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Select Network Adapters for blade servers

1: Citrix Xenserver 6.0 and Linux KVM only. 63 VFs per port

2: No. of queues will vary depending upon hypervisor memory limitations

3: 4 partitions per 10Gb port

Broadcom

57810S-k NDC

(Default choice)

Ports x Link Speed 2x10Gb 2x10Gb 2x10Gb

Supported Speed 1Gb, 10Gb 1Gb,10Gb 10Gb

Chipset 57810S X520/82599 P3+

Interface KR KR KR

ISCSI HBA Yes No Yes

ISCSI Boot Yes Yes Yes

FCoE Yes Yes Yes

FCoE Boot Yes Yes Yes

Switch Independent

Partitioning

Yes

No Yes

DCB Yes Yes Yes

SR-IOV Yes

Yes

WOL Yes Yes Yes

PXE Yes Yes Yes

EEE No No No

Multi-queue

(per port)

128 TX, 128 RX 64 TX, 64 RX 64 TX, 64 RX

Supported Servers M620, M820 M620, M820 M620, M820

Continuity from older

server designs

Preference for Intel

Ethernet solutions

Trusted Storage driver stack

Convergence features

iSCSI HBA and NPAR

Software iSCSI and FCoE

Convergence features like

ISCSI HBA, FCoE and NPAR

Features Intel X520-k NDC

QLogic QMD8262-k

NDC

Strengths

Dell M-Series Blade I/O Guide