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QuickSpecs
Overview
At A Glance
At A Glance
At A Glance
At A Glance
Industry-leading throughput and latency performance
Type 1 Adapter supported on all G6 and G7 c-Class servers in mezzanine slots1, 2 or 3 (full height servers) or slots 1 and 2
(half height servers).
Dual 10Gb ports provide up to 40Gb full duplex per adapter
Hardware acceleration and offloads for stateless TCP/IP, TCP Offload Engine (TOE), Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and
iSCSI
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NOTE: HP BladeSystem c-Class Integrity Server Blades does not support iSCSI or TCP Offload Engine (TOE).
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IEEE 802.1p QoS 802.3x flow control, and 802.3ap 10GBase-KR
Jumbo frames support
Supports HP's Flex-10 technology that allows setting any bandwidth from 100Mb to 10Gb on up to four physical function
NICs or Flex NICs per port when combined with the 10Gb Flex-10 Virtual Connect module
Supports HP's FlexFabric technology that allows setting any bandwidth from 100Mb to 10Gb on up to four Flex NICs per port
when combined with the 10Gb FlexFabric Virtual Connect module. One of the Flex NICs can be configured to support FCoE
or accelerated iSCSI.
Supports VMware NetQueue and Microsoft Virtual Machine Queue (VMQ)
Each FlexNIC and FlexHBA is recognized by the server as a PCI-e physical function device with adjustable speeds from
100Mb to 10Gb in 100Mb
NOTE: HP BladeSystem ProLiant Server Blades Bandwidth adjustment supports speeds from 1Gb to 10Gb in 100Mb increments on
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NC551i Dual Port FlexFabric 10Gb Converged Network Adapters and NC551m Dual Port FlexFabric 10Gb Converged Network
Adapter.
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NOTE: HP BladeSystem c-Class Integrity Server Blades supports NC551m with speed adjustments from 100Mb to 10Gb.
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Models
Models
Models
Models
HP BLc NC551m Dual Port FlexFabric 10Gb Converged Network Adapter
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NOTE: The NC551m network adapter card is required for each server blade connecting to a 10Gb interconnect
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in bays 3-8 (HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure) or bays 3-4 (HP BladeSystem c3000 Enclosure)
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NOTE: The NC551m requires a minimum of 2 GB of server memory.
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NOTE: The NC551m supports linking at 1000Mbps or 10000Mbps when not connected to a Flex-10 device. The
NC551m supports 1000Mbps when connected to a 1Gb Ethernet interconnect.
NOTE: The ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) feature allows for the configuring of a FlexFabric Adapter to any of
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the supported protocols. For example iSCSI to FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet). Note that a HP Virtual
Connect profile takes precedence over the setting in this menu. Also, some FlexFabric Adapters may require that
network boot be enabled in order to configure the protocol. If the protocol is configured without enabling network
boot with certain FlexFabric Adapters, the protocol may not take effect. Once the protocol has taken effect on the
first boot after configuring this option, network boot may be disabled if desired.
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NOTE: HP BladeSystem c-Class Integrity Server Blades does not support ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU).
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Kit Contents
Kit Contents
Kit Contents
Kit Contents
Standard Features
Standard Features
Standard Features
Standard Features
Server Support
Server Support
Server Support
Server Support
increments*
HP NC551m Dual Port FlexFabric 10Gb Converged Network Adapter
NC551m mezzanine adapter
Quick install card
Product warranty statement
Drivers, user guide, and utilities via:
HP BladeSystem ProLiant Server Blades
HP BladeSystem ProLiant Server Blades
HP BladeSystem ProLiant Server Blades
HP BladeSystem ProLiant Server Blades
DA - 13649
Worldwide — Version 10 — November 14, 2011
HP NC551m Dual Port FlexFabric 10Gb Converged
HP NC551m Dual Port FlexFabric 10Gb Converged
HP NC551m Dual Port FlexFabric 10Gb Converged
HP NC551m Dual Port FlexFabric 10Gb Converged
http://www.hp.com
Network Adapter
Network Adapter
Network Adapter
Network Adapter
580151-B21
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