BladeIO Guide

10Gb Products with Convergence and Virtualization features
Form Factor Device Name Convergence Virtualization
ISCSI
(Offload, Boot, SW)
FCOE
(Offload, Boot, SW)
Switch Independent
Partitioning
SR-IOV Virtual Queues
Select Network
Adapters (10Gb)
Broadcom 57810S-k
(2x10Gb)
All
Yes
Yes( 4 partitions per
10Gb port)
Yes 128 TX, 128 RX
Intel X520-k (2x10Gb) Software iSCSI,
boot
Software FCoE,
boot
No Yes 64 TX, 64 RX
QLogic QMD8262-
k(2x10Gb)
All
All
Yes( 4 partitions per
10Gb port)
No 64 TX, 64 RX
LOM (10Gb) Broadcom 57810S-k
(2x10Gb)
All
Yes
Yes( 4 partitions per
10Gb port)
Yes 128 TX, 128 RX
10Gb
Adapters/Mezz
Broadcom 57810S-k
(2x10Gb)
All
Yes
Yes( 4 partitions per
10Gb port)
Yes 128 TX, 128 RX
Intel X520 –x/k (2x10Gb) Software iSCSI,
boot
Software FCoE,
boot
No Yes 64 TX, 64 RX
QLogic QME8262-k
(2x10Gb)
All
All
Yes( 4 partitions per
10Gb port)
No 64 TX, 64 RX
Brocade BR1741M-k
(2x10Gb)
Software iSCSI
All
No No 64 TX, 64 RX
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