HP FlexFabric, FlexFabric 647586-B21 Specification

Dual-Port 10Gb Integrated

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FlexFabric Adapter for HP ProLiant
BladeSystem Gen8 Servers

HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 554FLB FlexibleLOM (HP Part# 647586-B21)

SIMPLIFIED

NETWORKING,

TRUSTED SAN

INTEROPERABILITY

AND INCREASED

BUSINESS

AGILITY

HP 554FLB FlexibleLOM

Overview

The HP FlexFabric 10Gb Ethernet 2-port 554FLB
FlexibleLOM is available as a converged LAN
on Motherboard (LOM) for HP c-Class ProLiant
BladeSystem Gen8 servers.

Based on the Emulex OneConnect

®

Universal
Converged Network Adapter (UCNA) technology,
the HP 554FLB FlexibleLOM supports 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.

Optimized Network Connectivity

Lower cost—HP 554FLB FlexibleLOMs can save

up to 98% on adapter cards, switch ports and cables
needed to support network and storage traffic.

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
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.

Support for HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric—
HP 554FLB FlexibleLOMs support network
convergence with HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric.
Each physical port is virtualized as three NIC ports
and one FCoE or iSCSI port.

Support for HP Virtual Connect Flex-10—
HP 554FLB FlexibleLOMs also support Virtual
Connect Flex-10 that allows each 10Gb port to
be divided into four physical NICs to optimize
bandwidth allocation for virtualized servers.

Key Features

One platform for network and storage
connection

n

Simplifies I/O hardware choices for

IT managers

Multiple protocol offloads for
optimum server efficiency

n

Stateless TCP/IP

n

TCP Offload Engine (TOE)

n

FCoE or accelerated iSCSI

n

Provides (up to) eight connections to network

and storage without the need for add-in
mezzanine cards

Superior performance

n

Full 20Gbps bidirectional Ethernet

bandwidth per port

Energy-efficient design

n

Industry-leading performance per watt

n

Complements data center “green” initiatives

Easy to deploy and manage

n

One management console for network and

storage adapters

n

HP Insight Control suite with enhanced

Integrated Lights-Out 3 (iLO 3) remote
management

n

Centralized enterprise I/O management with

Emulex OneCommand

Key Benefits

Optimized for convergence

n

Maximizes I/O consolidation with high-

performance 10Gb ports

n

One network and management infrastructure

reduces capital (CapEx) and operating
expenses (OpEx)

n

Leverages existing IT investments

Enterprise-ready

n

Hardware parity, CRC, ECC and other

advanced error checking

n

Backed by field-proven HP and Emulex

reliability and support

ConneCtivity

®

Manager

Dual-Port 10Gb Integrated FlexFabric Adapter
for HP ProLiant BladeSystem Gen8 Servers

HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 554FLB FlexibleLOM (HP Part# 647586-B21)

SpeCifiCAtionS

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

Lower power and cooling—HP 554FLB

FlexibleLOMs can reduce the number
of adapter cards and switches, resulting
in savings of up to 40% for power and
cooling.

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

· BladeEngine

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, 10Gbps Ethernet link speed

· PCIe Express 2.0 (x8, 5GTps), 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

™

3 (BE3)

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 FlexFabric Support

· One FCoE or iSCSI function and up to
three NIC functions per port

· Bandwidth in 100Mbps increments

HP Flex-10 Support

· Up to four NIC functions per port

· Bandwidth in 100Mbps increments

Interconnect Compatibility

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

· ProCurve 6120XG Blade Switch

· HP 10Gb Pass-Thru Module

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

Servers

· ProLiant BL460c Gen8

Ordering Information

· HP Part Number 647586-B21

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