Broadcom NetXtreme I Quad Port GbE Adapter

Partnumber: 90Y9352

Features and specifications

The adapters have the following features:

One, two, or four 10/100/1000 copper ports with RJ45 for Cat 5e/6 cabling

Full line-rate performance across all ports

Low-profile form factor - supported by the majority of System x and iDataPlex servers

PCI Express 2.0 host interface (39Y6066 is PCI Express 1.1)

Jumbo Frames support (9600 bytes frames)

IEEE 802.1q VLAN support - provides enhanced network management and efficiency

I/O virtualization (IOV) support for VMWare NetQueue and Microsoft VMQ - improves network performance in virtualized environments

IEEE 802.3x flow control support

Receive and transmit side scaling

TCP, IP, and UDP checksum offload

Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI) and MSI-X support - Maximizes Server processing performance by reducing CPU overhead and lowering interrupt latency

On-chip temperature monitor (NetXteme I only)

IEEE 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) compliant - Reduces adapter power consumption by up to 42% through intelligent adaptive power management, adjusting power based on data traffic load. (NetXtreme I only)

IEEE 802.3z (Clause 30) - Statistics for SNMP MIB II, Ethernet like MIB, and Ethernet MIB (NetXtreme I only)

IEEE 1588 Precision Time Control and 802.1AS time synchronization support - Provides greater accuracy of data packet delivery within the network (NetXtreme I only)

Management using Broadcom Advanced Control Suite (BACS), Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), and Broadcom Management API (BMAPI)