel: Hanson Flat)
(HP: Indigo)
716591-B21
(Intel: Twin Pond)
(HP: Icefall)
665249-B21
(Intel: Spring Fountain)
(HP: Ian)
652497-B21
(Intel: Stony Lake)
(HP: Wharton)
I350T4V2
Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter
I350-T4
727055-B21
(Intel: Eagle Fountain DA2
(HP: Igloo)
Description HP NC366M Quad Port
Gigabit BL-c Adapter
HP 560M Dual Port 10
Gigabit BL-c Adapter
HP 560FLB Dual Port 10
Gigabit FlexLOM for
BladeSystems
HP M600M Dual Port 20
Gigabit Mezzanine
Adapter
HP 660FLB Dual Port 20
Gigabit FlexLOM for
BladeSystems
HP 366FLR Quad Port
Gigabit Adapter
HP 560 FLR Dual Port
Adapter SFP+ for Racks
HP P560 FLR Single Port
Adapter SFP+ for Racks
HP 561FLR-T Dual Port
Adapter 10GBASE-T
HP 562 FLR Dual Port
Adapter SFP+ for Racks
HP 561-T2 Dual Port
Adapter
10GBASE-T
HP 560SFP+ Dual Port
Adapter SFP+
HP 361T Dual Port
Gigabit Server Adapter
HP 366T Quad Port
Gigabit Server Adapter
HP 562 Dual Port
Adapter SFP+
Platform Gen 7, 8, 9 Gen 7, 8, 9 Gen 8, 9 Gen 9 Gen 9 Gen 8, 9 Gen 8, 9 Gen 8, 9 Gen 8, 9 Gen 9 Gen 8, 9 Gen 7, 8, 9 Gen 7, 8, 9 Gen 7, 8, 9 Gen 9
Availability Shipping Shipping Shipping Q1’16 “Coming Soon” Shipping Shipping Shipping Shipping “Coming Soon” Shipping Shipping Shipping Shipping “Coming Soon”
Speed 1GbE 10GbE /1GbE 10GbE /1GbE 20GbE 20GbE 1GbE 10GbE 10GbE 10GbE / 1GbE 10GbE 10GbE / 1GbE 10GbE 1GbE 1GbE 10GbE
Ports ,Media Quad Port, KX Dual Port,KR Dual Port,KR Dual Port,KR Dual Port,KR Quad Port, 1000BASE-T Dual Port, SFP+ Single Port, SFP+ Dual Port, 10GBASE-T Dual Port, SFP+ Dual Port, 10GBASE-T Dual Port,SFP+ Dual Port,
1000BASE-T
Quad Port, 1000BASE-T Dual Port,SFP+
Form Factor Mezzanine Card Mezzanine Card Flex-LOM Blades Mezzanine Card Flex-LOM Blade Flex-LOM R&T Flex-LOM R&T Flex-LOM R&T Flex-LOM R&T Flex-LOM R&T Server Adapter Server Adapter Server Adapter Server Adapter PCIe Server Adapter
Controller Intel® Ethernet
Controller I350
Intel® Ethernet
Controller X520
Intel® Ethernet
Controller X520
Intel® Ethernet
Controller XL710
Intel® Ethernet
Controller XL710
Intel® Ethernet
Controller I350
Intel® Ethernet
Controller X520
Intel® Ethernet
Controller X520
Intel® Ethernet
Controller X540
Intel® Ethernet
Controller X710
Intel® Ethernet
Controller X540
Intel® Ethernet
Controller X520
Intel® Ethernet
Controller I350
Intel® Ethernet
Controller I350
Intel® Ethernet
Controller X710
Rack FlexLOM AdaptersBlade Adapters Rack PCIe Adapters
“Coming Soon”

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Designed To Work Better for HP Platforms
 Broad offering of FlexLOM, Adapters and Mezz Cards with
Flex10Flexibility
 Network virtualization Overlay stateless offloads
Acceleration
 DPDK optimized for Network Function Virtualization
(NFV)
 Intel® Ethernet Flow Director for hardware based
application traffic steering
Better
Together

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Intel® Ethernet Controller XL710 Family (Fortville) Assets Asset Type
Platform Overview Animation
Platform Performance Animation
XL710 Launch Executive Video
XL710 Technical Video
Flow Director Technical Video
XL710 Technical Chit Chat Pod Cast
Network Virtualization IDF Technical
Session Presentation
XL710 Product Page
XL710 Adapter Product Page
Adapter Selector Guide
Controller Selector Guie
Product detail, ordering tool
XL710 Product Brief
XL710 Adapater Product Brief
XL710 Datasheet
Geneve Blog
Xeon E5v3 Launch Site

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31. 31
TRANSFORMING NETWORKING & STORAGE
Rack FlexLOM AdaptersBlade Adapters
Photo
Coming
Soon
Rack PCIe Adapters
HP Ethernet Networking Solutions
Powered by Intel® Ethernet Technology
Part
Number
615729-B21
(Intel: Vaca Key)
(HP: Poynor)
665246-B21
(Intel: Duck Key)
(HP: Izzy)
655639-B21
(Intel: Racehorse Flat)
(HP: Impact)
727053-B21
(Intel: Henry Key)
(HP: Ink)
727052-B21
(Intel: Garden Key)
(HP: Imp)
665240-B21
(Intel: Oak Flat)
(HP: Ingram)
665243-B21
(Intel: Dutch Flat)
(HP: Ira)
716599-B21
(Intel: Dutch Flat SP)
(HP: Insider)
700699-B21
(Intel: Copper Flat)
(HP: Italy)
727054-B21
(Intel: Hanson Flat)
(HP: Indigo)
716591-B21
(Intel: Twin Pond)
(HP: Icefall)
665249-B21
(Intel: Spring Fountain)
(HP: Ian)
652497-B21
(Intel: Stony Lake)
(HP: Wharton)
I350T4V2
Intel® Ethernet Server
Adapter I350-T4
727055-B21
(Intel: Eagle Fountain DA2
(HP: Igloo)
BL460c      N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
DL60 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A          
DL80 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A          
DL120 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A          
DL160 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A          
DL180 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A          
DL360 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A          
DL380 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A          

32. Network Platforms Group
Component Upgrades From Intel
Increase VM Density And Boost Performance
Scenario Base CPU + OS + SSDs +10GbE + SSDs +10GbE
Number of VMs 24 28 28 28 40
CPU Usage 57.0% 34.7% 37.3% 36.9% 50.5%
Network Usage 906.3 Mb/s 880.1 Mb/s 915.5 Mb/s 1,027.8 Mb/s 1,728.4 Mb/s
Total OPM (Orders per Minute) 331,987 360,848 381,943 381,663 532,637
OPM / VM 27,666 25,775 27,282 27,262 26,632
Exchange Latency 13.3 ms 20.9 ms 19.2 ms 12.8 ms 7.1 ms
1 http://www.principledtechnologies.com/Intel/R730_step-up_0415.pdf
Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark* and MobileMark*, are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations and functions. Any
change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products.
Limited Performance Increase
Bottle Neck Limits Performance
Better Together
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33. Network Platforms Group
Matching Up The Right Technologies
9 Min 10 Sec
36 Sec
Time to Load
* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.
Intel® SSD
DC P3700 Series
PCI Express* Interface
Intel® Ethernet CNA
X710-DA2
Intel® Ethernet CNA
XL710-QDA2
100GB file calculated time to load and transfer times
1 Min 22 Sec
22 Sec
14 Min 40 sec
Transfer Times
40GbE
10GbE
1GbE
Storage Network
15K SAS
Hard Disk Drive
Solid State Drive
NVMe Flash Memory
Spinning Disk
Serial Attached SCSI
Intel® Server Adapter
I350-T2
Source as of Aug 2014: Based on Intel SSD product data sheet Sequential Read and transfer time calculations of a 100GB file over the given Ethernet speed
3 Min 03 Sec
Solid State Drive
NAND Flash Memory
Intel® SSD
DC S3710 Series
SATA Interface
GoodBetterBest
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34. Network Platforms Group
Benefits
34
Intel® Ethernet Controller and CNA X710 Family
Abstract the network for cloud flexibility with performant network overlays
Features
Intel® Ethernet
CNA X710
Intel® Ethernet
Controller X710
Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter (CNA) X710
Broad Offering of Physical Interfaces
Server I/O Virtualization assistants and by-pass
Network Virtualization Overlay Accelerators and Offloads
Advanced Hardware Traffic Steering
Brings 10 Gigabit Ethernet to the broad market with reduced power,
performance improvements and deployment flexibility
Interfaces for Converged Network Adapters, backplanes and LAN on
Motherboard (LOM)

35. Network Platforms Group
Benefits
35
Intel® Ethernet Controller and CNA X540 Family
Industry first 10GBASE-T single chip solution with integrated MAC + PHY
Features
Intel® Ethernet
CNA X540
Intel® Ethernet
Controller X540
Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter (CNA) X540
Low cost, low power, 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) performance
Backward compatible with existing 1000BASE-T networks
Optimized for server virtualization
Unified networking delivering LAN, iSCSI, and FCoE
Brings 10 Gigabit Ethernet to the broad market with reduced power,
performance improvements and deployment flexibility
Simplifies the transition to 10GbE through Backward Compatibility with existing
1GbE networks

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Benefits
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Intel® Ethernet CNA X520 Family
The Industry Standard for 10GbE Server Connectivity
Features
Intel® Ethernet
CNA X520
Intel® 82599
10 Gigabit Ethernet
Controller
Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter (CNA) X520
Intel® Ethernet CNAs are the industry’s top-selling 10GbE adapters
Low cost, low power, 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) performance
Optimized for server virtualization
Unified networking delivering LAN, iSCSI, and FCoE
10Gb Ethernet Blade, Direct Attach or Fiber Optic Connectivity
High-volume stable architecture with broad operating system support
Available as CNAs, LOM, and custom mezzanine adapters from most OEMs

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Intel® processors, SSDs, and server adapters are designed and
built to work together seamlessly. Reduce the time you spend
configuring, testing, and tuning your server components. Easily
integrate new systems with existing hardware. By selecting data
center solutions with Intel technologies inside, you can optimize
performance and maximize the value of your refresh.
Learn More
For the full report from Principled Technologies, visit:
www.principledtechnologies.com/Intel/R730_stepup_0415.pdf
Learn more about the Intel technologies that can help you maximize the value of your refresh:
Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3 product family
www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/xeon/xeon-processor-e5-family.html
Intel Solid-State Drives (SSDs) Data Center S3700 Series
www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/solid-state-drives/solid-state-drives-ssd.html
Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X520 product family
www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/network-adapters/converged-network-adapters.html
Maximize the Benefits of a Hardware Refresh with
Upgraded Intel® Technologies