HPE 674764-B21 Getting Started Guide

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QuickSpecs

HP Flex-10 10Gb 2-port 552M Adapter

Overview

The HP Flex-10 10Gb 2-port 552M is a Flex-10 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) mezzanine card for BL-c Gen8 servers that utilizes the
Emulex BE3 controller. The HP 552M adapter supports Virtual Connect Flex-10, which allows each 10Gb port to be divided into four
physical NICs to optimize bandwidth management for virtualized servers. The HP 552M optimizes network and storage traffic with
hardware acceleration and offloads for stateless TCP/IP and TCP Offload Engine (TOE).

HP Flex-10 10Gb 2-port 552M Adapter

Models

HP Flex-10 10Gb 2-port 552M Adapter

NOTE:

The HP 552M 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 552M adapter requires a minimum of 2 GB of server memory.

NOTE:

The HP 552M adapter supports linking at 1000Mbps or 10000Mbps when not connected to a Flex-10 device.

The HP 552M adapter will only support 1000Mbps when connected to a 1Gb Ethernet interconnect.

Kit Contents

HP Flex-10 10Gb 2-port 552M Adapter
Quick install card
Product warranty statement
Drivers, user guide, and utilities via:

http://www.hp.com

674764-B21

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Compatibility

HP ProLiant Server
Support

Supported Interconnect
Modules

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

HP Flex-10 10Gb 2-port 552M Adapter

HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 Ethernet 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 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.

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Standard Features

Performance

Product Features

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.

HP Flex-10 10Gb 2-port 552M Adapter

Industry-leading throughput and latency performance
Supports Gen8 c-Class ProLiant BladeSystem servers
Type A Adapter Dual 10Gb ports provide up to 40Gb full duplex per adapter
Hardware acceleration and offloads for stateless TCP/IP and TCP Offload Engine (TOE)

802.1p, 802.1q, 802.1qau 802.3u, 802.3ad, 802.3ae, 802.3ap (10GBase-KX4), 802.3x and 802.3z
Jumbo frames support
Supports HP's Flex-10 technology that allows setting bandwidth from 100Mb to 10Gb in 100Mb
increments on up to four physical function NICs or Flex NICs per port when combined with the 10Gb
Flex-10 Virtual Connect module. Each FlexNIC is recognized by the server as a PCI-e physical
function.
Supports receive-side scaling (RSS) for the 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

HP Virtual Connect Flex­10 10Gb Ethernet Module
for the c-Class
BladeSystem

Jumbo Frames

802.1p QoS Tagging

802.1Q VLANs

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 and 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.

The HP 552M adapter support for jumbo frames (also known as extended frames) permits up to a 9K byte
maximum transmission unit (MTU), which is over five times the size of standard 1500-byte Ethernet frame.
Jumbo frames can help achieve higher throughput and better CPU utilization. Jumbo frames are
particularly useful for database transfers and tape backups.

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.

IEEE 802.1Q virtual local area network (VLAN) protocol allows each physical port or FlexNIC of the HP 552M
adapter to be assigned to a VLAN for added network segmentation and enhanced security and
performance. VLANs increase security by isolating traffic between users. Limiting the broadcast traffic to
the same VLAN domain also improves performance.

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