
HPE Ethernet 10/
25Gb Adapters
HPE ProLiant DL, ML & Apollo
Overview
HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb Adapters
HPE ProLiant
The HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb Adapters are ideal for high performance computing, server virtualization, security, server consolidation,
and other applications requiring highest throughput.
DL, ML & Apollo

25Gb Adapters
HPE ProLiant DL, ML & Apollo
Platform Information
HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port 631FLR-SFP28 Adapter
HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port 631SFP28 Adapter
HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port 640FLR-SFP28 Adapter
HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port 640SFP28 Adapter
HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port 621SFP28 Adapter
HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port 622FLR-SFP28 Converged Network Adapter
HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port
631FLR-SFP28 Adapter
HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port
631SFP28 Adapter
HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port
640FLR-SFP28 Adapter
Product warranty statement
HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port
HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port
HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port
Product warranty statement
HPE Ethernet 10/
640SFP28 Adapter
(Recommended)
621SFP28 Adapter
(Recommended)
622FLR-SFP28 Converged
Network Adapter

HPE Ethernet 10/
25Gb Adapters
HPE ProLiant DL, ML & Apollo
HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-
port 631FLR-SFP28 Adapter
HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-
port 631SFP28 Adapter
HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-
port 640FLR-SFP28 Adapter
HPE Apollo 4200 Gen9 Server
HPE Apollo 6500 - XL270d Gen9
HPE ProLiant DL120 Gen10
HPE ProLiant DL160 Gen10
HPE ProLiant DL180 Gen10
HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen10
HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen10
HPE
HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen10
HPE ProLiant DL560 Gen10
HPE ProLiant DL580 Gen10
HPE Apollo 2000
HPE Apollo 2000
HPE Apollo 4500 - XL450 Gen10
HPE Apollo 6000 - XL230k Gen10
HPE Apollo 6500 – XL270d Gen10
ProLiant DL380 Gen10
- XL170r Gen10
- XL190r Gen10
√ √ √

HPE Ethernet 10/
25Gb Adapters
HPE ProLiant DL, ML & Apollo
Converged Network Adapter
HPE Apollo 4200 Gen9 Server
HPE Apollo 6500 - XL270d Gen9
HPE ProLiant DL120 Gen10
HPE ProLiant DL160 Gen10
HPE ProLiant DL180 Gen10
HPE
HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen10
HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10
HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen10
HPE ProLiant DL560 Gen10
HPE ProLiant DL580 Gen10
HPE Apollo 2000
HPE Apollo 2000
HPE Apollo 4500
HPE Apollo 6000 - XL230k Gen10
HPE Apollo 6500 – XL270d Gen10
360 Gen9
ProLiant DL325 Gen10
- XL170r Gen10
- XL190r Gen10
- XL450 Gen10
port 640SFP28 Adapter
port 621SFP28 Adapter
port 622FLR-SFP28
√ √ √

HPE Ethernet 10/
25Gb Adapters
HPE ProLiant DL, ML & Apollo
Standard Features
Checksum & Segmentation Offload
Message Signaled Interrupt (Extended)
(MSI-X)
Network Partitioning (NPAR)
Optimized for Virtualization
Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE)
Receive Side Scaling (RSS)
Single-Root I/O Virtualization
VMware NewQueue and Microsoft Virtual
Machine Queue (VMQ)
port 631FLR-SFP28
Adapter
port 631SFP28 Adapter
port 640FLR-SFP28
Adapter
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HPE Ethernet 10/
25Gb Adapters
HPE ProLiant DL, ML & Apollo
Checksum & Segmentation Offload
Message Signaled Interrupt (Extended)
(MSI-X)
Network Partitioning (NPAR)
Optimized for Virtualization
Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE)
Receive Side Scaling (RSS)
Single-Root I/O Virtualization
VMware NewQueue and Microsoft Virtual
Machine Queue (VMQ)
NOTES:
* No iWarp and RoCE on the same port
** DPDK not
Storage personality must be disabled on NIC intended for DPDK workload. DPDK and Storage modes cannot be used concurrently
on current generation CNA NICs. HPE Recommends using 2 separate NICS for Storage (Control Plane), and DPDK (Data Plane)
workloads for the optimal high availability configuration. No DPDK with storage mode. No DPDK with VC interconnects.
port 640SFP28 Adapter
port 621SFP28 Adapter
port 622FLR-SFP28
Converged Network
supported with HPE Virtual Connect SE 40Gb F8 Module.

HPE Ethernet 10/
25Gb Adapters
HPE ProLiant DL, ML & Apollo
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 betwe
users. Limiting the broadcast traffic to within the same VLAN domain also improves performance.
Supports HPE Active Health System - monitors and records changes in the server hardware and configuration enabling customers to
have accurate information that will assist in diagnosing problems and delivering rapid resolution when server failures occur.
Audit Logs are a forensics capability that provides traceability into authenticated firmware updates by capturing changes in standard
system logs.
Authenticated Updates brings cryptographic keys onto the NIC (for HW Authentication) to protect user and configuration data from
unauthorized access and verify digitally signed firmware.
This adapter automatically senses the speed of the device to which it is attached. It also automatically configures for half or full duplex,
depending on the duplex mode of the switch, hub, or router connected to the adapter.
Checksum & Segmentation Offload
Normally the TCP Checksum is computed by the protocol stack. Segmentation Offload is technique for increasing outbound
throughput of high-bandwidth network connections by reducing CPU overhead. The technique is also called TCP segmentation
offload (TSO) when applied to TCP, or generic segmentation offload (GSO).
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 Mi
scripted installations of teams in a Microsoft Windows environment allow for unattended OS installations.
Device-level Firewall blocks any unmanaged access to memory or storage. This ensures that on-device firmware and configuration
data can only be accessed by authorized agents.
Supports DMA Coalescing, the incoming data packets and interrupts associated with these DMA calls are intelligently batched to keep
the system devices in lower power states.
This adapter supports DPDK with benefit for packet processing acceleration and use in NFV deployments.
Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
Combines the functionality of an industry-standard NIC with an industry-proven Fibre Channel to seamlessly converge the traffic over
a shared lossless Ethernet network.
Support for the HPE 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 initiate fans and make other adjustments to reduce energy usage. A signif
improvement lies in the ability to apply fan speed increases only to the portion of the system that is rising in temperature, rather than
all six fans in unison, which reduces the amount of energy used for cooling.
Root of Trust enables a chain of trust for Authenticating updates to firmware via signature validation. This blocks installation of rogue
or corrupted firmware and ensures that the executing firmware is trusted.
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25Gb Adapters
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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.
IPv6 uses 128-bit addressing allowing for more devices and users on the internet. IPv4 supported 32-bit addressing.
Delivers RDMA on top of the pervasive TCP/IP protocol. iWARP RDMA runs over standard network and transport layers and works
with all Ethernet network infrastructure. TCP provides flow control and congestion management and does not require a lossless
Ethernet network. iWARP is a highly routable and scalable RDMA implementation.
This adapter supports Jumbo Frames (also known as extended frames), permitting up to a 9,600 byte (KB) transmission unit (MTU)
when running Ethernet I/O traffic. This is over five times 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.
LED indicators show link integrity and network activity for easy troubleshooting.
Transmit Load Balancing (TLB) and Switch-assisted Load Balancing (SLB) are two advanced features that customers can use to build
a bigger pipe for improved networking bandwidth. These port
361T adapters (total of 8 ports) in a HPE ProLiant server and aggregate their throughput up to a theoretical maximum of 16 Gi
per second full-duplex transmissions.
Message Signaled Interrupt (Extended) (MSI-X)
Message Signaled Interrupt (Extended) provides performance benefits for multi-core servers by load balancing interrupts between
CPUs/cores.
This adapter 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, providing support for several different types of teaming enabling IT
administrators to optimize availability, improve performance and help reduce costs.
Network Fault Tolerance (NFT)
Network Fault Tolerance, sometimes called "failover" or "NIC Redundancy," allows for the installation of multiple server adapters so
that the active device can be backed up by a redundant adapter to improve availability. The Hewlett Packard Enterprise teaming
utility also allows users to specify that when a failed adapter is fixed and replaced, the original adapter resumes its funct
primary network connection.
Network Partitioning (NPAR)
This adapter supports Network Partitioning (NPAR) allowing administrators to configure a 10 Gb port as four separate partitions or
physical functions. Each PCI function is associated with a different virtual NIC. To the OS and the network, each physical fu
appears as a separate NIC port.
Optimized for Virtualization
I/O Virtualization support for VMware NetQueue and Microsoft VMQ helps meet the performance demands of consolidated virtual
workloads.
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Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE)
Support for PXE enables automatic deployment of computing resources remotely from anywhere. It allows a new or existing server to
boot over the network and download software, including the operating system, from a management/ deployment server at another
l
Additionally, PXE enables decentralized software distribution and remote troubleshooting and repairs.
Precision Time Protocol (IEEE 1588 PTP)
Synchronization of system clocks throughout a network, achieving clock accuracy in the sub-microsecond range, making it suitable
for measurement and control systems.
Remote Direct memory Access (RDMA) is an accelerated I/O delivery mechanism that allows data to be transferred directly from the
user memory of the source server to the user memory of the destination server bypassing the operating system (OS) kernel. Because
the RDMA data transfer is performed by the DMA engine on the adapter's network processor, the CPU is not used for the data
movement, freeing it to perform othe
RoCEv1, RoCEv2 and iWARP. All of these protocols reduce overall latency to deliver accelerated performance for applications such
as Microsoft Hyper
Receive Flow Steering (RFS)
Receive Flow Steering (RFS) acceleration improves processing efficiency by steering received packets to the CPU core that is running
the application that consumes those packets. Aligning I/O processing to the CPU core running the application improves cache
efficiency, CPU utilization, throughput and latency.
Receive Side Scaling (RSS)
RSS resolves the single-processor bottleneck by allowing the receive side network load from a network adapter to be shared across
multiple processors. RSS enables packet receive-processing to scale with the number of available processors.
Sanitization (Secure User Data Erase) renders User and configuration data on the NIC irretrievable so that NICs can be safely
repurposed or disposed.
Secure Boot safeguards the system and ensures no rogue drivers are being executed on start-up.
This adapter is a validated, tested, and qualified solution that is optimized for HPE ProLiant 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 m
robust and reliable networking solution than offerings from other vendors and provides users with a single point of contact f
their servers and their network adapters.
ocation on the network.
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25Gb Adapters
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Single-Root I/O Virtualization
Single-Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) provides a mechanism to bypass the host system hypervisor in virtual environments providing
near metal performance and server efficiency. SR
PCIe resources. The device is capable of SR-IOV, and requires Server BIOS support, controller firmware, and OS support.
For overall improved system response, this adapter supports standard TCP/IP offloading techniques including: TCP/IP, UDP checksum
offload (TCO) moves the TCP and IP checksum offloading from the CPU to the network adapter. Large send offload (LSO) or TCP
segmentation offload (TSO) allows the TCP segmentation to be handled by the adapter rather than the CPU.
TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE) shifts the processing of data in the TCP protocol stack from the server CPU to the adapter's processor,
freeing server CPU cycles for other operations.
Minimize the impact of overlay networking on host performance with tunnel offload support for VXLAN, NVGRE and GENEVE. By
offloading packet processing to adapters, customers can use overlay networking to increase VM migration flexibility and virtu
overlay networks with minimal impact to performance. HPE Tunnel Offloading increases I/O throughput, reduces CPU utilization, and
lowers power consumption. Tunnel Offload supports VMware's VXLAN, Microsoft's NVGRE solutions and Generic Network
Virtualization Encapsulation (GENEVE) solutions.
VMware NewQueue and Microsoft Virtual Machine Queue (VMQ)
VMware NetQueue is technology that significantly improves performance of 10 Gigabit Ethernet network adapters in virtualized
environments. Windows Hyper
Ethernet adapters. VMQ uses hardware packet filtering to deliver packet data from an external virtual machine network directly to
virtual machines, which reduces the overhead of routing packets and copying them from the management operating system to the
virtual machine.
This adapter provides Wake-on-LAN (WoL) support through the PCI Express bus. A system that supports Wake-on-LAN cfaan remain
available to the systems administrator during its normal downtime. Once the machine is awakened, the systems administrator ca
remotely control, audit, debug, or manage the machine.
Maximum: The remaining warranty of the HPE product in which it is installed (to a maximum three-year, limited warranty).
Minimum: One year limited warranty.
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-IOV provides mechanism to create multiple Virtual Functions (VFs) to share single
alized
-V VMQ (VMQ) is a feature available on servers running Windows Server 2008 R2 with VMQ-enabled
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25Gb Adapters
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Service and Support
NOTE: This adapter is covered under HPE Support Services/ Service Contract applied to the HPE ProLiant Server or enclosure.
No separate HPE Support Services need to be purchased.
Most HPE branded options sourced from HPE that are compatible with your product will be covered
at the same level of coverage, allowing you to upgrade freely. Additional support is required on select workload accelerators
racks and UPS options 12KVA and over. Coverage of the UPS battery is not included under HPE support services; standard warranty
terms and conditions apply.
Warranty and Support Services
Warranty and Support Services will extend to include HPE options configured with your server or storage device. The price of support
service is not impacted by configuration details. HPE sourced options that are compatible with your product will be covered
your server support at the same level of coverage allowing you to upgrade freely. Installation for HPE options is available a
To keep support costs low for everyone, some high value options will require additional support. Additional support is only required
on select high value workload accelerators, fibre switches, InfiniBand and UPS options 12KVA and over. Coverage of the UPS ba
is not included under TS support services; standard warranty terms and conditions apply.
Protect your business beyond warranty with HPE Support Services
HPE Technology Services delivers confidence, reduces risk and helps customers realize agility and stability. Connect to HPE to help
prevent problems and solve issues faster. HPE Support Services enable you to choose the right service level, length of coverage and
response time as you purchase your new server, giving you full entitlement to the support you need for your IT and business.
Protect your product, beyond warranty.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise will provide HPE-supported replacement parts and materials necessary to maintain the covered hardware
product in operating condition, including parts and materials for available and recommended engineering improvements. Parts a
components that have reached their maximum supported lifetime and/or the maximum usage limitations as set forth in the
manufacturer's operating manual, product quick-specs, or the technical product data sheet will not be provided, repaired, or replaced
as
by Hewlett Packard Enterprise due to malfunction.
Visit the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Service and Support website.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise will provide HPE-supported replacement parts and materials necessary to
he covered hardware product in operating condition, including parts and materials for available
Parts and components that have reached their maximum supported lifetime and/or the maximum usage
ble SSD/Flash Drives
replaced by Hewlett Packard Enterprise due to malfunction.
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part of these services. The defective media retention service feature option applies only to Disk or eligible SSD/Flash Drives replaced
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and recommended engineering improvements.
limitations as set forth in the manufacturer's operating manual, product quickproduct data sheet will not be provided, repaired, or replaced as part of these services.
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HPE Ethernet 10/
25Gb Adapters
HPE ProLiant DL, ML & Apollo
Technical Specifications
Technical Specifications Table
HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port
HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port
HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port
2 port, each at 50 Gb bi-directional,
2 port, each at 50 Gb bi-directional,
2 port, each at 50 Gb bi-directional,
9.04W typical
14W maximum
9.84W typical 14W maximum
10.5W typical 14W maximum
802.3ae, 802.1Q, 802.3x, 802.1p,
802.3ae, 802.1Q, 802.3x, 802.1p,
802.3ae, 802.1Q, 802.3x, 802.1p,
Technical Specifications Table
HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port
HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port
HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port
2 port, each at 50 Gb bi-directional,
2 port, each at 50 Gb bi-directional,
2 port, each at 50 Gb bi-directional,
8.4W typical
9.7W maximum
14.1 W typical 18.1 W maximum
12.5 W typical
15 W maximum
802.3ae, 802.1Q, 802.3x, 802.1p,
802.1p, 802.1Qaz, 802.1Qbb,
802.3by, 802.1Qau, 802.1Qaz,
Operating 5° to 60° C (41° to 140° F)
Humidity - Operating System relative humidity: Minimum
Operating 10% to 90% non-condensing
Non-operating
631FLR-SFP28 Adapter
631SFP28 Adapter
640FLR-SFP28 Adapter
MCX4121A-ACAT
100 Gb bi-directional per adapter
802.3ad, 802.1AB, 802.1Qbg,
802.1Qbb,
802.1Qaz, 802.3az, 802.3AS,
100 Gb bi-directional per adapter
802.3ad, 802.1AB, 802.1Qbg,
802.1Qbb,
802.1Qaz, 802.3az, 802.3AS,
100 Gb bi-directional per adapter
802.3ad/LACP, 802.1AB(LLDP),
802.1Qbg, 802.1Qbb, 802.1Qaz,
802.3az, 802.3AS, 802.1Qau,
640SFP28 Adapter
621SFP28 Adapter
622FLR-SFP28 Converged
MCX4121A-ACAT
100 Gb bi-directional per adapter
802.3ad/LACP, 802.1AB(LLDP),
802.1Qbg, 802.1Qbb, 802.1Qaz,
802.3az, 802.3AS, 802.1Qau,
Non-Operating -40°C to 70°C / -40°F to 158°F
QL41401-A2G
100 Gb bi-directional per adapter
802.1AS, 802.3ad, 802.3by, 1588,
802.3-2012, 802.3by-2016,
802.1q, 802.1Q
5% to 95% non-condensing
QL41401L-A2G
100 Gb bi-directional per adapter
802.1Qbb, 802.1Qbg, 802.3az
802.1AS,
802.3ad, 1588, 802.1Q

HPE Ethernet 10/
25Gb Adapters
HPE ProLiant DL, ML & Apollo
Operating System and Virtualization Support
The Operating Systems supported by this adapter are based on the server OS support. Please refer to the OS Support Matrix at
https://www.hpe.com/us/en/servers/server
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Please refer to link for supported cables and
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Summary of Changes
Platform Information & Standard Features sections were updated
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