The Intel X550 dual port 10GBase-T adapter, full height Ethernet is optimized on Intel Xeon processors and is backward compatible with 1000Base-T. It is an amazing 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 Designed to support demanding workloads for enterprise, cloud, and telecommunication service providers and data centers Single-chip solution