Product description
The HPE 556FLR-SFP+ and CN1200E adapters offer more scalable virtualization with support for enhanced Single-Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV), RoCE, Virtual Connect Flex-10 port partitioning and next-generation overlay networking technologies that address the requirements of virtual machine (VM) mobility and massive scaling of Layer 2 subnets inside private or hybrid cloud infrastructures.
Product features
- Accelerated Microsoft applications performance with SMB Direct with RoCE support
RDMA reduces CPU utilization and data latency and improves throughput by bypassing the host TCP/IP stack. SMB Direct RoCE leverages Converged Ethernet, also known as Data Center Bridging (DCB), as a lossless physical layer networking medium. The RoCE architecture removes the TCP/IP stack and a data copy step. This technology works by seamlessly sensing, without user action or intervention, the presence of an SMB Direct RDMA compliant adapter and switching from standard TCP/IP networking to SMB Direct mode. - Flexible storage connectivity using FCoE and iSCSI hardware offloads
The HPE FlexibleLOM and PCIe adapters support FCoE offload using the same field-proven Emulex drivers that work with Emulex LightPulse Fiber Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBAs). They also support hardware iSCSI offload, delivering performance that is superior to iSCSI solutions based on software initiators and standard NICs. Finally 10GbE FlexibleLOM and PCIe adapters also have the ability to support NIC and iSCSI or FCoE offloads on the same physical port. The 556FLR-SFP+ and CN1200E adapters support storage connectivity, with support for up to three functions per port when connected to a switch that supports Data Center Bridging (DCB). Each port can be configured as one NIC function, one NIC function and one iSCSI or FCoE function, or one NIC function, one iSCSI function, and one FCoE function. - Optimized host server virtualization density using SR-IOV
SR-IOV optimizes I/O for VMs, enabling higher host server virtualization ratios to deliver maximum server return on investment (ROI). SR-IOV provides a more cost-effective solution than multiple physical adapter ports. SR-IOV enables multiple VMs to directly access the HPE adapters’ I/O resources, thus allowing the VM’s network I/O to bypass the hypervisor’s virtual switch and take a path directly between the VM and the adapter, eliminating redundant I/O processing in the hypervisor. This, in turn, allows higher I/O performance and lower CPU utilization as compared to the alternative of software-emulated NIC devices that are implemented in the hypervisor. - Simplified management using a host of HPE management tools including HPE OneView or Emulex OneCommand Manager application
The HPE FlexibleLOM and PCIe adapters support both HPE as well as Emulex management tools. HPE OneView provides fast, efficient, secure local and remote deployment, configuration and update capabilities. The Emulex OneCommand Manager application provides centralized management of HPE adapters based on Emulex OneConnect CNAs and LightPulse HBAs throughout the data center from a single management console. The OneCommand Manager application provides a graphical user interface (GUI) and a scriptable command line user interface (CLI). OneCommand Manager for VMware is fully integrated with VMware vCenter, enabling “single pane of glass” management for VMware deployments. - Enterprise-class performance and reliability
Leveraging four generations of advanced, field-proven controller and adapter technology, the HPE FlexibleLOM and PCIe adapters meet the robust interoperability and reliability requirements of enterprise cloud and scale-out data centers.
