User guide

NetXtreme II User Guide
September 2013
Broadcom Corporation
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FEATURES
The following is a list of the Broadcom NetXtreme II adapter features. Some features may not be available on all adapters.
• TCP Offload Engine (TOE)
• Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) offload
• Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
• NIC Partitioning
• Data Center Bridging (DCB)
• Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS; IEEE 802.1Qaz)
• Priority-based Flow Control (PFC; IEEE 802.1Qbb)
• Data Center Bridging Capability eXchange Protocol (DCBX; CEE version 1.01)
• Single-chip solution
• Integrated 10/100/1000BASE-T transceivers
• Integrated 10GBASE-T transceivers
• 10/100/1000 triple-speed MAC
• SerDes interface for optical transceiver connection
• PCI Express 1.0a x4 (Gigabit Ethernet)
• PCI Express Gen2 x8 (10 Gigabit Ethernet)
• Full fast-path TCP offload
• Zero copy capable hardware
• Other performance features
• TCP, IP, UDP checksum
• TCP segmentation
• Adaptive interrupts
• Receive Side Scaling (RSS)
• Manageability
• Broadcom Advanced Control Suite diagnostic and configuration software suite
• Supports PXE 2.0 specification (Linux Red Hat PXE Server, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Windows Server 2008,
Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Intel APITEST, DOS UNDI)
• Wake on LAN support
• Universal Management Port (UMP) support
• Statistics for SNMP MIB II, Ethernet-like MIB, and Ethernet MIB (IEEE Std 802.3z, Clause 30)
• SMBus controller
• ACPI 1.1a compliant (multiple power modes)
• IPMI support
• Advanced network features
• Jumbo frames (up to 9 KB). The OS and the link partner must support jumbo frames.
• Virtual LANs
• IEEE Std 802.3ad Teaming
• Smart Load Balancing Teaming
• Smart Load Balancing TOE Teaming (with the correct configuration)
• Flow Control (IEEE Std 802.3x)
• LiveLink™ (supported in both the 32-bit and 64-bit Windows operating systems)