Chapter 1: Overview
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Chapter 1
Overview
1-1 Overview
Congratulations on purchasing your add-on card from an acknowledged leader in
the industry. Supermicro products are designed with the utmost attention to detail
to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance. For product
support and updates, please refer to our website at http://www.supermicro.com/
products/nfo/networking.cfm#adapter.
1-2 About this Add-on Card
Supermicro AOC-STG-b2T features latest Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57416 Ether-
net controller that is designed for today’s rapid growing data center and cloud-scale
applications. The auto-negotiation feature offers the user the backward compatibility
between 1GbE and 10GbE. It also supports VXLAN, NVGRE, and Geneve along
with Broadcom TruFlow technology. It allows the user to reduce the CPU load and
increase the VM (Virtual Machine) density. In addition, NPAR (NIC Partitioning)
technology provides exible connectivity for different networking requirements. The
Supermicro AOC-STG-b2T is a truly exceptional 10GbE Ethernet adapter for your
continuously growing cloud applications and datacenter.
1-3 Product Highlights
The highlights of this add-on card include the following:
• Dual RJ45 connectors
• Low-prole, Short Length standard form factor
• PIC-E 3.0 x8 interface
• Asset Management Features with thermal sensor
• Broadcom dual-port 10Gbps PCI Express Ethernet controller
• Pass-through Energy Efcient Ethernet (IEEE STD 802.3az-2010)
• TruFlow Technology