Embedded Nics/Lan On Motherboard (Lom); Overview - Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Manual

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9 Embedded NICs/LAN on Motherboard (LOM)

9.1 Overview

Two embedded Broadcom 5709C dual-port LAN controllers are on the Dell™ PowerEdge™ R815 planar
as independent Gigabit Ethernet interface devices. Features of the LAN devices include:
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x4 PCI Express Gen2 capable interface
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Integrated MAC and PHY
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3072x18 Byte context memory
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64 KB receive buffer
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TOE (TCP Offload Engine)
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iSCSI controller (enabled as standard)
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NC-SI (Network Controller-Sideband Interface) connection for manageability
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Wake-On-LAN (WOL)
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PXE 2.0 remote boot
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iSCSI boot
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IPv4 and IPv6 support
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Bare-metal deployment support
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