HP FlexFabric 534M Specification page 4

QuickSpecs
Standard Features
802.1Q VLANs
TCP/IP Stateless
Offloading
TOE
Single-Root I/O
Virtualization
Optimized for
Virtualization
HP Sea of Sensors 3D
RDMA
iSCSI/FCoE
Ease of Deployment and Management
PXE Boot Support
Compatible with Type A
and B Mezzanine Slots
Network Adapter Teaming The HP 534M adapter support for NIC teaming helps IT administrators increase network fault tolerance and
IEEE 802.1Q virtual local area network (VLAN) protocol allows each physical port of the HP 530M to be
separated into multiple virtual NICs for added network segmentation and enhanced security and
performance. VLANs increase security by isolating traffic between users. Limiting the broadcast traffic to
within the same VLAN domain also improves performance.
TCP, IP, UDP checksum offload, Large Send Offload (LSO), TCP, Segmentation Offload (TSO). These
features optimize host efficiency, leaving the CPU available for other duties.
TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE) shifts the processing of data in the TCP protocol stack from the server CPU to
the adapter's processor, freeing server CPU cycles for other operations.
Single-Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) provides a mechanism to bypass the host system hypervisor in
virtual environments providing near metal performance and server efficiency. SR-IOV provides mechanism
to create multiple Virtual Functions (VFs) to share single PCIe resources. The device is capable of SR-IOV,
and requires Server BIOS support, controller firmware, and OS support.
I/O Virtualization support for VMware NetQueue and Microsoft VMQ help meet the performance demands
of consolidated virtual workloads
Support for HP's Sea of Sensors which is a collection of 32 sensors that automatically track thermal
activity - heat - across the server. When temperatures get too high, sensors can kick on fans and make
other adjustments to reduce energy usage. What makes it better is the upgrade from all six fans kicking on
at one time to a new system where only one kicks on - the one in proximity of the area that started heating
up - thus reducing the amount of energy used for cooling.
Not Supported
The HP 534M does support accelerated iSCSI or iSCSI boot and FCoE.
The HP 534M adapter supports the Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) allows the server to boot over
the network and download software residing in the network.
The HP 534M adapter is compatible with Type A and B mezzanine slots for greater deployment versatility
improve workload balance. These capabilities optimize availability, improve performance and help reduce
costs.
DA - 14619 Worldwide — Version 2 — October 11, 2013
HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 534M Adapter
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