The Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) 1285 offers dual-port enhanced Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable (QSFP) 40 gigabit Ethernet and Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) in a half-height PCI Express (PCIe) card designed exclusively for Cisco Unified Computing (UCS) C-Series rack servers. The VIC 1285 adapter provides acceleration for operational modes introduced by server virtualization. It brings superior flexibility, performance, and bandwidth to the UCS rack-mount servers.