HPE 629138-B21 Getting Started Guide

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HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 526FLR-SFP+ Adapter

Overview

The HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 526FLR-SFP+ Adapter provides concurrent NIC (Ethernet), iSCSI and Fibre Channel Over Ethernet (FCoE)
connectivity in a FlexibleLOM form factor designed for select HP ProLiant Gen8 rack servers. The HP FlexFabric 10Gb 526FLR-SFP+
Converged Network Adapter provides NIC (Ethernet), iSCSI and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) connectivity in a dual port PCIe Gen

2.0 x8 lane 10 Gigabit Ethernet in FlexibleLOM form factor designed for select HP ProLiant Gen8 rack and scalable servers. The HP
526FLR-SFP+ based on QLogic P3+ chipset ships with two SFP+ connections suitable for attaching Direct Attach Copper twin axial
cables or fiber modules supporting SR fiber optic cabling. Easy to install and configure, the HP 526FLR-SFP+ provides customers the
ability to converge multiple I/O needs to a single 10 Gigabit FlexibleLOM. HP customers using separate LAN and SAN adapters can
consider this CNA for consolidation requirements, security, high performance and virtualized environments.

Models

HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 526FLR SFP+ Adapter

Kit Contents

HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 526FLR-SFP+ Adapter
Quick install card
Product warranty statement

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Compatibility

Servers

ProLiant DL (rack-optimized)

ProLiant SL (scalable line)

NOTE:

HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 526FLR-SFP+ Adapter

:

HP ProLiant DL160 Gen8
HP ProLiant DL360p Gen8
HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8
HP ProLiant DL385p Gen8
HP ProLiant DL560 Gen8

:

HP ProLiant SL210t Gen8
HP ProLiant SL230 Gen8
HP ProLiant SL250 Gen8
HP ProLiant SL270 Gen8

This is a list of supported servers. Some may be discontinued.

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Standard Features

Product Features

Dual-port 10 Gigabit
Converged Ethernet
Throughput

Jumbo Frames

The HP 526FLR FlexibleLOM delivers 20Gbps full duplex Converged Ethernet transfer rate per port (40
Gbps aggregate full duplex), providing the network and SAN performance needed to improve response
times and alleviate bottlenecks that impact performance of next generation data centers. 10Gb Converged
Ethernet bandwidth is ideal for I/O consolidation with high performance computing, database clusters, and
more.

The HP 526FLR FlexibleLOM supports jumbo frames (also known as extended frames), permitting up to a

9.5K 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.

HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 526FLR-SFP+ Adapter

Dual-port 10GbE FlexibleLOM that provides the flexibility to meet growing infrastructure needs.
Industry-leading throughput and latency performance
Up to 40Gb/s bi-directional near line rate throughput
Concurrent protocol support for NIC (Ethernet), iSCSI, FCoE traffic and FCoE Offload
Hardware acceleration and offloads for stateless TCP/IP, UDP, LSO/GSO, LRO
Support for Jumbo Frames
Support for Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE)Support for RSS, Microsoft VMQ/DVMQ, VMware
NetQueue, VMDq, MSI-X
Support for Interrupt Coalescence and Promiscuous Mode

802.1Q VLANs

Optimized for
Virtualization

MSI and MSI-X

TCP/IP Stateless
Offloading

FlexibleLOM slot
Compatibility

IEEE 802.1Q virtual local area network (VLAN) protocol allows each physical port of the HP 526FLR
FlexibleLOM 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.

I/O Virtualization support for VMware NetQueue and Microsoft VMQ help meet the performance demands
of consolidated virtual workloads.

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

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.

Compatible with HP FlexibleLOM slot for select HP ProLiant Gen8 Rack and Scale Out servers.

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Standard Features

Network Adapter Teaming

FCoE Support

iSCSI Support

Network Management

Management Support

The HP 526FLR FlexibleLOM support for NIC teaming helps IT administrators increase network fault
tolerance and increased network bandwidth, The team of adapters can work together as a single virtual
adapter. The HP 526FLR provides support for several different types of teaming enabling IT administrators
to optimize availability, improve performance and help reduce costs.

The HP 526FLR FlexibleLOM supports 2,048 concurrent logins and 2,048 active exchanges, N_Port ID
Virtualization (NPIV) to provide a flexible and scalable I/O solution for connecting to Fibre Channel SAN
environments.

The HP 526FLR FlexibleLOM support for iSCSI connectivity provides IT administrators the ability to connect
to iSCSI SAN storage.

The HP 526FLR FlexibleLOM can be administered from HP Systems Insight Manager (SIM). The adapters can
be managed individually or in teams, providing SNMP based statistics for reporting purposes. The HP
526FLR adapter can also be managed by other applications with SNMP support.

HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 526FLR-SFP+ Adapter

Server Integration

Configuration Utilities

LED Indicators

Preboot Execution
Environment (PXE)

HP Sea of Sensors 3D

The HP 526FLR FlexibleLOM is a validated, tested, and qualified solution that is optimized for HP ProLiant
servers. HP validates a wide variety of major operating systems drivers with the full suite of web-based
enterprise management utilities including HP Intelligent Provisioning and HP Systems Insight Manager that
simplify network management.

This approach provides a more robust and reliable networking solution than offerings from other venders
and provides users with a single point of contact for both their servers and their network adapters.

Each HP 526FLR ships with a suite of operating system-tailored configuration utilities that allow the user
to enable initial diagnostics and configure adapter teaming. This includes a patented teaming GUI for
Microsoft Windows operating systems. Additionally, support for scripted installations of teams in a
Microsoft Windows environment allow for unattended OS installations. HP Customers can also utilize
QLogic QConverge Console utilities, which is a unified management tool via GUI and command line interface
(CLI) that provides management for FCoE, iSCSI and networking functions from a single utility.

The colored LEDs on each port of the HP 526FLR adapter indicate link status and link activity.

PXE allows the server to boot over the network and download software residing in the network. The HP
526FLR supports PXE.

Support for HP's Sea of Sensors which is a collection of 32 sensors that automatically track thermal
activity - heat - across the server. When temperatures get too high, sensors can kick on fans and make
other adjustments to reduce energy usage. What makes it better is the upgrade from all six fans kicking on
at one time to a new system where only one kicks on - the one in proximity of the area that started heating
up - thus reducing the amount of energy used for cooling.

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