Table 13. Supported Select Network Adapter Options And Features; System Management Integration - Dell PowerEdge M820 Technical Manual

Table 13 lists the available Select Network Adapter options and their supported features for the
M820.
Table 13.
Features
Ports x link speed
Supported speed
SR-IOV
ISCSI HBA
FCoE
Switch independent partitioning
DCB
DCB with iSCSI TLV
1
Only 10Gb ports have iSCSI HBA support.
2
Only 10Gb ports have FCoE support.
3
Only 10Gb ports have switch independent partitioning support. The maximum number of partitions supported is
eight (four partitions per 10GE port).
4
Only 10Gb ports have DCB support.
5
Only 10Gb ports have ISCSI TLV support.

System management integration

With M820, the job of deploying, updating, monitoring and maintaining the Select Network Adapters
is fast and easy. System management integration features include the following:

Pre-boot: Using the Dell Lifecycle Controller graphical user interface (GUI) to set configuration
such as bandwidth allocation or firmware revision level

Post-boot: Agent-free out-of-band or high-speed in-band connection over LOM through the
Operating System/BMC pass-through feature for sensory information

Automation of firmware and driver version deployment upon component replacement

Automatic monitoring of NIC status and notification on SNMP traps

Local or remote re-configuration of any NIC, physical or virtual

PXE boot enabled on all LOM and NDCs for ease of use

Boot from SAN (iSCSI, FCoE) configuration for networking devices through the Lifecycle
Controller GUI
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Supported Select Network Adapter options and features
Broadcom
57810S-k
2x10Gb
1Gb and 10Gb
Not supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Intel X520-k
2x10Gb
1Gb and 10Gb
Supported
1
Not supported
2 2
Supported
3
Not supported
2 4
Supported
5 5
Supported
QLogic
QMD8262-k
2x10Gb
10Gb only
Not supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported