Supermicro CTG-B2T - Dual port 10GbE-T, Broadcom BCM57416, µLP (MC8)

Compact and Powerful dual-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter

The AOC-CTG-b2T and AOM-CTG-b2TM 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapters are the most compact and scalable 10GBase-T adapters for today’s demanding data center environments. Based on Broadcom® network controller BCM57416, it addresses the demanding needs of the next-generation data center. The AOC-CTG-b2T and AOM-CTG-b2TM are designed in a proprietary and small MicroLP formfactor to fit Supermicro MicroCloud 8-node and 12-node systems.

Key Features

   Dual 10GbE RJ45 Connectors
   MicroLP Form Factor
   Broadcom BCM57416 Ethernet Controller
   PCI-E 3.0 x4 interface
   Asset Management feature with thermal sensor
   NC-SI for remote management

Specifications

   General:
       MicroLP Form Factor for Supermicro Micro Cloud systems
       Broadcom BCM57416 dual-port 10Gbps controller
       PCI-E 3.0 x4 (8GT/s) interface
       Dual RJ45 connectors


   Networking Features:
       Jumbo Frames (up to 9600-byte)
       802.3x flow control
       Link Aggregation (802.3ad)
       Virtual LANs 802.1q VLAN tagging
       Configurable Flow Acceleration
       IEEE 1588 and Time Sync
       RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE)
       TruFlow Technology


   Stateless Offload Features:
       TCP, UDP, IPv4, IPv6 checksum offload
       Large Send Offload
       Receive Segment Coalescing
       TCP segmentation Offload
       Large Receive Offload
       Receive Side Scaling (RSS)
       Transmit Side Scaling (TSS)


   NIC partitioning (NPAR):
       16 Physical Functions
       QoS per partition
       Partitioning control via sideband communication
       Up to 64MAC/VLAN filter per partition
       Stateless offload configuration per partition
       VEB/VEPA support


   Flow Processing:
       Exact/Wildcard Match Flow Lookup
       VLAN insertion/deletion
       NAT/NAPT
       Mirroring


   Virtualization Features:
       NetQueue, VMQueue, and Multiqueue
       Support for 128 Virtual Functions
       VXLAN
       NVGRE
       Geneve
       Edge Virtual Bridging (EVB)


   Data Center Bridging:
       Priority-based flow control (PFC; IEEE 802.1Qbb)
       Enhanced transmission selection (ETS; IEEE802.1Qau)
       Quantized congestion Notification (QCN; IEEE802.1Qau)
       Data Center Bridging Capability eXchange (DCBX; IEEE802.1Qaz)
       8 traffic classes per port; fully DCB compliant per 802.1Qbb


   Manageability:
       Network Controller Sideband Interface (NC-SI)
       PXE boot
       Asset Management with Thermal Sensors


   Power Savings:
       ACPI compliant power management
       Ultra low-power mode
       Pass-through Energy Efficient Ethernet (IEEE802.3az-2010)


   Operating Conditions:
       Storage temperature: -40°C to 70°C (-40°F to 158°F)
       Storage humidity: 90% non-condensing relative humidity at 35°C


   Physical Dimensions:
       PCB dimensions: 11.3cm (4.46”) x 3.9cm (1.54”)