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Converged Network Adapters 5 TABLE 19 CNA hardware specifications (continued) Feature Description Supported Ethernet protocols and features • 803.3ae (10 Gbps Ethernet) • 802.1q (VLAN) • 802.1q (tagging) • 802.1P (tagging) • 802.1Qaz (enhanced transmission selection) • 802.1Qbb (priority flow control) • 802.1AB (Link Layer Discovery Protocol) • 802.3ad (link aggregation) • 802.1p (priority encoding) • 802.3x (Ethernet flow control) • 802.3ap - KX/KX4 (auto negotiation) • 802.3ak - CX4 • PXE (Pre-Boot Execution Environment) • UNDI (Universal Network Device Interface) • NDIS (Network Data Interface Specification) 6.2 • EEE 1149.1 (JTAG) for manufacturing debug and diagnostics. • IP/TCP/UDP Checksum Offload • IPv4 Specification (RFC 791) • IPv6 Specification (RFC 2460) • TCP/UDP Specification (RFC 793/768) • ARP Specification (RFC 826) • Data Center Bridging (DCB) Capability • DCB Exchange Protocol (DCBXP) 1.0 and 1.1 • Dell iSCSI • Flexible MAC addressing • RSS with support for IPV4TCP, IPV4, IPV6TCP, IPV6 hash types • Syslog • Jumbo frames • Interrupt coalescing • Interrupt moderation • Multiple transmit queues for Windows and Linux • Multiple transmit priority queues • Network Priority • Large and small receive buffers • SNMP (Windows and Linux) • TCP Large Segment Offload • Team VM queues • NetQueues with multiple priority levels for VMware • Unicast MAC address • MAC filtering • Multicast MAC addresses • VLAN Discovery using proprietary logic • VLAN discovery for untagged/priority-tagged FIP frames • VLAN filtering • VMware NetQueues v3 (VMware 4.1 and above) Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 181 53-1002144-01

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Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual
181
53-1002144-01
Converged Network Adapters
5
Supported Ethernet protocols and
features
803.3ae (10 Gbps Ethernet)
802.1q (VLAN)
802.1q (tagging)
802.1P (tagging)
802.1Qaz (enhanced transmission selection)
802.1Qbb (priority flow control)
802.1AB (Link Layer Discovery Protocol)
802.3ad (link aggregation)
802.1p (priority encoding)
802.3x (Ethernet flow control)
802.3ap - KX/KX4 (auto negotiation)
802.3ak - CX4
PXE (Pre-Boot Execution Environment)
UNDI (Universal Network Device Interface)
NDIS (Network Data Interface Specification)
6.2
EEE 1149.1 (JTAG) for manufacturing debug
and diagnostics.
IP/TCP/UDP Checksum Offload
IPv4 Specification (RFC 791)
IPv6 Specification (RFC 2460)
TCP/UDP Specification (RFC 793/768)
ARP Specification (RFC 826)
Data Center Bridging (DCB) Capability
DCB Exchange Protocol (DCBXP) 1.0 and 1.1
Dell iSCSI
Flexible MAC addressing
RSS with support for IPV4TCP, IPV4, IPV6TCP,
IPV6 hash types
Syslog
Jumbo frames
Interrupt coalescing
Interrupt moderation
Multiple transmit queues for Windows and
Linux
Multiple transmit priority queues
Network Priority
Large and small receive buffers
SNMP (Windows and Linux)
TCP Large Segment Offload
Team VM queues
NetQueues with multiple priority levels for
VMware
Unicast MAC address
MAC filtering
Multicast MAC addresses
VLAN Discovery using proprietary logic
VLAN discovery for untagged/priority-tagged
FIP frames
VLAN filtering
VMware NetQueues v3 (VMware 4.1 and
above)
TABLE 19
CNA hardware specifications
(continued)
Feature
Description