The Intel X550 Dual Port 10G Base-T Adapter, Low Profile Ethernet is is validated and optimized on Intel Xeon processors and is backward Compatible with 1000BASE-T. It has an integrated MAC + 10GBASE-T PHYs, Single-Chip Solution and is designed for Multi-Core Processors: MSI/MSI-X and Direct Cache Access, Flow Director, up to 128 Tx/Rx physical queues per port. It is the best choice for virtualized servers, providing advanced features including Intel Virtualization Technology for Connectivity (VT-c), Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq) and Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) up to 64 VFs per port, NVGRE and VXLAN stateless offloads delivering amazing performance. Built to enable Network Virtualization and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) 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 Device Type: Network adapter Form Factor: Plug-in card - low profile Interface (Bus) Type: PCI Express Ports: 10GBase-T x 2 Cabling Type: Ethernet 10GBase-T Data Link Protocol: 10 GigE Data Transfer Rate: 10 Gbps Designed For: PowerEdge FC430, FC830, M630, M830, R430, R530, R630, R730, R730xd, R930, T630 Device Type: Network adapter Form Factor: Plug-in card - low profile Interface (Bus) Type: PCI Express Ports: 10GBase-T x 2 Connectivity Technology: Wired Cabling Type: Ethernet 10GBase-T Data Link Protocol: 10 GigE Data Transfer Rate: 10 Gbps Interfaces: 2 x 10GBase-T - RJ-45 Designed For: Dell PowerEdge FC430, FC830, M630, M830, R430, R530, R630, R730, R730xd, R930, T630