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Select network adapters for blade servers – Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

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Select Network Adapters for blade servers

1: Citrix Xenserver 6.0 and Linux KVM only. 63 VFs per port

2: No. of queues will vary depending upon hypervisor memory limitations

3: 4 partitions per 10Gb port

Broadcom

57810S-k NDC

(Default choice)

Ports x Link Speed

2x10Gb

2x10Gb

2x10Gb

Supported Speed

1Gb, 10Gb

1Gb,10Gb

10Gb

Chipset

57810S

X520/82599

P3+

Interface

KR

KR

KR

ISCSI HBA

Yes

No

Yes

ISCSI Boot

Yes

Yes

Yes

FCoE

Yes

Yes

Yes

FCoE Boot

Yes

Yes

Yes

Switch Independent

Partitioning

Yes

3

No

Yes

DCB

Yes

Yes

Yes

SR-IOV

Yes

Yes

1

No

WOL

Yes

Yes

Yes

PXE

Yes

Yes

Yes

EEE

No

No

No

Multi-queue

2

(per port)

128 TX, 128 RX

64 TX, 64 RX

64 TX, 64 RX

Supported Servers

M620, M820

M620, M820

M620, M820

Continuity from older

server designs

Preference for Intel

Ethernet solutions

Trusted Storage driver stack

Convergence features

iSCSI HBA and NPAR

Software iSCSI and FCoE

Convergence features like

ISCSI HBA, FCoE and NPAR

Features

Intel X520-k NDC

QLogic QMD8262-k

NDC

Strengths

Dell M-Series Blade I/O Guide