The HPE FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 554M adapter supports Virtual Connect Flex-10 that allows each 10Gb port to be divided into four physical NICs to optimize bandwidth management for virtualized servers. When connected to a Data Center Bridging (DCB) capable switch, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and Ethernet I/O are separated and routed to the corresponding network. For iSCSI storage, the HPE 554M supports full protocol offload to provide better CPU efficiency when compared to software initiators, thus enabling the server to handle increased virtualization workloads and compute-intensive applications. This combination of high-performance network and storage connectivity reduces cost and complexity and provides the flexibility and scalability to fully optimize Gen8 BladeSystem servers. The HPE 554M delivers the performance benefits and cost savings of converged network connectivity for HPE BladeSystem servers. The dual-port HPE 554M optimizes network and storage traffic with hardware acceleration and offloads for stateless TCP/IP, TCP Offload Engine (TOE), Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and iSCSI.

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Network processor	Emulex BE3
Data rate	Two ports, each at 20 Gbps full duplex; 40 Gbps aggregate full duplex theoretical bandwidth.
Onboard memory	128MB
Bus type	PCI Express v2.0 (Gen 2) x8
Form factor	Type A Mezzanine Card
IEEE Compliance	802.1p, 802.1q, 802.1qau, 802.3ad, 802.3ae, 802.3ap (10GBase-KX4) and 802.3x
Operating Temperature	0
Operating Humidity	10% to 90% non-condensing
Power requirement	8.6W idle and 10W maximum
Emissions classification	FCC Class A
Agency approvals	USA: FCC (CFR 47 part 15) and UL 60950 Canada: ICES-003 and CSA60950 Japan: VCCI European Union: EN55022:1998 (CISPR 22), EN55024:1998, and IEC60950:1999 (EN60950:2000) Australia: ACA, AS/NZS3548/EN55022:1998, EN55024:1998 Korea: MIC (RRL), EMC Registration
RoHS Compliance	6 of 6
Safety	UL Mark (USA and Canada) CE Mark EN 60590