The HP NC550m 10Gb 2-Port PCIe x8 Flex-10 Ethernet Adapter is a new member of the C-class 10Gbe adapter portfolio. The HP NC550m is a Flex-10 designed Ethernet Adapter based on the Blade Engines 2 controller and delivers superior throughput of all adapters in the 10GbE portfolio. Perfect for virtualized environments, the adapter works with all BladeSystem c-Class G6 servers. When paired with any of our new ethernet switches, the combination provides a high bandwidth, high performance network environment.

The NC550m 20,000 Mbps full duplex Ethernet transfer rate per port (40 Gbps aggregate full duplex) delivers outstanding network performance that improves response time and removes bottlenecks required for the next generation data center.

Evolve 10Gb at your own speed! When paired with the HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 10Gb Ethernet
Modules, take advantage of the Flex Nics, which are PCI Physical Function devices that are OS
independent.
Server ROM recognizes them as individual NICs
Speeds can be set per NIC from 100Mb to 10Gbs in 100Mb increments
Three fold increase in number of network connections per port.
Up to four physical function NICs per port

For overall improved system response, the NC550m supports standard TCP/IP stateless offloading techniques including:

• TCP/IP checksum offload (TCO) moves the TCP and IP checksum offloading from the CPU to the network adapter.
• Large send offload (LSO), also known as TCP segmentation offload (TSO), allows TCP segmentation to be handled by the adapter rather than the CPU.

IEEE 802.1Q virtual local area network (VLAN) protocol allows each physical port of the NC550m to be separated into multiple virtual NICs for added network segmentation and enhanced security and performance. VLANs increase security by isolating traffic between users. Limiting the broadcast traffic to within the same VLAN domain also improves performance.

Support for pre-boot execution environment (PXE) enables automatic deployment of computing resources remotely from anywhere. It allows a new or existing server to boot over the network and download software, including the operating system, from a management/ deployment server at another location on the network. Additionally, PXE enables decentralized software distribution and remote troubleshooting and repairs.

TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE) moves the processing of data in the TCP protocol stack from the server
CPU to the network card, freeing CPU cycles for other duties.

Not Supported

The NC550m does not support accelerated iSCSI or iSCSI boot.

• HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 Ethernet Module
• HP 1/10Gb Virtual Connect Ethernet Module
• HP 1/10Gb-F Virtual Connect Ethernet Module HP
• HP 6120XG Blade Switch
• HP 6120G/XG Blade Switch
• HP 1:10Gb Ethernet BL-c Switch
• Cisco Catalyst 3120G Blade Switch for HP
• Cisco Catalyst 3120X Blade Switch for HP
• Cisco Catalyst 3020 Blade Switch
• HP GbE2c Layer 2/3 Ethernet Blade Switch
• HP 10GbE Pass-Thru Module

NOTE: Except for the HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 Ethernet Module, the 6120XG and the HP 10GbE Pass-Thru Module, all other supported interconnects are limited to 1Gb per port connection.

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The NC550m is a Type I card and is supported in any mezzanine slot on all Gen 6 servers.

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