Broadcom 10Gb 2-Port and 4-Port Ethernet Expansion Cards (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter
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Part number information
Table 1. Ordering part number and feature code
Description
Part number
Feature code
Broadcom 10Gb 2-port Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter
44W4466
5489
Broadcom 10Gb 4-port Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter
44W4465
5479
These part numbers include the following items:
One 2-port card (part number 44W4466) or one 4-port card (part number 44W4465)
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Documentation CD
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Safety Notices publication
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Features
The expansion card has the following features and benefits:
Offers an end-to-end solution up to 10Gb
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Based on the Broadcom 57710 module
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One (two-port card) or two (four-port card) PCI Express x8 host interfaces
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Connectivity to high-speed I/O module bays in BladeCenter H and BladeCenter HT chassis
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Enables two or four 10Gb ports from the blade server to the external network
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Supports failover
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Supports IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager
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Supports iSCSI BladeBoot
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Supports Wake-on-LAN
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Support for SOL and cKVM over the high-speed network after upgrading to the firmware level above
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v2.1.0a
Performance features:
TCP offload engine (TOE)
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Full fast-path TCP offload
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TCP/IP checksum offload
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TCP/IP segmentation offload
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The expansion card has the following specifications:
BladeCenter form factor: CFFh
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Host data transfer: PCI Express 1.1
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One x8 interface for the two-port card
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Two x8 interfaces for the four-port card
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Operating power: Less than 15 watts
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Communication module: Broadcom BCM57710 (2-port) or BCM57710s (4-port)
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Operating environment
This is supported in the following environment:
Temperature: 10 to 35 °C (50 to 95 °F)
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Relative humidity: 8% to 80% (non-condensing)
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