VM load balancing: Provides traffic load balancing (Tx and Rx) across VMs that are bound to the
team interface. It also provides fault tolerance if a switch, port, or cable fails or is disconnected.
Auto-detect (PnP) feature for the LOM adapters, enabling you to change speed (eg from a 1Gb LOM
to 10 Gb LOM) and the network interface will automatically reconfigure during the boot process.
Note: The onboard Ethernet controller does not support 10 Mb or 100 Mb Ethernet connections.
I/O expansion options
The SN850 has four I/O expansion connectors for attaching I/O adapter cards. The I/O expansion
connectors use a high-density, 216-pin PCIe connection. Installing I/O adapter cards allows the server to
connect with I/O modules in the chassis. Each slot has a PCI Express 3.0 x16 host interface and all slots
support the same form-factor adapters.
The following figure shows the location of the I/O expansion connectors.
Figure 7. Location of the I/O adapter slots in the SN850 server
All I/O adapters are the same form factor. A compatible switch or pass-through module must be installed
in the corresponding I/O bays in the chassis, as indicated in the following table. Installing two switches
means that all ports of the adapter are enabled, which improves performance and network availability.
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