Compaq BL10e - HP ProLiant - 512 MB RAM Introduction Manual page 12

Figure 7. HP VC Flex-10 10Gb Ethernet Module
1x 10GBASE-CX4 Ethernet or
1x SFP+ module (X1)
Port Number & Status Indicators
Indicates whether a data center link (green),
stacking link (amber), or highlighted port (blue).
Figure 8 illustrates that the Flex-10 Ethernet mezzanine card has two dedicated 10GbE ports. Each
has four PCIe physical functions (PF) that are treated as separate hardware FlexNICs by the operating
system. Each of these FlexNICs has its own MAC address.
Figure 8. Flex-10 architecture
FlexNIC FlexNIC
vNet 1
VC Flex-10 Enet Module
5x SFP+ modules (X2-6)
(1GbE or 10GbE)
BladeSystem Server
Flex10 LOM or Mezz Card
FlexNIC FlexNIC FlexNIC FlexNIC FlexNIC FlexNIC
port 01
10GBase-KR single
lane of 10GbE for
each Port
vNet 2 vNet 3 vNet 4
2x Crosslinks (midplane) or
2x SFP+ module (X7-8)
FlexNIC FlexNIC FlexNIC FlexNIC FlexNIC FlexNIC FlexNIC FlexNIC
port 02
For each FlexNIC, VC sets:
-- speed (0.1 to 10Gb/s)
-- port type (NIC or iSCSI)
-- MAC address
-- vNet connection
Recessed module
reset button
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