HP NC553m Service Manual

DAtASHeet

Dual-Port 10GbE Mezzanine

ConneCtivity

FlexFabric Adapters

HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 554M Adapter for HP ProLiant BladeSystem Gen8 Servers (HP Part# 674590-B21)
HP NC553m FlexFabric Adapter for HP ProLiant BladeSystem and HP Integrity Server Blades (HP Part# 613431-B21)

SIMPLIFIED

NETWORKING,

TRUSTED SAN

INTEROPERABILITY

AND INCREASED

BUSINESS

AGILITY

HP 554M

HP NC553m

Overview

HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 554M Adapters and
NC553m 10Gb Ethernet (10GbE) Mezzanine
FlexFabric Adapters are based on the Emulex
OneConnect

®

Universal Converged Network Adapter
(UCNA) technology and supported with specific
models of HP c-Class ProLiant BladeSystem servers.

The HP 554M and NC553m adapters support
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
(TCP/IP) and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) or
accelerated iSCSI connectivity concurrently with high­performance 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 ProLiant G6 and G7 server
blades, 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—HP FlexFabric adapters 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 554M and NC553m adapters 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 554M
and NC553m adapters 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 with Flex-10 support

n

TCP Offload Engine (TOE)

n

FCoE or accelerated iSCSI

n

Provides (up to) eight connections to network

and storage with HP Virtual Connect modules

Superior performance

n

Full 20Gbps bidirectional Ethernet

bandwidth per port

n

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

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

n

Common drivers and management

®

Manager

with HP 554M and NC553m Integrated
FlexFabric Adapters

Key Benefits

Optimized for convergence

n

Maximizes I/O consolidation with high-

performance 10GbE 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

Dual-Port 10GbE Mezzanine FlexFabric
Adapters for HP ProLiant BladeSystem Servers

HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 554M Adapter for HP ProLiant BladeSystem Gen8 Servers (HP Part# 674590-B21)
HP NC553m FlexFabric Adapter for HP ProLiant BladeSystem and HP Integrity Server Blades (HP Part# 613431-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 interface (CLI) to optimize
administration efficiency.

Highest Performance and Reliability

Lower power and cooling—HP FlexFabric
adapters 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

· 64 N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) interfaces
(total for adapter)

· 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) for NC551m

· 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

™

3 (BE3)

Comprehensive OS Support

· Microsoft Windows Server

· VMware ESX

· Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server

· Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric Support

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

· 100Mbps to 10Gbps speeds

Physical Dimensions

HP 554M

· Supported only in Gen8 c-Class servers,
which comes with Type A mezzanine slots

· Up to three adapters per full height server,
two per half height server

HP NC553m

· Supported on G6 and G7 c-Class servers,
which comes with Type I mezzanine slots

· Up to three adapters per full height server,
two per half height server

HP ProLiant BladeSystem Server Support

HP 554M

· ProLiant BL460c Gen8

HP NC553m

· ProLiant Server Blades: BL2x220c G6, BL280c G6,
BL460c G6, BL465c G6, BL490c G6, BL495c G6,
BL685c G6, BL460c G7, BL465c G7, BL490c G7,
BL620c G7, BL680c G7, BL685c G7

HP BladeSystem c-Class Integrity
Server Blade Support

HP NC553m

· BL860c i2, BL870c i2, BL890c i2

Interconnect Compatibility

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

· HP ProCurve 6120XG Blade Switch

· HP 10GbE Pass-Thru Module

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

Ordering Information

HP 554M

· HP Part Number 647590-B21

HP NC553m

· HP Part Number 613431-B21

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