Broadcom 10 Gb Gen 2 2-port and 4-port Ethernet Expansion Cards (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter
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Part number information
Table 1. Ordering part number and feature code
Description
Part number
Feature code
Broadcom 10 Gb Gen 2 2-port Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFh)
46M6168
0099
Broadcom 10 Gb Gen 2 4-port Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFh)
46M6164
0098
These part numbers include the following items:
One 2-port card (part number 46M6168) or one 4-port card (part number 46M6164)
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Documentation CD that contains the
Broadcom 10 Gb Gen 2 2-port and 4-port Ethernet Expansion
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Cards (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter Installation and User's Guide
Safety Notices publication
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Features
The expansion card has the following features and benefits:
Offers an end-to-end solution up to 10 Gb
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Based on the Broadcom 57711 module
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One (two-port card) or two (four-port card) PCI Express 2.0 x8 host interfaces for high-speed
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connection
Connectivity to high-speed I/O module bays in BladeCenter H and BladeCenter HT chassis
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Enables two or four 10 Gb ports from the blade server to the external network
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Supports failover
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Supports IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager
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Supports iSCSI BladeBoot
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Supports Wake-on-LAN
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Out-of-box support for SOL and cKVM over the high-speed network
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Performance features:
TCP offload engine (TOE)
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Full fast-path TCP offload
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TCP/IP checksum offload
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TCP/IP segmentation offload
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Improved performance over the Broadcom BCM57710 module
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The expansion card has the following specifications:
BladeCenter form factor: CFFh
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Host data transfer: PCI Express 2.0 x8
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One x8 interface for the two-port card
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Two x8 interfaces for the four-port card
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Operating power: Less than 15 watts
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Communication module: Broadcom BCM57711
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