1.Virtualization Ready: Next Generation VMDq support (8 VMs), Support of up to 8 VMs per port (1 queue allocated to each VM), PCI - SIG I/O SR - IOV support (Direct assignment), Queues per port : 8 TX and 8 RX queues. 2.Power Saving Features: Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) powermanagement states and wake - up capability. Advanced Power Management (APM) Wake - up functionality. Lower power link - disconnect. 3.IEEE802.1AS - Timing and Synchronization: IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol support, Per - packet timestamp. 4.Ethernet Controller I350: The device enables two - port or four port 1000BASE - T implementations using integrated PHY?s. It can be used for server system configurations in an add - on NIC or LAN on Motherboard (LOM) design. Another possible system configuration is for blade servers. Here, the I350 can support up to 4 SerDes ports as LOM or mezzanine card. It can also be used in embedded applications such as switch add - on cards and network appliances.