System Management Integration; Table 13. Supported Select Network Adapter Options And Features - Dell PowerEdge M620 Technical Manual

Table 13 lists the available Select Network Adapter options and their supported features for the
M620.
Table 13.
Features
Ports x link
speed
Supported
speed
SR-IOV
ISCSI HBA
FCoE
Switch
independent
partitioning
DCB
DCB with
iSCSI TLV
1. Citrix Xenserver 6.0 and Linux KVM only. 63 VFs per port
2. No. of queues will vary depending upon hypervisor memory limitations
3. Four partitions per 10Gb port
4. Two partitions per 10Gb port.

System management integration

With M620, 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: Use 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 Broadcom
57810S-k
57840
2x10Gb 4x10Gb
1Gb and 10Gb 1Gb and 10Gb
Supported
Supported
1
Supported
Supported
2
Supported Supported
3
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
5
Supported
Intel X520-k
2x10Gb
1Gb and 10Gb
Supported
Not supported
Supported
Not supported
4
Supported
5
Supported
QLogic
QMD8262-k
2x10Gb
10Gb only
Not supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported