Lenovo ThinkSystem Broadcom 5720 1GbE RJ45 2-Port PCIe Ethernet Adapter

Lenovo 7ZT7A00482 ThinkSystem Broadcom 5720 1GbE RJ45 2-port PCI-e Ethernet Adapter, PCI-e 2.0 Host Interface, x1 PCI-e lanes

Overview:

The Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Adapters are a family of high performance PCIe and OCP adapters. The adapters are available with either two ports or four ports and are supported on ThinkSystem and System x servers.

Features:

One, two, or four 10/100/1000 copper ports with RJ45 for Cat 5e/6 cabling
Full line-rate performance across all ports
Standard form factor adapters, either PCIe low profile or OCP 3.0 SFF
PCI Express 2.0 host interface
Jumbo Frames support (9600 bytes frames)
Wake-on-LAN (WoL) support
IEEE 802.1q VLAN support - provides enhanced network management and efficiency
I/O virtualization (IOV) support for VMWare NetQueue and Microsoft VMQ - improves network performance in virtualized environments
IEEE 802.3x flow control support
IEEE 802.3ad link aggregation support
IEEE 802.3 auto-negotiation support
Automatic MDI crossover
Receive and transmit side scaling
TCP, IP, and UDP checksum offload
Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI) and MSI-X support - Maximizes server processing performance by reducing CPU overhead and lowering interrupt latency
On-chip temperature monitor (NetXteme I only)
IEEE 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) compliant - Reduces adapter power consumption by up to 42% through intelligent adaptive power management, adjusting power based on data traffic load. (NetXtreme I only)
IEEE 802.3z (Clause 30) - Statistics for SNMP MIB II, Ethernet like MIB, and Ethernet MIB (NetXtreme I only)
IEEE 1588 Precision Time Control and 802.1AS time synchronization support - Provides greater accuracy of data packet delivery within the network (NetXtreme I only)
Management using Broadcom Advanced Control Suite (BACS), Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), and Broadcom Management API (BMAPI)