Table 15. Supported Select Network Adapter Options And Features - Dell PowerEdge R720 Technical Manual

Table 15 lists available features of numerous supported Select Network Adapter options for the R720
and R720xd. For a complete list of supported Select Network Adapters, visit
Broadcom
Features
5720 Base-T
Ports x link
4 x 1Gb
speed
Supported
1Gb
speed
Not
SR-IOV
supported
Not
ISCSI HBA
supported
EEE Supported
Not
FCoE
supported
Switch
Not
independent
supported
partitioning
Not
DCB
supported
Not
iSCSI TLV
supported
1
These cards have two chipsets that offer the choice of either 10GbE or 1GbE.
2
Only 10Gb ports have iSCSI HBA support.
3
Only 10Gb ports have FCoE support.
4
Only 10Gb ports have switch independent partitioning support. The maximum number of partitions supported is four (two
partitions per 10Gb port). 1Gb ports do not support switch independent partitioning.
5
Only 10Gb ports have DCB support.
6
Only 10Gb ports have ISCSI TLV support.
System management integration
With R720 and R720xd, 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
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Table 15. Supported Select Network Adapter options and features

Intel I350
Base-T
4 x 1Gb
1Gb
Not
supported
Not
supported
Supported
Not
supported
Not
supported
Not
supported
Not
supported
Broadcom
Broadcom
1
57800 SFP+
57800 Base-T
2 x 1Gb + 2 x 1Gb +
2 x 10Gb 2 x 10Gb
1Gb and 10Gb 1Gb and 10Gb
Not Not
supported supported
2
Supported Supported
Not Not
supported supported
3
Supported Supported
4
Supported Supported
5
Supported Supported
6
Supported Supported
Dell.com/PowerEdge.
Broadcom
Intel X540
57840S
1
Base-T
SPF+
2 x 1Gb +
4 x 10Gb
2 x 10Gb
1Gb and
10Gb
10Gb
Supported
Supported (10Gb
only)
Not
2 2
Supported
supported
Not Not
supported supported
3 3
Supported Supported
Not
4 4
Supported
supported
5 5
Supported Supported
6 6
Supported Supported
1
3
5
6