OCM14102-U2-D Datasheet, PDF (1/4 Pages) List of Unclassifed Manufacturers – PCIe 3.0 compliant

DATA SHEET
OCm14102-U2-D Dual-port 10GbE
Converged Network Daughter Card
For Dell PowerEdge 12G Blade Servers
High Performance Virtual Networking and Trusted Storage Interoperability
Overview
As the fourth generation of the Emulex OneConnect® product line, the
OCm14102‑U2-D dual-port Converged Network Adapter (CNA) daughter card provides
high performance 10Gb Ethernet (10GbE) connectivity delivering multiple benefits for
the enterprise cloud data center, including:
n Increasing data center IT agility and scalability through deployment of a secure multi-
tenant cloud
n Driving scalability and flexibility in space constrained blade infrastructures
n Maximizing server hardware utilization by scaling high density virtualization
The OCm14102-U2-D 10GbE CNA is designed for the high bandwidth and scalability
demands of Tier-1 enterprise applications powered by storage protocol (Fibre Channel
over Ethernet [FCoE] and iSCSI) and stateless TCP hardware offloads, more scalable
virtualization with Single-Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV), optimized bandwidth
allocation using Dell switch independent NIC partitioning (NPAR) and accelerated cloud
networking using overlay networking offload technology.
Emulex Virtual Network Exceleration (VNeX™) Overlay Network Offloads for
Multi-tenant Cloud Networking
Scaling existing technologies for private or public multi-tenant infrastructures requires
networking solutions that can enable virtual workload migration across Layer 2 and
Layer 3 boundaries without impacting connectivity or server CPU performance.
At the same time, these solutions need to ensure isolation and security for thousands
or millions of tenant networks. However, with existing technology, the available 4094
VLAN IDs are insufficient to isolate/secure each tenant in a data center (private cloud) or
hybrid cloud environment.
Virtual Extensible Local Area Network (VXLAN, supported by VMware) and Network
Virtualization using Generic Routing Encapsulation (NVGRE, supported by Microsoft)
are next-generation overlay networking solutions that address these requirements.
Overlay networking solutions are a MAC-in-IP data packet encapsulation scheme
enabling the creation of virtualized Layer 2 subnets that can span physical Layer 3 IP
networks.
Emulex VNeX offload technology powered by a multi-core adapter ASIC engine
accelerates the performance of network virtualization by offloading the header
encapsulation process, while simultaneously preserving legacy stateless TCP offloads,
providing full native network performance with reduced server CPU utilization in a
virtual network environment.
Key Benefits
n Enable higher virtualization ratios with
hardware offloads, critical to getting a higher
return from server investments
n Simplify VM mobility in cloud infrastructures
eliminating network re-configuration by
leveraging on-adapter overlay networking
offloads
n Improve storage networking with lossless end-
to-end iSCSI-over-Data Center Bridging (DCB)
connectivity, from CNA to Dell or other iSCSI
storage targets
n Minimize wasted idle bandwidth by optimizing
bandwidth allocation for applications,
management and virtualization services using
Dell NPAR
n Reduce adapter and cable costs—one adapter
for simultaneous storage and data traffic on a
common 10GbE fabric
n Simplified and flexible system management
using Dell iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller or
Emulex OneCommand® Manager