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The 455880-B21 is the HPE Virtual Connect Flex-10 10Gb Ethernet Module for c-Class BladeSystem, an interconnect that separates the server enclosure from the LAN and cuts cabling by increasing the number of NICs per connection without adding extra blade I/O modules. It installs in the interconnect bays of HP BladeSystem c7000 and c3000 enclosures.
The module has 16 x 10Gb downlinks to server NICs, and each downlink supports up to 4 FlexNICs, or 3 FlexNICs and 1 iSCSI FlexHBA. Each FlexNIC is recognized by the server as a PCIe physical function device with speeds from 100Mb to 10Gb in 100Mb increments when connected to an HP NC553i 10Gb 2-port FlexFabric Converged Network Adapter or any Flex-10 NIC.
Uplinks are 8 x 10Gb SR, LR or LRM fiber and copper SFP+ ports and 1 x 10Gb copper CX4 uplink for stacking to other Virtual Connect modules or uplinking to data center switches, plus 2 x 10Gb cross connects for redundancy and stacking. The bridging fabric is 480 Gbps at line rate and full duplex with 1.5 microsecond latency, and the module supports jumbo frames up to 9216 bytes, up to 8192 MAC addresses and 1000 IGMP groups. VLAN tagging, pass-thru and link aggregation are supported on all uplinks.
Supported servers include the ProLiant BL460c G6, G7 and Gen8 server blades, the BL465c, BL685c and BL2x220c families, and the Integrity BL860c, BL870c and BL890c blades, with Flex-10 and FlexFabric adapters such as the NC532m, NC542m, 530FLB and 554FLB. The module is 10.5 in long and 1.1 in high and weighs 1.27 kg (2.8 lb). The 591973-B21 Enterprise Edition option includes 2 Flex-10 modules plus a Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager license for one BLc7000 enclosure.
BladeSystem optics that work with the SFP+ uplinks of modules like this one include the 455883-B21 10GbE SR SFP+ transceiver, and more modules are in HPE switches.
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| Part number | 455880-B21 |
| Name | HPE Virtual Connect Flex-10 10Gb Ethernet Module for c-Class BladeSystem |
| Downlinks | 16 x 10Gb to server NICs |
| FlexNICs per downlink | Up to 4 (or 3 FlexNICs and 1 iSCSI FlexHBA) |
| SFP+ uplinks | 8 x 10Gb (SR, LR, LRM) |
| CX4 uplink | 1 x 10Gb copper |
| Cross connects | 2 x 10Gb |
| Bridging fabric | 480 Gbps, line rate, full duplex |
| Latency | 1.5 microseconds |
| Jumbo frames | Up to 9216 bytes |
| Dimensions | 10.5 in long x 1.1 in high |
| Weight | 1.27 kg (2.8 lb) |
| Compatible with | HP BladeSystem c7000 and c3000 enclosures; ProLiant and Integrity BLc server blades |