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Embedded LAN on Motherboard LOM

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Dell 10 Embedded LAN on Motherboard (LOM) 10.1 PCI Express Network Daughtercards The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M915 is designed to support two network daughtercards:  2 x 1GbE dual Broadcom® BCM5709S  2 x 10GbE Broadcom BCM57712 10.2 Broadcom BCM5709S The embedded Broadcom BCM5709S dual-port LAN controllers are located on the M915 network daughtercard. The following features are supported:  x4 PCI Express Gen-2 capable interface  Integrated MAC and PHY  3072x18 Byte context memory  64 KB receive buffer  TCP Offload Engine (TOE)  iSCSI Offload Engine (iSOE)  Network Controller-Sideband Interface (NC-SI) connection for Flex Addressing  Wake-On-LAN (WOL)  PXE 2.0 remote boot  iSCSI boot  IPv4 and IPv6 support  Bare-metal deployment support 10.3 Broadcom BCM57712 A Broadcom BCM57712 C-NIC powers the Broadcom 2 x 10GbE network daughtercard and supports TOE, iSOE, and Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE). The following additional features are supported:  X8 PCI Express Gen-2 host interface  Broadcom BCM8073 KR PHY for 10GbE and GbE connectivity  DCB support  NC-SI connection for Flex Addressing  Wake-On-LAN (WOL)  PXE 2.1 remote boot  iSCSI boot  FCoE boot  IPv4 and IPv6 support  Bare-metal deployment support  Optional PCI Partitioning providing 8 PFs  SR-IOV  Energy Efficient Ethernet support PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 32

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Dell
PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide
32
10
Embedded LAN on Motherboard (LOM)
10.1
PCI Express Network Daughtercards
The Dell
PowerEdge
M915 is designed to support two network daughtercards:
2 x 1GbE dual Broadcom
®
BCM5709S
2 x 10GbE Broadcom BCM57712
10.2
Broadcom BCM5709S
The embedded Broadcom BCM5709S dual-port LAN controllers are located on the M915 network
daughtercard. The following features are supported:
x4 PCI Express Gen-2 capable interface
Integrated MAC and PHY
3072x18 Byte context memory
64 KB receive buffer
TCP Offload Engine (TOE)
iSCSI Offload Engine (iSOE)
Network Controller-Sideband Interface (NC-SI) connection for Flex Addressing
Wake-On-LAN (WOL)
PXE 2.0 remote boot
iSCSI boot
IPv4 and IPv6 support
Bare-metal deployment support
10.3
Broadcom BCM57712
A Broadcom BCM57712 C-NIC powers the Broadcom 2 x 10GbE network daughtercard and supports
TOE, iSOE, and Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE). The following additional features are supported:
X8 PCI Express Gen-2 host interface
Broadcom BCM8073 KR PHY for 10GbE and GbE connectivity
DCB support
NC-SI connection for Flex Addressing
Wake-On-LAN (WOL)
PXE 2.1 remote boot
iSCSI boot
FCoE boot
IPv4 and IPv6 support
Bare-metal deployment support
Optional PCI Partitioning providing 8 PFs
SR-IOV
Energy Efficient Ethernet support