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Abstract
The ThinkSystem Intel XXV710-DA2 10/25GbE SFP28 2-Port PCIe Ethernet Adapter is a flexible follow-on to the X710 10Gb adapters and is best suited for existing 10Gb customers where they need to maintain 10Gb network support plus provide the investment protection of supporting 25GbE network speeds. By providing unmatched features for server and network virtualization, small packet performance, and low power; the data center network is flexible, scalable, and resilient.
This product guide provides essential presales information to understand the XXV710 adapter and its key features, specifications and compatibility. This guide is intended for technical specialists, sales specialists, sales engineers, IT architects, and other IT professionals who want to learn more about XXV710 and consider its use in IT solutions.
Change History
Changes in the October 31, 2023 update:
- Added the following transceiver - Supported transceivers and cables section:
- ThinkSystem Finisar Dual Rate 10G/25G SR SFP28 Transceiver, 4TC7A88638
Introduction
The ThinkSystem Intel XXV710-DA2 10/25GbE SFP28 2-Port PCIe Ethernet Adapter is a flexible follow-on to the X710 10Gb adapters and is best suited for existing 10Gb customers where they need to maintain 10Gb network support plus provide the investment protection of supporting 25GbE network speeds. By providing unmatched features for server and network virtualization, small packet performance, and low power; the data center network is flexible, scalable, and resilient.
The following figure shows the ThinkSystem Intel XXV710-DA2 10/25GbE SFP28 2-Port PCIe Ethernet Adapter.
Figure 1. ThinkSystem Intel XXV710-DA2 10/25GbE SFP28 2-Port PCIe Ethernet Adapter
Did you know?
The Intel XXV710 adapter offers excellent small packet performance, and offers virtualization features with support for GENEVE, VXLAN, NVGRE offloads, DPDK, SR-IOV, and VMDq protocols.
Part number information
The following table provides the ordering part numbers and feature codes for the Intel XXV710 adapters.
| Part number | Feature code | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 7XC7A05523 | B0WY | ThinkSystem Intel XXV710-DA2 10/25GbE SFP28 2-Port PCIe Ethernet Adapter |
The ThinkSystem and System x adapter option part numbers includes the following items:
- One Intel Ethernet adapter
- Full-height (3U) bracket attached with low-profile (2U) bracket included in the box
- Documentation
Note: The adapters ship without any SFP28 transceivers or direct attach cables. These items must be ordered separately as listed in the following section.
Supported transceivers and cables
The Intel XXV710 adapters have empty SFP28 cages for connectivity. The adapter either supports connections to a 10 Gb or 25 Gb switch or can share a connection to a 100 Gb switch using a 4:1 breakout cable.
The following table lists the supported transceivers.
25Gb transceivers: When installed in the Intel XXV710 Ethernet adapter, the supported 25Gb transceiver will currently only operate at 25Gb/s speeds.
The following table lists the supported fiber optic cables and Active Optical Cables.
The following table lists the supported direct-attach copper (DAC) cables.
Features
The Intel XXV710 adapter is optimized for data center, cloud, and mobile applications and include the following features:
- Compliance with the IEEE 802.3by and 25GEthernet.org 25 GbE specifications
- VXLAN, NVGRE and GENEVE Hardware Offloads: These stateless offloads preserve application performance for overlay networks. With these offloads, it is possible to distribute network traffic across CPU cores. At the same time, X710 offloads LSO, GSO, and checksum from the host software, which reduces CPU overhead.
- Mobile and cloud application acceleration: Intel’s Data Plan Development Kit (DPDK) delivers an open driver where users can fine-tune small packet performance.
- Low latency: Intel Ethernet Flow Director delivers hardware-based application steering and Intel Data Direct I/O makes the processor cache the primary destination and source of I/O data rather than main memory. Combined, latency is reduced and Intel reports a three-fold improvement in RPS.
- Virtualization performance: With Intel Virtualization Technology (VT), the X710 family of adapters delivers outstanding I/O performance in virtualized server environments. These adapters reduce I/O bottlenecks by providing intelligent offloads for networking traffic per virtual machine (VM), which enables near-line rate speeds for small packets and supports almost an unlimited amount of isolated traffic flows so that you can scale your cloud environment.
- Next-generation VMDq: The X710 adapters support up to 256 VMDq VMs and offer enhanced Quality of Service (QoS) feature by providing weighted round-robin servicing for the Tx data. The adapters offload the data-sorting functionality from the hypervisor to the network silicon, which improves data throughput and CPU usage.
- PCI-SIG SR-IOV implementation: Provides an implementation of the PCI-SIG standard for I/O Virtualization. The physical configuration of each port is divided into multiple virtual ports. Each virtual port is assigned to an individual VM directly by bypassing the virtual switch in the Hypervisor, which results in near-native performance.
- VM load balancing: Provides traffic load balancing (Tx and Rx) across VMs that are bound to the team interface. It also provides fault tolerance if a switch, port, cable, or adapter fails.
Specifications
The Intel XXV710 adapter has the following specifications:
- Empty SFP28 cages for supported transceivers or DAC cables
- Host interface:
- PCI Express 3.0; x8
- PCI Power Management/ACPI Extensions
- MSI-X Support
- Energy Efficient Ethernet
- 1,536 Tx and Rx queues
- Virtualization features:
- Microsoft Network Virtualization that uses Generic Routing Encapsulation (NVGRE)
- VMware Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN)
- GENEVE support
- VMDq for intelligent offloads
- SR-IOV direct assignment support
- Virtual Bridging Support: VEPA/802.1Qbg, BPE/802.1Qbh
- Virtual Functions: Up to 128 per device (SR-IOV)
- Hardware Queue Pairs: Up to 1.5K
- Management features:
- Advanced filtering capabilities (IPv4, IPv6)
- SNMP
- RMON statistic counters
- Additional features:
- Jumbo Frame Support: 9728 bytes
- VLAN support
- Flow Control
- IEEE 1588 Time Synchronization Support (802.1as)
- TCP/IP Layer 2 features:
- Receive Side Scaling (RSS)
- Large Send Offload (LSO)
- TCP/UDP/IP/SCTP Checksum Offload
- IPv4, IPv6
- Supports iSCSI as an iSCSI software initiator
- IEEE 802.1Q VLAN support with VLAN tag insertion, with stripping and packet filtering for up to 4096 VLAN tags.
- IEEE 802.3x flow control support.
- IEEE 802.1p Class of Service (CoS)/QoS.
- Support for Advanced Packet Filtering.
- Teaming support:
- Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT)
- Switch Fault Tolerance (SFT)
- Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB)
- VM Load Balancing (VMLB)
- IEEE 802.3ad (link aggregation control protocol)
- Intel PROSet Utility for easy configuration and management.
- UEFI and legacy PXE boot
- Compliant with the European Union RoHS directive 2011/65/EU to reduce the use of hazardous materials.
Standards supported
The Intel XXV710 support the following IEEE standards:
- IEEE 802.3by 25 Gb/s Ethernet Standard
- IEEE 802.3ae 10GBASE-SR short range fiber optics 10 Gb Ethernet
- IEEE 802.1p CoS traffic prioritization
- IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging
- IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol
- IEEE 802.3x Full-duplex flow control
- IEEE 802.3bd priority-based flow control
- IEEE 1588, IEEE 802.1AS time sync
- IEEE 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet
Server support
The following tables list the ThinkSystem servers that are compatible.
Operating system support
The following table lists the supported operating systems for the adapter.
Tip: This table is automatically generated based on data from Lenovo ServerProven.
1 The maximum quantity of Intel X710-DA2 plus XXV710-DA2 adapters supported is 5. Detail information please refer to Support Tip HT508158
Physical specifications
The Intel XXV710-DA2 adapter has the following dimensions:
- Length: 168 mm (6.6 in.)
- Width: 69 mm (2.7 in.)
- Height: 15 mm (0.6 in.)
Operating environment
The XXV710 adapters are supported in the following environment:
- Operating temperature: 0 to 55 °C (32 to 131 °F)
- Storage temperature: -20 to 65 °C (-4 to 149 °F)
- Shipping conditions: -20 to 70 °C (-4 to 158 °F)
- Air flow requirement (LFM)
- 25G optics: 200 LFM
- Direct-attach 25G cables: 100 LFM
- Wet bulb (max): 27 °C
- Relative humidity (non-operating): 10% to 90%
- Maximum dew Point (operating): 21 °C
- Maximum operating altitude: 7,000 feet or 2,134 meters
- Vibration and shock with 25-GS0009 standard
- Electrostatic/electromagnetic susceptibility with 25-GS0009 standard
Warranty
One-year limited warranty. When installed in a supported server, these adapters assume the server’s base warranty and any warranty upgrade.
Agency approvals
The adapter conforms to the following standards:
- EN55032
- EN55024
- EN 61000-3-2
- EN 61000-3-3
- ICES-003, Issue-004
- FCC 47 CFR Part 15 Class A
- Japan VCCI
- AS/NZS CISPR 22 / C-tick
- RRL for KC
- BSMI
- UL 94 V-1
Top-of-rack Ethernet switches
The following table lists the 10 Gb, 25 Gb and 100 Gb Ethernet LAN switches that are offered by Lenovo.
For more information, see the list of Product Guides in the following switch categories:
- 10 Gb Ethernet switches: http://lenovopress.com/networking/tor/10gb?rt=product-guide
- 25 Gb Ethernet switches: http://lenovopress.com/networking/tor/25gb?rt=product-guide
- 100 Gb Ethernet switches: https://lenovopress.com/networking/tor/100Gb?rt=product-guide
Related publications
For more information, see the following resources:
- Networking Options for ThinkSystem Servers
https://lenovopress.com/lp0765-networking-options-for-thinksystem-servers - Intel Product Brief
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ethernet-products/network-adapters/ethernet-xxv710-brief.html - Lenovo ServerProven compatibility information
http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/serverproven - Support page for the adapter:
https://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/search?query=7XC7A05523
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Full Change History
Changes in the October 31, 2023 update:
- Added the following transceiver - Supported transceivers and cables section:
- ThinkSystem Finisar Dual Rate 10G/25G SR SFP28 Transceiver, 4TC7A88638
Changes in the September 17, 2023 update:
- Withdrawn cables are now hidden; click Show Withdrawn Products to view them - Supported transceivers and cables section
Changes in the November 8, 2022 update:
- Added the following breakout cables - Supported transceivers and cables section:
- Lenovo 1.5m 100G to 4x25G Breakout SFP28 Breakout DAC Cable, 4Z57A85043
- Lenovo 2m 100G to 4x25G Breakout SFP28 Breakout DAC Cable, 4Z57A85044
Changes in the December 14, 2021 update:
- Added support for the following transceivers - Supported transceivers and cables section:
- ThinkSystem Accelink 10G SR SFP+ Ethernet transceiver, 4TC7A78615
- Lenovo 25Gb SR SFP28 Ethernet Transceiver, 4M27A67041
Changes in the October 21, 2021 update:
- Correction: 25GbE transceivers, when installed in this adapter, will only operate at 25 Gb/s - Supported transceivers and cables section
Changes in the October 20, 2021 update:
- Added a note that the 25GbE transceivers can operate at 25 Gb/s or 10 Gb/s speeds when installed in a 25GbE adapter - Supported transceivers and cables section
Changes in the February 27, 2021 update:
- The server support tables are now automatically updated - Server support section
Changes in the October 13, 2020 update:
- Added the SR850 V2 and SR860 V2 servers - Server support section (no support)
Changes in the September 15, 2020 update:
- The adapter supports the GENEVE hardware offload - Features section
Changes in the January 7, 2020 update:
- Added SR850P to the server support table - Server support section
Changes in the September 8, 2019 update:
- Added SE350, SR635 and SR655 to the server table - Server support section
Changes in the March 11, 2019 update:
- Operating system support information is now listed as a set of tables which are automatically generated from ServerProven data - Operating system support section
Changes in the December 10, 2018 update:
- Added SFP+ 10Gb Active Optical Cables to Table 3 in the Supported transceivers and cables section
Changes in the November 5, 2018 update:
- Added new servers: ThinkSystem ST50, ST250, SR150 and SR250
Changes in the September 7, 2018 update:
- New product name:
- Was ThinkSystem Intel XXV710-DA2 PCIe 25Gb 2-Port SFP28 Ethernet Adapter
- Now ThinkSystem Intel XXV710-DA2 10/25GbE SFP28 2-Port PCIe Ethernet Adapter
- Updated the tables of supported transceivers and cables
- Updated the list of supported operating systems
- Updated the table of supported servers
Changes in the February 27, 2018 update:
- The adapter is supported in additional servers - Server support section:
- ThinkSystem SR850 (7X18 / 7X19)
- ThinkSystem SR860 (7X69 / 7X70)
- ThinkSystem SR950 (7X11 / 7X12 / 7X13)
- ThinkSystem SD530 (7X21)
First published: 21 November 2017
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