HPNC373FPCIExpressMultifunctionGigabitserveradapterProductinformation»Overview&Features»Keybenefits»Questi***&AnswersQuickspecsWorldwide:»HTML»PDFN.America:»HTML»PDFSupport»Support&Documents»ResourceLibrary»Software&Drivers»WarrantyOverviewTheHPNC373FisahighperformancePCIExpressmultifunctionnetworkadapterforeitherstandardorlowprofileslotsinProLiantserversrunningoverafiber-opticnetworkenvironment.InadditiontodeliveringGigabitEthernetnetworking,theNC373FsupportsTOE(TCP/IPOffloadEngine)forWindowsonly,Internet***allComputerSystemInterface(iSCSI).What'snewBecausetheNC373Fsupportsmultiplefuncti***,itcanassumeanyofthreedefinedrolesforProLiantserversconnectedtoafiber-opticnetwork:AsaTOEdeviceforWindowsonly,theNC373Fshiftsprocessingofthecommunicati***protocolstack(TCP/IP)fromtheserverCPUtothenetworkadapter,therebyfreeingCPUcyclesforotherduties.WithTOE,serverefficiencyisincreased.AsaniSCSIHBA,theNC373Fcombinestwowell-knowntechnologies,SCSIandEthernet,toprovideHPProLiantserversreadyaccesstostorageboxesoverthesamewireusedfornetworking.iSCSIenablestheNC373FtofunctionasbothaNICandanHBAfromasingleconnection.Thiscapabilityisvaluablewhenyouwanttoc***olidateresourcesandsimplifyyourinfrastructurewithasingleI/Odevice.IdealenvironmentIdealfor...Fiber-opticcustomerswantinggreaterserverefficienciesTheNC373FincreasestheefficientuseofTCPoffloadresources,makingsurethattheconnecti***dynamicallymovebetweenhostandNIC,dependinguponworkloadWithTCP/IPOffloadEngine(TOE)forWindowsonly,theNC373FreducestheCPUcyclesrequiredtoprocessnetworktrafficinWindowsenvironmentsByusingReceiveSideScalinginmultipleCPUsystems,networktrafficisnolongerbottleneckedbecausetheNC373FsupportsdynamicloadbalancingofincomingtrafficacrossCPUsCorporatedatacenterslookingtosimplifytheiroperati***WhentheNC373FisdeployedasaniSCSIinitiator,itfuncti***asanHBAwithacceleratedperformanceforaccesstoindividualstoragedevicesandSANsTheflexibilityoftheNC373Fenablesuserstosimplifytheirmanagementoperati***byh***ingasingleI/OdeviceprovidebothnetworkingandstorageneedsByprovidingunifiednetworkingandstorageconnecti***,theNC373FenablesthedeploymentofasinglefabricenvironmentModelcomparisonNC373F»NC370F»NC310FBustypePCIExpressPCI-XPCI-XDatatypefourlane(x4)64-bit/133MHz64-bit/133MHzOnboardmemory92KB92KB64KBTransferrate1000Mbps1000Mbps1000MbpsPortsOneOneOneConnectorsLCLCLCCablinganddistanceUpto1,804ft/550mwithmultimodefiber(50µm/125µm)Upto1,804ft/550mwithmultimodefiber(50µm/125µm)Upto1,804ft/550mwithmultimodefiber(50µm/125µm)ControllerBroadcom5708Broadcom5706Intel82545GMLEDsLinkandactivityLinkandactivityLinkandactivityLowprofilebracketYesNoNoPCICompliancePCIExpress1.0aPCIv2.3;PCI-X1.0aPCIv2.3;PCI-X1.0aPXEYesYesYesReceivesidescalingYesYesNoTPC/IPOffloadEngine(TOE)forWindowsonlyYesYesNoAcceleratediSCSIYesYesNo)