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Broadcom® NetXtreme II®

BCM95709A0907G Dual-Port Ethernet
PCIe™ Adapter Card with TOE and
iSCSI HBA

OVERVIEW ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY

® ®
The Broadcom NetXtreme II The NetXtreme II BCM95709A0907G Adapter
BCM95709A0907G Gigabit Server Adapter is a features TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE) technology
new class of Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) adapter able for Windows, which reduces the server CPU
to simultaneously perform accelerated utilization and improves application
networking and storage networking on standard performance. TOE offloads the TCP protocol
Ethernet. The NetXtreme II is a family of processing from the server CPU onto the server
Converged Network Interface Controllers (C- adapter. This preserves valuable CPU cycles for
NICs) with superior design. These devices also applications processing and improves overall
support teaming and failover to improve network server performance and network efficiency.
application performance and provide server Receive Side Scaling (RSS) also enables packet
redundancy. receive processing to scale with the number of
available processors.
PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY
Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM95709A0907G Dual-Port Broadcom validates its network interface cards MANAGING WITH CONFIDENCE
Ethernet PCIe Adapter Card with TOE adiSCSI HBA
over a variety of operating systems and platforms The NetXtreme II BCM95709A0907G Adapter
ensuring compatibility and interoperability. This helps preserve your existing networking
Gigabit Ethernet adapter card takes full environment: operating systems, network
advantage of the PCI Express ® bus architecture administration tools, core cabling, personnel
Highlights to maximize network throughput. Teaming training, and so forth, while improving server
• TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE) for Microsoft ® enables Smart Load Balancing to help increase efficiency and networking application
Windows®, significantly reduces CPU throughput and fault tolerance when multiple performance. Major operating systems are
utilization. adapters are configured to work together as a supported, including Microsoft Windows and
• Optimizes server efficiency and improves team to share traffic and provide data reliability Linux® , and the TOE and RSS functionality is
network performance with failover. fully integrated in the Microsoft Server 2003 ®
• Total Ethernet compatibility: standard TCP/IP Scalable Networking Pack. In addition, the
ISCSI STORAGE SUPPORT
implementation Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 (BACS3)
HBA functionality on the NetXtreme II
• Teaming and failover ensure Smart Load provides an unprecedented level of governance
BCM95709A0907G Adapter supports
Balancing™ and data availability. across your entire network, enabling detailed
Accelerated iSCSI. This converges block storage
• Host Bus Adapter (HBA) functionality tests, analyses, and diagnostics to be performed
and network processing over standard TCP
supporting Accelerated iSCSI for each network adapter installed in your
infrastructure, eliminating the need for a
system. In addition, BACS3 includes utilities to
• Auto-negotiation of speed ensures highest separate storage adapter and cabling while
help you configure VLANs and set up teams for
available throughput. providing Fibre Channel-comparable
link aggregation, Smart Load Balancing and
performance and reliability at a fraction of the
Failover, Generic Trunking, and more.
cost. There is no need to maintain a separate
storage infrastructure or for additional training.

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 Broadcom® NetXtreme II® BCM95709A0907G
Dual-Port Ethernet PCIe™ Adapter Card with TOE
and iSCSI HBA

STANDARD FEATURES OPERATING SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT

NETBUI, Collision Sense

Controller Broadcom BCM5709C
Multiple Access/
Data Path Four lanes (x4) Collision Avoidance,
Protocols
B u s A r c h i t e c t u r e PCI Express IEEE802.2™ NetBios,
Low profile 5.8 x 2.5 IPX/SPX, IPX, IP, TCP/IP
Form Factor in. - IPv4 and IPv6

Data Rate Auto-Negotiate 10/100/

1000 Mbps POWER CONSUMPTION

Operating 1.4A @3.3 VDC

Ethernet Ports Four
Voltage
On-Chip Memory 92 KB
Temperature 32° to 131°F
Cabling Category 5 Operating (0° to 55°C)
Connector RJ-45 Temperature -40° to 185°F
Maximum Cable 100 meters Storage (-40° to 85°C)
Length

For more information on Broadcom:

ADVANCED FEATURES www.broadcom.com
• TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE)
For more information on Cisco NICs:
• HBA functionality for iSCSI support
• Receive Side Scaling http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/

• TCP, IP, UDP Checksum index.html

• TCP Segmentation
• 802.1q VLAN Tagging
• IPMI management pass-through capability
• Link Aggregation and Load Balancing
• Heterogeneous Teaming
• Jumbo Frames
• IPv4 and IPv6 iSCSI Offload support
Cisco has tested and certified the Broadcom
OPERATING SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT NetXtreme II BCM95709A0907G Dual-Port

IEEE 802.3z, 802.3x, Ethernet PCIe™ Adapter Card with TOE and iSCSI
Dynamic 802.3ad, HBA in the Cisco rack server systems. Cisco
802.3p, 802.1Q PCI specifically disclaims knowledge of the accuracy,
Standards Express version 1.0a,
Supported ACPI version 2.0. completeness, or substantiation for all statements
Microsoft Windows 2003 and claims made in this document regarding the
and 2008 Server, Red properties, capabilities, speeds, or qualifications
Operating Hat Enterprise Linux ® 4
Systems of the adapter.
and 5 for x86 and x64,
and SUSE Linux
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