HPE 779799-B21 Getting Started Guide

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QuickSpecs

Overview

HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter

Extended SKU - This adapter is part of an extended catalog of products tailored for customers in specific markets or with specific workloads, requiring the utmost in performance or value, but typically have a longer lead-time. The HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ adapter for ProLiant rack servers are designed to optimize Cloud efficiency, and improve performance and security of applications – especially where I/O, block storage and database performance are critical and the need for maximum VM density and up-scalability are greatest. It offers a rich set of offload technologies including overlay network tunneling and storage as well as RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) capabilities that increase host efficiency and virtualization performance. The HPE FlexFabric 546FLR-SFP+ can provide up to 40 Gb/s of converged bi-directional Ethernet bandwidth, helping to alleviate network bottlenecks.

HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter

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QuickSpecs HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter

Platform Information

Models

HP Ethernet10Gb 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter 779799-B21 HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ FIO Adapter 779800-B21

Kit Contents

Compatibility Supported Servers

HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 556FLR-SFP+ Adapter Quick install card Product warranty statement

HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen9 HPE ProLiant DL180 Gen9 HPE ProLiant DL160 Gen9 HPE ProLiant DL120 Gen9 HPE ProLIant DL80 Gen9 HPE ProLiant DL60 Gen9 HPE ProLiant DL20 Gen9 HPE ProLiant DL580 Gen9 HPE ProLiant DL560 Gen9 HPE Apollo 6000 Gen9 HPE Apollo 2000 Gen9 HPE Apollo 4500 Gen9

NOTE:

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

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QuickSpecs HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 546FLR-SFP+ Adapter

Standard Features

At a Glance Features

• Over eight million small packets/s, ideal for web/mobile applications, mobile messaging, and social media

• Industry-leading throughput and latency performance

• Up to 40 Gb/s bi-directional near-line rate throughput

• FlexibleLOM Adapter

• Advanced storage offload processing freeing up valuable CPU cycles

• Tunnel offload support (NVGRE, VxLAN)

• Supports UEFI and legacy boot options

• Supports receive-side scaling (RSS) for the efficient distribution of network receive processing across multiple CPUs in multiprocessor systems

• Support for Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE)

• RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) for greater server efficiency and lower latency

• Greater bandwidth with PCIe 3.0

• Jumbo Frames support

• Includes 128MB of onboard memory

• Support for Windows SMB Direct with RoCE

• Supports VMWare NetQueue, Microsoft Virtual Machine Queue (VMQ) for Windows

• Optimized host virtualization density with SR-IOV support

• Converges RoCE with LAN traffic on a single 10 GbE wire

ThroughputTheoretical Bandwidth

802.1p QoS Tagging

802.1Q VLANs

Configuration Utilities

DPDK

Interrupt Coalescing

This adapter delivers 20 Gb/s bi-directional Ethernet transfer rate per port (40 Gb/s per adapter), providing the network performance needed to improve response times and alleviate bottlenecks.

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 of this adapter 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.

This adapter 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.

This adapter supports DPDK with benefit for packet processing acceleration and use in NFV deployments.

Interrupt coalescing (interrupt moderation) groups multiple packets, thereby reducing the number of interrupts sent to the host. This process optimizes host efficiency, leaving the CPU available for other duties.

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