Networking flexibility in HP ProLiant servers with FlexibleLOM technology

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FlexibleLOM for blades
FlexibleLOM technology for HP blade servers provides customers with the same NIC flexibility that customers of rack-
mount ProLiant servers have. The FlexibleLOM adapter for blades installs as a daughter card on the server blade board
(Figure 4).
Figure 4: This illustration shows the FlexibleLOM adapter for an HP BL460c server blade with the side cover removed.
The midplane and interconnect bay of the c-Class system architecture provides network interconnectivity. The c-Class
enclosure’s System Insight Display provides network status (Figure 5).
Figure 5: This illustration shows the FlexibleLOM adapter NIC status on the c-Class enclosure's System Insight Display.
As of this writing, the following FlexibleLOM adapters are available for HP ProLiant Gen8 c-Class server blades:
• HP Ethernet 1 Gb 2-Port 361FLB Adapter provides entry-level Ethernet connectivity with easy transition to 10 Gb
Ethernet at later time.
• HP Flex-10 10 Gb 2-Port 530FLB Adapter provides Ethernet connectivity with support for Virtual Connect Flex-10
interconnect technology.
• HP Flex-10 10 Gb 2-Port 554FLB Adapter provides Ethernet, Ethernet and iSCSI, or FCoE connectivity and supports
Virtual Connect Flex-10 for increased bandwidth for virtualized servers
• HP Ethernet 10 Gb 2-Port 560FLB Adapter provides Ethernet, Ethernet and iSCSI connectivity.
FlexibleLOM
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