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Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Adapters

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Summary of Contents for Broadcom NetXtreme

Page 1: ...orts per adapter VLAN support broad operating system support TOE iSCSI and virtualization support Figure 1 shows the Broadcom NetXtreme I Quad Port GbE Adapter Figure 1 Broadcom NetXtreme I Quad Port...

Page 2: ...single port is PCI Express 1 1 Jumbo Frames support 9600 bytes frames IEEE 802 1q VLAN support provides enhanced network management and efficiency I O virtualization IOV support for VMWare NetQueue a...

Page 3: ...Yes Yes Yes No PCIe Lanes x4 x4 x1 x4 x4 TOE support No Yes ports 0 1 only No Yes both ports Yes iSCSI offload No software Initiator Yes No software Initiator Yes No software Initiator Stateless offlo...

Page 4: ...pecifications The NetXtreme II cards have the following physical specifications Broadcom NetXtreme I Dual Port GbE Adapter Length 109 mm 4 3 Height 69 mm 2 7 Depth 19 mm 0 74 in Broadcom NetXtreme I Q...

Page 5: ...mm 0 70 in Figure 3 shows the Broadcom NetXtreme I Dual Port GbE Adapter Figure 3 Broadcom NetXtreme I Dual Port GbE Adapter Operating environment The adapters are supported in the following environme...

Page 6: ...arranty One year limited warranty When installed in a System x server these cards assume your system s base warranty and any IBM ServicePac upgrade Supported servers The NetXtreme II adapters are supp...

Page 7: ...22 2 950 95 VCCI AS NZSCISPR 22 C tick RRL for KC BSMI UL 94 V RoHS Supported operating systems The NetXtreme adapters support the following operating systems Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008 Microso...

Page 8: ...pport matrix Click the check mark that is associated with the System x server in question to see the details of operating system support Related publications For more information refer to the followin...

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Page 10: ...other countries or both These and other IBM trademarked terms are US registered or common law trademarks owned by IBM at the time this information was published Such trademarks may also be registered...

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