HP 647590-B21, FlexFabric 554M Specification
The HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 554M adapter supports Virtual Connect Flex-10 that allows each 10Gb port to be divided into four
physical NICs to optimize bandwidth management for virtualized servers. When connected to a Data Center Bridging (DCB) capable
switch, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and Ethernet I/O are separated and routed to the corresponding network. For iSCSI storage,
the HP 554M supports full protocol offload to provide better CPU efficiency when compared to software initiators, thus enabling the
server to handle increased virtualization workloads and compute-intensive applications. This combination of high-performance
network and storage connectivity reduces cost and complexity and provides the flexibility and scalability to fully optimize Gen8
BladeSystem servers. The HP 554M delivers the performance benefits and cost savings of converged network connectivity for HP
BladeSystem servers. The dual-port HP 554M optimizes network and storage traffic with hardware acceleration and offloads for
stateless TCP/IP, TCP Offload Engine (TOE), Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and iSCSI.
HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 554M Adapter
Models
HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 554M Adapter
647590-B21
NOTE:
The HP 554M on each server blade connects to a 10Gb interconnect in bays 3-8 (HP BladeSystem c7000
Enclosure) or bays 2-4 (HP BladeSystem c3000 Enclosure).
NOTE:
The HP 554M adapter requires a minimum of 2 GB of server memory.
NOTE:
The HP 554M adapter supports linking at 1Gbps or 10Gbps when not connected to a Flex-10 device. The HP
554M adapter will only support 1Gbps when connected to a 1Gb Ethernet interconnect.
Kit Contents
HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 554M Adapter
Quick install card
Product warranty statement
Drivers, user guide, and utilities via:
http://www.hp.com
QuickSpecs
HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 554M Adapter
Overview
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HP ProLiant Server
Support
HP ProLiant BL420c Gen8
HP ProLiant BL460c Gen8
HP ProLiant BL465c Gen8
HP ProLiant BL660c Gen8
Supported Interconnect
Modules
HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 Ethernet Module
HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric 10Gb/24-port Module
HP 1/10Gb Virtual Connect Ethernet Module
HP 1/10Gb-F Virtual Connect Ethernet Module HP
HP 6120XG Blade Switch
HP 6120G/XG Blade Switch
HP 6125G/XG Ethernet 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 10GbE Pass-Thru Module
HP 1GbE Pass Thru Module
NOTE:
Except for the HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 Ethernet Module, HP Virtual Connect Flex Fabric Module,
HP 6120XG, HP 10GbE Pass-Thru Module and the Cisco B22 Fabric Extender, all other supported
interconnects are limited to 1Gb per port connection.
Tape Drive Support
(Nearline Tape Products)
D2D
VLS
ESL libraries
EML libraries
ESL G3 library
MSL G3 libraries (2024, 4048, 8096)
QuickSpecs
HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 554M Adapter
Compatibility
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Performance
Product Features
Industry-leading throughput and latency performance
Supports Gen8 c-Class ProLiant BladeSystem servers
Type A Mezzanine Adapter
Dual 10Gb ports provide up to 40Gb full duplex per adapter
Hardware acceleration and offloads for stateless TCP/IP, TCP Offload Engine (TOE), Fibre Channel
over Ethernet (FCoE) and iSCSI
802.1p, 802.1q, 802.1qau, 802.3ad, 802.3ae, 802.3ap (10GBase-KX4) and 802.3x
Jumbo frames support
Supports HP's FlexFabric and Flex-10 technologies that allow setting any bandwidth from 100Mb to
10Gb on up to four physical function NICs or Flex NICs per port when combined with the 10Gb Flex10 Virtual Connect module. One of the Flex NICs can be configured to support FCoE or accelerated
iSCSI.
Each FlexNIC and FlexHBA is recognized by the server as a PCIe physical function device with
adjustable speeds from 1Gb to 10Gb in 100Mb increments
Supports receive-side scaling (RSS) for efficient distribution of network receive processing across
multiple CPUs in multiprocessor systems.
Includes 128 MB of onboard memory.
Supports the Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE
Supports SR-IOV
Dual-port 10 Gigabit
Ethernet Throughput
(theoretical bandwidth)
The 20 Gbps full duplex Ethernet transfer rate per port (40 Gbps aggregate full duplex) delivers
outstanding network performance that improves response time and removes bottlenecks.
Fibre Channel over
Ethernet (FCoE)
Combines the functionality of an industry-standard NIC with a proven Fibre Channel software stack to
seamlessly converge network and storage traffic over a shared lossless Ethernet network based on IEEE
DCB standards.
HP Virtual Connect Flex10 10Gb Ethernet Module
for the c-Class
BladeSystem
Evolve 10Gb at your own speed! When paired with the HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 10Gb Ethernet
Modules, take advantage of four Flex NICs, which are PCI Physical Function devices that are OS/ Hypervisor
independent.
Server ROM recognizes them as individual NICs
Speeds can be set per NIC from 100Mb to 10Gbs in 100Mb increments
Three fold increase in number of network connections per port.
Up to four physical function NICs per port.
Ideal for virtualized server environment, especially for dedicated bandwidth application like virtual
machine migration from one physical server to another physical server.
Jumbo Frames
The HP 554M adapter supports jumbo frames (also known as extended frames) with a maximum
transmission unit (MTU) of up to 9K bytes when running Ethernet and/or iSCSI I/O, which is over five times
the size of standard 1500-byte Ethernet frame. Eight KB jumbo frames are supported when running
Ethernet and FCoE I/O concurrently. Jumbo frames can help achieve higher throughput and better CPU
utilization. Jumbo frames are particularly useful for database transfers and tape backups.
QuickSpecs
HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 554M Adapter
Standard Features
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