Dell
PowerEdge M910 Technical Guide
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Embedded Gigabit Ethernet Controllers on Motherboard (LOM)
Two embedded Broadcom
®
5709S dual-port LAN controllers are on the Dell™ PowerEdge™ M910
system board as independent Gigabit Ethernet interface devices. The following information details
the features of the LAN devices:
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X2 PCI Express Gen2 capable interface
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M910 operates this controller at Gen2 speed
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Integrated MAC and PHY
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3072x18 Byte context memory
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64 KB receive buffer
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TOE (TCP Offload Engine)
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iSCSI controller
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NC-SI (Network Controller-Sideband Interface) connection for Flex Addressing
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Wake-On-LAN (WOL)
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PXE 2.0 remote boot
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iSCSI boot
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IPv4 and IPv6 support
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Bare metal deployment support