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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.
This product guide provides essential presales information to understand the NetXtreme GbE offerings and their key features, specifications, and compatibility. This guide is intended for technical specialists, sales specialists, sales engineers, IT architects, and other IT professionals who want to learn more about the adapters and consider their use in IT solutions.
Changes in the May 5 update:
Figure 1 shows the Broadcom NetXtreme I Quad Port GbE Adapter.
Figure 1. Broadcom NetXtreme I Quad Port GbE Adapter
The NetXtreme Quad Port Ethernet Adapter is an ideal way to implement a virtualization solution using your existing Gigabit Ethernet network. With four copper-based Gigabit ports on a single PCI Express 2.0 x4 interface, the adapter provides the density and capacity you need to support large numbers of virtualized systems on one server.
The following table lists the ordering information for the adapters.
The part numbers for the PCIe adapters include the following items:
The following figure shows the Broadcom 5719 1GbE RJ45 4-port OCP Ethernet Adapter.
Figure 2. ThinkSystem Broadcom 5719 1GbE RJ45 4-port OCP Ethernet Adapter
The adapters have the following features:
The following table compares the features of the cards.
The adapters have the following physical specifications:
The adapters are supported in the following environment:
ThinkSystem Broadcom 5720 1GbE RJ45 2-Port PCIe Ethernet Adapter ThinkSystem Broadcom 5719 1GbE RJ45 4-Port PCIe Ethernet Adapter Broadcom NetXtreme I Quad Port GbE Adapter:
