The Broadcom dual-port 10 GbE Ethernet Network Adapter for Dell PowerEdge rack servers is based on the NetXtreme E-series BCM57402 Controller ASIC, and extends Broadcom's longstanding industry leadership in Ethernet solutions. As application workloads and virtualization technologies drive increased demands on server performance, network performance requirements scale accordingly. This growth demands a new breed of Ethernet connectivity solutions. Broadcom NetXtreme E-series adapters in Dell's PowerEdge servers deliver high throughput, low latency, and key features to enable optimal performance for a variety of workloads.

HIGHLIGHTS

• High-Performance Network Controller.
 – Full line-rate throughput on all ports.
 – Low device latency for optimal application performance.
 – Comprehensive stateless offloads to minimize host CPU workload.

• Robust Virtualization Features.
 – Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV).
 – 128 VFs with fully flexible port assignment.
 – oVMQ support in hardware. • Optimized silicon design.
 – Low device power using Adaptive Voltage Scaling (AVS).
 – Simplified device driver interface for ease of management.
 – State machine device architecture for core functions.
 – Integrated Ethernet PHY based on market-proven IP.

• Reliability
 – Hardware architecture built on 10+ generations of Broadcom expertise in Ethernet.
 – Robust drivers for all major enterprise operating systems.
 – Full suite of management tools

FEATURES

• Dual SFP+ interfaces - compliant with SFF-8402
• x8 PCI Express v3.0 compliant host interface.
• PCI Express Electromechanical Specification 3.0 compliant.
• Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) with 128 VF support.
• Function Level Reset (FLR) support.
• Tunnel-aware stateless offloads.
• SMBus 2.0.
• MCTP over SMBus.
• Jumbo Frames up to 9,600 B.
• Flow control (802.3x).
• Link aggregation (802.3ad).
• Multiqueue: NetQueue and VMQueue.
• IPv4 and IPv6 offloads.
• TCP, UDP, and IP checksum offloads.
• Large Send Offload (LSO).
• Large Receive Offload (LRO).
• TCP Segmentation Offload (TSO).
• Receive-side scaling (RSS).
• Transmit-side scaling (TSS).
• VLAN insertion/removal (802.1q).
• Interrupt coalescing.
• Network boot – PXE, UEFI.
• iSCSI boot.
• MSI and MSI-X.
• IEEE 1588 – Precision Time Protocol.
• IEEE 802.1AS – Timing and Synchronization.
• Integrated support for Dell's embedded management framework (iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller).

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