Features

The members of the Emulex 10 GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter family have the following features and benefits:

• Dual-channel, 10 Gbps Ethernet controller
• Line-rate 10 GbE performance
• 2 SFP+ empty cages to support either SFP+ SR or twin-ax copper connections
  • SFP+ SR link is with SFP+ SR optical module with LC connectors
  • SFP+ twin-ax copper link is with SFP+ direct attached copper module/cable
• TCIP/IP stateless offloads
• TCP chimney offload
• Hardware parity, CRC, ECC, and other advanced error checking
• PCI Express 2.0 x8 host interface
• Low-profile form-factor or slot-less mezzanine card form-factor design
• IPv4/IPv6 TCP, UDP checksum offload
• VLAN insertion and extraction
• Support for jumbo frames up to 9000 bytes
• Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) 2.0 network boot support
• Interrupt coalescing
• Load balancing and failover support
• Based on Emulex OneConnect technology and including FCoE and iSCSI support as a feature entitlement upgrade
• Simplifies I/O hardware choices for IT managers
• Maximizes I/O consolidation with high-performance 10GbE ports
• One network infrastructure reduces CapEx
• One management console reduces OpEx
• Leverages existing IT investments
• Deploy and manage this and other Emulex OneConnect-based adapters with OneCommand Manager

The Emulex VFA II and III adapters can be upgraded in the field to enable FCoE and iSCSI hardware initiator.