BCM5720-2P Datasheet, PDF (1/2 Pages) Broadcom Corporation. – Full line-rate performance across all ports

NetXtreme^® BCM5720-2P
Dual-Port Ethernet Server
Adapter
• Delivers full line-rate performance
across all ports.
• Ideal for high-transaction
environments requiring greater
small packet performance.
• Dual-port connectivity for
improved performance in
multi-processor systems.
• Optimizes virtualization: VMware
NetQueue and Microsoft VMQ
support.
• Reduces adapter power
consumption by up to 42%
leveraging Energy Efficient
Ethernet standards.
• Improves reliability and interoper-
ability—leverages Broadcom's
market-proven Ethernet architec-
ture and software.
BCM5720-
2P
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OVERVIEW
Leveraging long-standing industry leadership in
Ethernet, Broadcom now offers the NetXtreme
BCM5720-2P Ethernet Server Adapter, providing
the highest levels of performance, efficiency, and
scalability for the enterprise data center.
Designed for today's enterprise and data center
environments, the Broadcom BCM5720-2P
Ethernet Server adapter is the ideal solution for
multicore servers, delivering full line-rate through-
put across all ports. The adapter utilizes
Broadcom's field-proven dual-port BCM5720-2P
integrated controller device to deliver lower power
consumption and Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE),
reducing IT operation costs. The BCM5720-2P is
compatible with x86 and x64 servers utilizing the
PCIe v1.x and v2.x interfaces.
Increasing application workloads are placing
greater demands on enterprise networks, and the
BCM5720-2P-based dual-port 1GbE Server
Adapter is the solution of choice for such
environments, providing a reliable, high-
performance, energy-efficient 1GbE connectivity
solution.
FEATURES
• Dual-port 1GbE adapter for rack and tower
servers
• x1 PCI Express (PCIe) v2.0 (5 GT/s) support
• Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE)
• I/O Virtualization supported with 17 receive
queues and 16 transmit queues per port
• Full line-rate performance across all ports
• Broad OS and hypervisor support
• Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) support
• Support for VMware NetQueue and Microsoft
VMQ
• Link aggregation and automatic load-balancing
• Wake-on-LAN support
• MSI and MSI-X support
• IPv4 and IPv6 offloads
• TCP, UDP, and IP checksum offloads
• Large Send Offload (LSO)
• TCP Segmentation Offload (TSO)
• Receive Side Scaling (RSS)
• Transmit Side Scaling (TSS)
• VLAN support with VLAN tagging
• Jumbo frame support for frames larger than
1500 Bytes
• Broadcom Advanced Control Suite (BACS)
management application
• iSCSI remote boot support