Overview
The Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter XXV710 delivers excellent performance for 25GbE connectivity that is backwards compatible to 1/10GbE, making migration to higher speeds easier.

The Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter XXV710 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 Communications, 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.

Intel® Ethernet 700 Series delivers networking performance across a wide range of network port speeds through intelligent offloads, sophisticated packet processing, and quality open source drivers.

• Adaptive link establishment enables increased interoperability with other 25GbE capable switches and host controllers
• I/O virtualization innovations for maximum performance in a virtualized server
• Intelligent offloads to enable high performance on servers with Intel® Xeon® processors
• Excellent small packet performance for network appliances and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)
• Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) optimized for efficient packet processing
• Dynamic Device Personalization (DDP) enables increased packet processing efficiency for NFV and Cloud deployments
• Intel® Ethernet Flow Director for hardware based application traffic steering
• Network Virtualization offloads including VXLAN, GENEVE, NVGRE, MPLS, and VXLAN-GPE with Network Service Headers (NSH)
• IEEE 802.3by and 25GEthernet.org specification compliance
• PCI Express* (PCIe) v3.0, x8