Emulex NC551i, NC553i, HP NC551i, HP NC553i Datasheet

DATASHEET

Dual Port 10GbE
Integrated FlexFabric Adapters

HP NC551i Converged FlexFabric Adapter
HP NC553i Converged FlexFabric Adapter

CONNECTIVITY

SIMPLIFIED

NETWORKING,

TRUSTED SAN

INTEROPERABILITY

AND INCREASED

BUSINESS

AGILITY

BL685c G7 (shown)
BL465c G7

BL460c G7
(shown)

BL490c-G7

HP NC551i for ProLiant

AMD G7 servers and

HP NC553i for ProLiant

Intel G7 servers

Overview

Emulex dual port 10Gb Ethernet (10GbE) Integrated
FlexFabric Adapters are available as a converged
Universal LAN on Motherboard (ULOM) for HP c-Class
ProLiant G7 BladeSystems:

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NC551i - BL685c and BL465c ProLiant AMD G7

blade servers

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NC553i - BL460c and BL490c ProLiant Intel G7

blade servers

Based on the Emulex OneConnect™ Universal
Converged Network Adapter (UCNA) technology, these
integrated adapters support Transmission Control
Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and Fibre Channel
over Ethernet (FCoE) or accelerated iSCSI connectivity
concurrently with high-performance protocol offloads
that optimize server efficiency and maximize server
virtualization ratios.

Emulex OneConnect UCNA technology fully
supports HP’s FlexFabric Converged Infrastructure,
a next-generation, highly scalable data center
fabric architecture and a technology layer in the
HP Converged Infrastructure architecture. The
combination of HP’s new ProLiant G7 server
blades with Emulex UCNA technology and the new
HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric module simplifies,
consolidates and virtualizes the server edge for HP
BladeSystem customers.

Optimized Network Connectivity

Lower cost—The HP FlexFabric adapters can save
up to 98% on adapter cards, switch ports, and cables
needed to support network and storage traffic.

Lower power and cooling—The HP FlexFabric
adapters can reduce the number of adapter cards
and switches, resulting in savings up to 40% for
power and cooling.

Support for converged networks with HP
Virtual Connect—HP Virtual Connect provisions

Local Area Network (LAN) and Storage Area
Network (SAN) connectivity for BladeSystem
server blades through administration of Media

Key Features

One platform for network and storage
connection

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Simplifies I/O hardware choices for

IT managers

Multiple protocol offloads for
optimum server efficiency

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Stateless TCP/IP with Flex-10 support

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TCP Offload Engine (TOE)

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FCoE or accelerated iSCSI

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Provides (up to) eight connections to network

and storage without the need for add-in
mezzanine cards

Superior performance

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Full 20Gb/s bidirectional Ethernet

bandwidth per port

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Up to 800K I/Os per second (IOPS) for FCoE

Energy-efficient design

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Industry-leading performance per watt

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Complements data center “green” initiatives

Easy to deploy and manage

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One management console for network and

storage adapters

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HP Insight Control suite with enhanced

Integrated Lights-Out 3 (iLO 3) remote
management

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Centralized enterprise I/O management with

Emulex OneCommand™ Manager

Key Benefits

Optimized for convergence

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Maximizes I/O consolidation with high-

performance 10GbE ports

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One network and management infrastructure

reduces capital (CapEx) and operating
expenses (OpEx)

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Leverages existing IT investments

Enterprise-ready

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Hardware parity, CRC, ECC and other

advanced error checking

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Backed by field-proven HP and Emulex

reliability and support

DATASHEET EMULEX

Dual Port 10GbE
Integrated FlexFabric Adapters

SPECIFICATIONS

Access Control (MAC) and World
Wide Port Names (WWPN) addresses.
This allows server administrators to
independently manage blade servers
and their connectivity, maintaining high­availability connections and securely
administering MAC addresses and
WWPNs for each server.

Simplified Management

OneCommand Manager application—
The OneCommand Manager application
provides centralized management of
HP Storageworks and FlexFabric CNAs
and Fibre Channel (FC) HBAs from
Emulex throughout the data center from
a centralized management console. The
OneCommand Manager application
provides a graphical user interface (GUI)
and a scriptable command line user
interface (CLI) to optimize administration
efficiency.

Highest Performance and Reliability

Enterprise-ready—Leveraging ten
generations of advanced, field-proven FC
HBA technology, HP FlexFabric CNAs
are based on the Emulex OneConnect
architecture and meet the robust
interoperability and reliability requirements
of corporate data centers.

Advanced error checking—End-to-end
data protection with hardware parity, CRC,
ECC and other advanced error checking
and correcting ensure that data is safe
from corruption.

Controller

· HP NC551i: BladeEngine 2

· HP NC553i: BladeEngine 3

Standards

· ANSI INCITS T11 FC-BB-5 2.0, FC-PI-2, FC-GS-4,
FC-TAPE, and FCP-3

· PCI Express base spec 2.0 PCI Bus Power
Management Interface, rev. 1.2, Advanced Error
Reporting (AER)

· IEEE 802.3ae (10GBASE Ethernet Ports)

· IEEE 802.1q (Virtual LANs)

· IEEE 802.3ad (Link Aggregation)

· IEEE 802.3x (Flow Control)

· IEEE 802.1p (Quality/Class of Service)

· IEEE 802.1Qaz (Enhanced Transmission Selection)

· IEEE 802.1Qaz (Data Center Bridging Capabilities
Exchange)

· IEEE 802.1Qbb (Priority-based Flow Control)

· IEEE 802.1ab (Link Layer Discovery Protocol)

· PHP hot plug-hot swap

Architecture

· Dual-channel, 10Gb/s Ethernet link speed

· PCIe Express 2.0 (x8, 5GT/s), MSI-X support

· Integrated data buffer and code space memory

FCoE Features

· Common driver for HP FCoE CNA
and Fibre Channel HBAs from Emulex

· N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV)

· Support for FIP and FCoE Ether types

· Fabric Provided MAC Addressing (FPMA) support

· 1024 concurrent port logins (RPIs)

· 1024 active exchanges (XRIs) per port

Ethernet Features

· IPv4/IPv6 TCP, UDP checksum offload; Large Send
Offload (LSO); Large Receive Offload; Receive Side
Scaling (RSS); IPv4 TCP Chimney Offload

· VLAN insertion and extraction

· Jumbo frames up to 9000 bytes
(8000 bytes for ports using FCoE)

· Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) 2.0
network boot support

· Interrupt coalescing

· Load balancing and failover support including
adapter fault tolerance (AFT), switch fault tolerance
(SFT), adaptive load balancing (ALB), teaming
support and IEEE 802.3ad

Accelerated iSCSI Features

· Target discovery methods

· Authentication modes

· INT 13 Boot

Comprehensive OS Support

· Microsoft Windows Server

· VMware ESX

· Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server

· Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

HP’s Flex-10 Support

· Up to 4 physical function NICs per port

· 100Mb/s to10Gb/s speeds

Interconnect Compatibility

· HP 10GbE Flex-10 and FlexFabric Virtual
Connect module

· ProCurve 6120XG Blade Switch

· HP 10GbE Pass-Thru Module

· All currently shipping Virtual Connect, switch,
and pass thru modules with 1Gb downlinks

Servers

· HP NC551i:

- ProLiant BL465c G7

- ProLiant BL685c G7

· HP NC553i:

- ProLiant BL460c G7

- ProLiant BL490c G7

- ProLiant BL620c G7

- ProLiant BL680c G7

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