HPE 718904-B21 Getting Started Guide

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HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2P 570SFP+ Adapter

Overview

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The HPE 570SFP+ is a dual-port 10Gb Ethernet Onload server adapter is based on Solarflare's second generation 10GbE controller,

over standard Ethernet along with the lowest

TCP and UDP checksum offloading, MSI-X, NIC teaming (bonding), Receive Side Scaling (RSS), jumbo frames, and PXE boot.

HPE 570SFP+ - Low profile bracket

HPE 570SFP+ - Standard bracket

Models

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HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 570SFP+ Adapter

Solarflare™ SFC9020, and delivers unmatched message rates with low latency and jitter
CPU utilization and power consumption, enabling the industry's best performance and scalability for financial services and other
enterprise data centers.

The HPE 570SFP+ comes with both low profile and standard brackets and has two SFP+ cages that enable connections with DACs
as well as SR fiber optic modules. It supports high performance networking features such as VLAN tagging, low latency interrupts,

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HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2P 570SFP+ Adapter

Overview

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HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 570SFP+ Adapter

718904-B21

Kit contents

• HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 570SFP+ Adapter

• Product warranty statement

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• Full height bracket (installed on card)

• Low-profile bracket

• Quick install card

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HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2P 570SFP+ Adapter

Compatibility

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ProLiant DL (rack-optimized):

NOTE: This is a list of Supported Servers. Some may be discontinued.

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Servers

• HPE ProLiant DL360p Gen8

• HPE ProLiant DL380p Gen8

• HPE ProLiant DL560 Gen8

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HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2P 570SFP+ Adapter

Standard Features

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The 20,000 Mbps full duplex Ethernet transfer rate per port (40 Gbps aggregate full duplex) delivers

The HPE 570SFP+ Adapter is designed with an eight lane (x8) PCI Express bus based on the PCIe v2.0

The HPE 570SFP+ Adapter supports jumbo frames (also known as extended frames), permitting up to a 9K

For overall improved system response, the HPE 570 SFP+ adapter supports standard TCP/IP offloading

Interrupt coalescing (interrupt moderation) groups multiple packets, thereby reducing the number of interrupts

IEEE 802.1Q virtual local area network (VLAN) protocol allows each physical port of the HPE 570SFP+ adapter

performance. VLANs increase security by isolating traffic between users. Limiting the broadcast traffic to within

Management

Like all HPE ProLiant server adapters, the HPE 570 SFP+ adapter ships with agents that can be managed from

The HPE 570SFP+ Adapter is a validated, tested, and qualified solution that is optimized for HPE ProLiant

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Dual-port 10
Gigabit Ethernet
Throughput

PCI Express
Interface

Jumbo Frames

outstanding network performance that improves response time and removes bottlenecks for the next
generation data center. 10 Gigabit Ethernet bandwidth is ideal for financial services, high performance
computing, database clusters, iSCSI storage, storage backups, grid systems, virtualization, server and I/O
consolidation, fabric consolidation, and more.

standard. The adapter is backward compatible with four lane (x4) PCI Express, automatically auto-sensing
between x8 and x4 slots.

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.

TCP/IP Stateless
Offloading

techniques including:

• TCP/IP checksum offload (TCO) moves the TCP and IP checksum offloading from the CPU to the

• Large Send Offload (LSO) or TCP Segmentation Offload (TSO) allows the TCP segmentation to be

Interrupt
Coalescing

sent to the host. This process optimizes host efficiency, leaving the CPU available for other duties.

802.1p QoS
Tagging

to be separated into multiple virtual NICs for added network segmentation and enhanced security and

the same VLAN domain also improves performance. The HPE 570SFP+ Adapter provides support for 802.1Q
(VLAN).

Network Management

Support

HPE Systems Insight Manager or other management application that support SNMP.

network adapter.

handled by the adapter rather than the CPU.

Server Integration

servers. Hewlett Packard Enterprise validates a wide variety of major operating systems drivers with the full
suite of web-based enterprise management utilities including HPE Intelligent Provisioning and HPE Systems
Insight Manager that simplify network management.

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