- 10 GbE connectivity for IBM System x rack server platforms
- 10GBase-T Cat6A cabling support (IEEE 802.3an)
- Support for x 8 PCI Express
- Full line-rate performance
- Network boot support - Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) 2.1
- Broadcom advanced control suite management application
- MSI and MSI-X support
- IPv4 and IPv6 offloads
- RX/TX multiqueue
- Receive Side Scaling (RSS)
- Transmit Side Scaling (TSS)
- VLAN support with VLAN tagging
- Jumbo frame support for frames up to 9600 bytes
- Network teaming, failover, and load balancing
The Broadcom NetXtreme 10 GbE 10GBase-T Network Adapter Family for System x features robust, standards-based 10GBase-T adapters in either a low-profile PCI Express or mezzanine LOM generation 2 (ML2) form factor. These adapters enable affordable 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10 GbE) network performance with cost-effective RJ-45 connections for distances up to 100 meters.