Controller

• BladeEngine 2

Standards

• PCI Express base spec 2.0, PCI Bus Power Management Interface, rev. 1.2, Advanced Error Reporting (AER)
• IEEE 802.3ae (10GBASE Ethernet Ports)
• IEEE 802.1q (Virtual LANs)
• IEEE 802.3ad (Link Aggregation)
• IEEE 802.3x (Flow Control)
• IEEE 802.1p (Quality/Class of Service)
• PHP hot plug-hot swap

Architecture

• Dual-channel, 10Gb/s Ethernet Link speed
• PCIe Express 2.0 (x8, 5GT/s), MSI-X support
• Integrated data buffer and code space memory

Ethernet Features

• IPv4/IPv6 TCP, UDP checksum offload; Large Send Offload(LSO); Large Receive Offload; Receive Side Scaling (RSS); IPV4 TCP Chimney Offload
• VLAN insertion and extraction
• Jumbo frames up to 9000 Bytes
• Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) 2.0 network boot support
• Interrupt coalescing
• Load balancing and failover support including adapter fault tolerance (AFT), switch fault tolerance (SFT), adaptive load balancing (ALB), teaming support and IEEE 802.3ad

Comprehensive OS Support

• Windows Server
• VMware ESX
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
• Novell SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server

HP ProLiant BladeSystem Server Support

• HP NC550m: BL680c G5, BL685c G5, BL280c G6, BL2x220c G6, BL460c G6, BL465c G6, BL490c G6, BL495c G6, BL685c G6, BL465c G7, BL685c G7

Physical Dimensions

• Supported on all ProLiant c-Class servers with type I mezzanine slots
• Up to three adapters per full height server, two per half height server

Environmental Requirements

• Operating temperature: 0° to 55°C (32° to 131°F)
• Relative humidity: 10% to 90% non-condensing

Agency Approvals

• Class 1 Laser Product per DHHS 21CFR (J) and EN60825-1
• UL recognized to UL 60950-1
• CUR recognized to CSA22.2, No. 60950-1-07
• Bauart-certified to EN60950-1
• FCC Rules, Part 15, Class A
• ICES-003, Class A
• EMC Directive 2004/108/EEC (CE Mark)
• EN55022, Class A
• EN55024
• Australian EMC Framework (C-Tick Mark)
• AS/NZS CISPR22, Class A
• VCCI (Japan), Class A
• KCC (Korea), Class A
• EU RoHS Compliant (Directive 2002/95/EC)

Ordering Information

• HP Part Number 581204-B21