Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Revision History
- Table of Contents
- Regulatory and Safety Approvals
- Functional Description
- Network Link and Activity Indication
- Features
- Software and Hardware Features
- Virtualization Features
- VXLAN
- NVGRE/GRE/IP-in-IP/Geneve
- Stateless Offloads
- UDP Fragmentation Offload
- Stateless Transport Tunnel Offload
- Multiqueue Support for OS
- SR-IOV Configuration Support Matrix
- SR-IOV
- Network Partitioning (NPAR)
- RDMA over Converged Ethernet – RoCE
- Supported Combinations
- Installing the Hardware
- Software Packages and Installation
- Windows Driver Advanced Properties and Event Log Messages
- Teaming
- System-level Configuration
- ISCSI Boot
- VXLAN: Configuration and Use Case Examples
- SR-IOV: Configuration and Use Case Examples
- NPAR – Configuration and Use Case Example
- RoCE – Configuration and Use Case Examples
- DCBX – Data Center Bridging
Functional DescriptionNetXtreme-E User’s Manual
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Functional Description
Dell supports 1GBase-T, 10GBase-T, 10G SFP+, and 25G SFP28 Network Interface Cards (NICs). These NICs
are described in Table 5.
Table 5: Functional Description
Network Interface Card Description
BCM957402A4020DLPC/BCM957402A4020DC/BCM957412A4120D/BCM957412M4120D/
BCM957412N4120DC
Speed Dual Port 10 Gbps Ethernet
PCI-E Gen 3 x8
a
a. The NIC supports PCI-E Gen 3, Gen 2, and Gen 1 speeds, however, PCI-E Gen 3 is recommended to achieve
nominal throughput when 2 ports of 25G links transmit and receive traffic at the same time.
Interface SFP+ for 10 Gbps
Device Broadcom BCM57402/BCM57412 10 Gbps MAC controller with Integrated dual
channel 10 Gbps SFI transceiver.
NDIS Name Broadcom NetXtreme E-Series Dual-port 10Gb SFP+ Ethernet PCI-E Adapter
UEFI Name Broadcom Dual 10Gb SFP+ Ethernet
BCM57404A4041DLPC/BCM57404A4041DC/BCM957414A4141D/BCM957414M4140D/
BCM957414N4140DC
Speed Dual Port 25 Gbps or 10 Gbps Ethernet
PCI-E Gen 3 x8
a
Interface SFP28 for 25 Gbps and SFP+ for 10 Gbps
Device Broadcom BCM57404/BCM57414 25 Gbps MAC controller with Integrated dual
channel 25 Gbps SFI transceiver.
NDIS Name Broadcom NetXtreme E-Series Dual-port 25 Gb SFP28 Ethernet PCI-E Adapter
UEFI Name Broadcom Dual 25 Gb SFP 28 Ethernet
BCM957406A4060DLPC/BCM957406A4060DC/BCM957416A4160D/BCM957416M4160/
BCM957416N4160DC
Speed Dual Port 10GBase-T Ethernet
PCI-E Gen 3 x8
a
Interface RJ-45 for 10 Gbps and 1 Gbps
Device Broadcom BCM57406/BCM57416 10 Gbps MAC controller with Integrated dual
channel 10GBase-T transceiver.
NDIS Name Broadcom NetXtreme E-Series Dual-port 10GBASE-T Ethernet PCI-E Adapter
UEFI Name Broadcom Dual 10GBASE-T Ethernet