The NC512m is a dual port 10 Gigabit Ethernet network server adapter for the c-Class BladeSystem. It offers the highest bandwidth available in a ProLiant Ethernet c-Class adapter. This high-performance, Multifunction server adapter includes support for stateful TCP offloading, accelerated iSCSI (Internet Small Computer System Interface), and RDMA (Remote Direct Memory Access) over a single network connection for both MS Windows and Linux. The stateful TCP offloading for Windows, accelerated iSCSI, and RDMA Multifunction features are planned for future, no cost releases. The NC512m adapter is supported on all ProLiant c-Class servers in mezzanine slot 2 or 3 (full height servers) and slot 2 (half height servers) providing up to thirty-two (32) 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapter ports per c7000 enclosure.

What's new

First 10 Gigabit Ethernet network adapter option for ProLiant c-Class servers.

– Dual-port design providing up to 40 Gb/s bandwidth full duplex.
– Multifunction capabilities combining accelerated networking, storage, and clustering in a single adapter.
– Up to thirty-two 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapter ports per c7000 enclosure.

Ideal environment

Ideal for...

Customers requiring high performance Ethernet networking

– Customers in a broad range of advanced computing environments are working with ever more complex data sets requiring 10Gb bandwidth including high performance computing (HPC), database clusters, iSCSI, and storage backups, grid systems and virtualization, server, I/O, & fabric consolidation, and VoIP and VOD.
– Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) functionality is a high speed, low latency protocol supported as an future capability for direct memory to memory transfer of data.
– Applications currently constrained by memory, CPU, or networking throughput will gain the most from RDMA-enabled NC512m because it makes application scaling a reality.

Corporate data centers looking to simplify their operations

– The flexibility of the NC512m enables IT staffs to simplify their operations by having a single I/O device provide networking, clustering, and storage needs.
– By providing unified networking, storage, and cluster connections, the NC512m multifunction capabilities enable the deployment of a single fabric environment.
– Unified fabrics further permit sharing of bandwidth between LAN, SAN, and cluster traffic for improved efficiency of IT resources.

Resource-constrained customers wanting greater server efficiencies

– With Linux Socket Acceleration (LSA), the NC512m reduces the CPU cycles required to process network traffic in Linux environments.
– 10,0000 Mbps bandwidth facilitates consolidation of workloads and applications into fewer and fewer servers.
– Unified fabrics simplify networking infrastructures and can greatly reduce costs associated with purchasing and managing IT resources.

Specification

Network processor: Netxen Intelligent NIC™ NX2031
Data rate: Two ports, each at 10,000 Mbps (10 Gb); 40 Gb aggregate full duplex
Bus type: x8 PCI Express 1.1
Form factor: Type II mezzanine card supported in c7000 enclosures on all ProLiant c-Class servers, in mezzanine slot 2 or 3 (full height servers) and slot 2 (half height servers); maximum one NC512m card per server