HP 560FLB Quickspecs

The HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 560FLB Adapter features the next generation of 10Gb Ethernet offering based on Intel 82599 chipset on
a FlexibleLOM form factor, further reducing power requirements for 2 ports of 10Gb Ethernet. It is designed for use with HP
BladeSystem c-Class Gen8 servers.

It provides full duplex high performance Ethernet connectivity. The HP 560FLB FlexibleLOM network adapter helps to extend the
benefits of virtualization beyond the server and into the rest of the infrastructure.

The HP 560FLB supports enterprise class features such as VLAN tagging, adaptive interrupt coalescing, MSI-X, NIC teaming (bonding),
Wake-on-LAN, Receive Side Scaling (RSS), jumbo frames, EEE 1588, PXE boot and virtualization features such as VMware NetQueue,
Microsoft VMQ and Intels VMDq.

HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 560FLB Adapter

Models

HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 560FLB Adapter

655639-B21

HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 560FLB FIO Adapter

684214-B21

NOTE:

The HP 560FLB on each server blade connects to a 10Gb interconnect in bays 1-2 (HP BladeSystem c7000

Enclosure) or bay 1 (HP BladeSystem c3000 Enclosure).

NOTE:

The 560FLB requires a minimum of 2 GB of server memory.

NOTE:

The 560FLB supports linking at 1000Mbps or 10000Mbps when not connected to a Flex-10 device.

NOTE:

The 560FLB will only support 1000Mbps when connected to a 1Gb Ethernet interconnect.

Kit contents

HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 560FLB Adapter
Quick install card
Product warranty statement
Drivers, user guide, and utilities via

http://www.hp.com

QuickSpecs

HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 560FLB Adapter

Overview

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HP ProLiant Server
Support

HP ProLiant BL465c Gen8
HP ProLiant BL460c Gen8
HP ProLiant BL420c Gen8
HP ProLiant BL660c Gen8

Supported Interconnect
Modules

HP 6125XLG Ethernet Blade Switch
HP 6120XG Blade Switch
HP 6120G/XG Blade Switch
HP 1:10Gb Ethernet BL-c Switch
Cisco Catalyst 3120G Blade Switch for HP
Cisco Catalyst 3120X Blade Switch for HP
Cisco Catalyst 3020 Blade Switch
Cisco Fabric Extender B22HP for HP
HP GbE2c Layer 2/3 Ethernet Blade Switch
HP 1GbE Pass Thru Module
10GbE Ethernet Pass-Thru Module
HP 6125G Ethernet Blade Switch
HP 6125G/XG Ethernet Blade Switch

NOTE:

Except for the HP 6120XG and the Cisco B22 Fabric Extender, all other supported interconnects are

limited to 1Gb per port connection.

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HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 560FLB Adapter

Compatibility

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Product Features

Dual-port 10GbE FlexibleLOM network adapter that provides the flexibility to choose the type of
LOM to meet growing infrastructure needs
Industry-leading throughput and latency performance
Up to 40Gb/s bi-directional near line rate throughput
Hardware and software acceleration and offloads for stateless TCP/IP
Supports Wake-on-LAN ( at 1 Gb)

NOTE:

Wake-on-LAN is supported only on Port1 from system power state S5

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Improved small packet performance
Interrupt Coalescing
Support for Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE)
Integrated PHY and MAC

Dual-port 10 Gigabit
Ethernet Throughput
(theoretical bandwidth)

The HP 560FLB adapter delivers 20,000 Mbps full duplex Ethernet transfer rate per port (40 Gbps
aggregate full duplex), providing the network performance needed to improve response times and
alleviate bottlenecks. 10Gb Ethernet bandwidth is ideal for high performance computing, database
clusters.

Jumbo Frames

The HP 560FLB adapter supports jumbo frames (also known as extended frames), permitting up to a 9K
byte (KB) transmission unit (MTU) when running Ethernet I/O traffic. This is over 5X the size of a standard
1500-byte Ethernet frame. With jumbo frames, networks can achieve higher throughput performance and
greater CPU utilization. These attributes are particularly useful for database transfer and tape backup
operations.

MSI and MSI-X

Message Signaled Interrupt (Extended) provides performance benefits for multi-core servers by load
balancing interrupts between CPUs/cores

Interrupt Coalescence

Interrupt coalescing (interrupt moderation) groups multiple packets, thereby reducing the number of
interrupts sent to the host. This process optimizes host efficiency, leaving the CPU available for other
duties.

802.1p QoS Tagging

IEEE quality of service (QoS) 802.1p tagging allows the adapter to mark or tag frames with a priority level
across a QoS-aware network for improved traffic flow.

802.1Q VLANs

IEEE 802.1Q virtual local area network (VLAN) protocol allows each physical port of the HP 560FLB adapter
to be separated into multiple virtual NICs for added network segmentation and enhanced security and
performance. VLANs increase security by isolating traffic between users. Limiting the broadcast traffic to
within the same VLAN domain also improves performance.

TCP/IP Stateless
Offloading

TCP, IP, UDP checksum offload, Large Send Offload (LSO), TCP, Segmentation Offload (TSO). These
features optimize host efficiency, leaving the CPU available for other duties.

QuickSpecs

HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 560FLB Adapter

Standard Features

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