Description
Product Overview
The Lenovo Emulex VFA5.2 ML2 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Network Adapter is a high-performance networking card that is designed to provide fast and reliable network connectivity for servers and workstations. This adapter is specifically designed for use with Lenovo servers and workstations and provides dual port connectivity with support for SFP+ transceivers. In this article, we will provide a detailed explanation of the features and benefits of the Lenovo Emulex VFA5.2 ML2 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Network Adapter.
Features and Specifications
The Lenovo Emulex VFA5.2 ML2 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Network Adapter is designed to provide high-speed network connectivity with dual port support for SFP+ transceivers. The adapter is based on the Emulex OneConnect Universal Converged Network Adapter (UCNA) platform, which is a proven and reliable platform for high-performance network connectivity.
The adapter supports 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) network speeds and provides full-duplex bandwidth of up to 40Gbps. The dual port design allows for redundancy and load balancing, which can help improve network performance and reliability.
The adapter is designed for use with Lenovo servers and workstations and is compatible with a wide range of operating systems, including Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and VMware ESXi.
Energy Efficiency
The Lenovo Emulex VFA5.2 ML2 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Network Adapter is designed for energy efficiency, which can help reduce power consumption and lower operating costs. The adapter includes support for the IEEE 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) standard, which reduces power consumption by automatically adjusting the power levels based on network traffic.
The adapter also includes support for the Emulex Virtual Network Interface (vNIC) feature, which allows administrators to create virtual network interfaces on the adapter. This can help reduce the number of physical adapters required, which can help lower power consumption and reduce operating costs.
Main Specifications for Lenovo 00AG581
- Manufacturer: Lenovo
- Part Number or SKU#: 00AG581
- Device Type: Network Adapter
Technical Information
- Ports: 10GB Ethernet / FCoE x 2
- Form Factor: Plug-In Card – Low Profile
- Interface (Bus) Type: PCI Express 3.0 x8
Networking
- Connectivity Technology: Wired
- Cabling Type: Fibre Channel
- Data Link Protocol: 10 GIGE, FCOE, iSCSI
- Fibre Channel: FC-BB-5
- Data Transfer Rate: 10 Gbps
- Capacity: MAC Addresses Per Port: 128
- Network / Transport Protocol: TCP/IP, UDP/IP
Features
This network adapter includes several advanced features:
- Mac Address Filtering
- IPv6 Support
- Data Center Bridging Exchange (DCBX) Support
- Enhanced Transmission Selection
- IPv4 and IPv6 Large Send Offload and Checksum Offload (LSO/TCO)
- NDIS 6 IPsec Task Offload Compliant
- Quality of Service (QoS)
- Jumbo Frames Support
- Receive Side Scaling (RSS)
- Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV)
- Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)
- Data Center Bridging (DCB)
- Extended Message-Signaled Interrupts (MSI-X)
- Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE)
- Edge Virtual Bridging (EVB)
- iSCSI Boot
- TCP/IP Checksum Offload
- UDP/IP Checksum Offload
- FCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP)
- Unified Fabric Port (UFP)
- Priority-Based Flow Control (PFC)
- Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN)
- Network Virtualization Using Generic Routing Encapsulation (NVGRE)
- RDMA Over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) V2
- Virtual Fabric Mode
- Switch Independent Mode
- Virtual Ethernet Bridge (VEB)
- Fabric Provided MAC Addressing (FPMA)
- iSCSI Protocol Offload
- iSCSI Crash Memory Dump Support
- Internet Storage Name Service (ISNS)
Compliant Standards
This network adapter complies with various industry standards, including:
- IEEE 802.1Q
- IEEE 802.3X
- IEEE 802.3AD (LACP)
- IEEE 802.3AE
- IEEE 802.3P
- IEEE 802.1AB (LLDP)
- IEEE 802.1QBB
- IEEE 802.1QAZ
- IEEE 802.1QBG
Expansion / Connectivity
- Interfaces: 2 x 10GB Ethernet / FCoE – SFP+
Power
- Power Consumption Operational: 14.4 Watts
