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8200 Series Converged Network Adapter and 3200 Series Intelligent Ethernet Adapter Page 1

Chapter 1. Product Overview

What Is a Converged Network Adapter?

A Converged Network Adapter is a multifunction adapter that combines the capabilities of a Fibre Channel

adapter, an iSCSI adapter, and an Ethernet NIC. A Converged Network Adapter provides simultaneous

Fibre Channel, iSCSI, and Ethernet traffic over a shared 10Gb Ethernet link.

What Is an Intelligent Ethernet Adapter?

The Intelligent Ethernet Adapter is a multifunction adapter which, by default, supports one Ethernet

function per port and can be expanded to four Ethernet functions per port.

Function and Features

This section provides the following information:

• “Functional Description” on page 1

• “Features” on page 1

• “Supported Operating Systems” on page 2

Functional Description

The 8200 Series Adapters are Converged Network Adapters, and the 3200 Series Adapters are Intelligent

Ethernet Adapters (IEA). The 8200 Series Adapters support 210GbE Enhanced Ethernet, FCoE, and

iSCSI. The 3200 Series Adapters support 210GbE Enhanced Ethernet ports.

Features

The 8200 and 3200 Series Adapters provide the following features:

• NIC partitioning (NPAR)

• Message signaled interrupts (MSI-X)

• Device management for LAN and SAN

• Multi-boot capability including:

— Preboot-eXecution environment (PXE)

— iSCSI (8200 Series Adapters only)

— Fibre Channel (8200 Series Adapters only)

• PCIe 2.0 8

• User diagnostics that can be run from the CLI and the GUI

• Ethernet functions include:

—210 GbE

— Priority and virtual LAN (VLAN) tagging

— Jumbo frames up to 9618 bytes

— Advanced teaming

— VLAN configuration and management

— Preservation of teaming and VLAN configuration information during driver upgrade

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