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Blade Mezzanine Card: 10Gb
Features
Broadcom
57810S-k DP
10Gb
Intel X520 10Gb
DP –x/k
QLogic
QME8262-k
Brocade BR1741M-
k KR
Ports x Link Speed 2x10Gb 2x10Gb 2x10Gb 2x10Gb
Supported Speed 1Gb,10Gb 1Gb,10Gb 10Gb 1Gb, 10Gb
Chipset 57810S X520 P3+ Catapult I
Interface Type KR XAUI/KR KR KR
ISCSI HBA Yes No Yes No
iSCSI Boot Yes Yes Yes No
FCoE Yes Yes Yes Yes
FCoE boot Yes Yes Yes Yes
Switch Independent
Partitioning
Yes
3
No Yes No
DCB Yes Yes Yes Yes
SR-IOV Yes Yes
1
No No
WOL Yes Yes Yes No
PXE Yes Yes Yes Yes
EEE No No No No
RoCE No No No No
Multi-queue
2
(per port) 128 TX, 128 RX 64 TX, 64 RX 64 TX, 64 RX 128 TX, 128 RX
Supported Servers
M420, M520, M620,
M820, M910, M915
M420, M520, M620,
M820, M910, M915
M420, M520, M620,
M820, M910, M915
M420, M520, M620, M820,
M910, M915
Great for
Continuity from older
server designs
Convergence features
iSCSI HBA and NPAR
Future FCoE availability
Preference for Intel
Ethernet solutions
Software iSCSI and FCoE
Trusted Storage driver
stack
Convergence features
like ISCSI HBA, FCoE and
NPAR
Works best with Brocade
convergence switch and
their management
framework
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