- SFP+ connectivity
- Low-profile
- Load balancing on multiple CPUs
- ISCSI remote boot support
- Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) support
- Intel Direct Cache Access (DCA)
- MSI-X support
- Low latency interrupts
- Header splits and replication in receive
- IPsec offload
- Virtual Machine Load Balancing (VLMB)
- Watchdog timer
The Intel Ethernet 10 Gigabit Converged Network Adapter X520-SR2 enables data center transformation by delivering a reliable, unified 10GbE short range fiber optic connection. Advanced platform scalability features include: Receive Side Coalescing, Intel Ethernet Flow Director, and support for PCI Express Gen2. Intel VT-c delivers industry-leading I/O virtualization capabilities, including support for Single Route I/O virtualization (SR-IOV) and Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq). The Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X520 provides advanced unified networking capabilities, including support for iSCSI, NFS, and FCoE.