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Dell 540-10824 network card Internal Fiber 10000 Mbit/s vs Dell BCM5709 Internal Ethernet 1000 Mbit/s

15specifications compared
6differ
9identical
16known for one product only

Key differences

Interface
- 540-10824 network card Internal Fiber 10000 Mbit/s:Fiber
- BCM5709 Internal Ethernet 1000 Mbit/s:Ethernet
Maximum data transfer rate
- 540-10824 network card Internal Fiber 10000 Mbit/s:10000 Mbit/s
- BCM5709 Internal Ethernet 1000 Mbit/s:1000 Mbit/s
Ethernet LAN data rates
- 540-10824 network card Internal Fiber 10000 Mbit/s:10000 Mbit/s
- BCM5709 Internal Ethernet 1000 Mbit/s:10,100,1000 Mbit/s
Chipset
- 540-10824 network card Internal Fiber 10000 Mbit/s:Intel® 82599ES
- BCM5709 Internal Ethernet 1000 Mbit/s:BCM5709

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Comparison of 540-10824, BCM5709
31 specifications	A Dell 540-10824 network card Internal Fiber 10000 Mbit/s Model 540-10824 View product	B Dell BCM5709 Internal Ethernet 1000 Mbit/s Model BCM5709 View product
Ports & interfaces1 differ
Connectivity technology	Wired	Wired
Host interface	PCI Express	PCI Express
InterfaceDiffers	Fiber	Ethernet
Fiber optic connectorKnown for one	SFP+	Unknown — not stated by the source
Fiber ports quantityKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Network3 differ
Maximum data transfer rateDiffers	10000 Mbit/s	1000 Mbit/s
Networking standardsDiffers	IEEE 802.3ae	IEEE 802.1Q, IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3ab, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3x
Ethernet LAN	Yes	Yes
Ethernet LAN data ratesDiffers	10000 Mbit/s	10,100,1000 Mbit/s
Wake-on-LAN ready	Yes	Yes
Quality of Service (QoS) supportKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Cabling technologyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	10/100/1000BaseT(X)
Copper ethernet cabling technologyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1000BASE-T, 100BASE-T, 10BASE-T
Jumbo frames supportKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Supported network protocolsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	IPv4, IPv6
BandwidthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2.5 Gbit/s
Design2 differ
Internal	Yes	Yes
Component for	Server	Server
Product colour	Green	Green
ChipsetDiffers	Intel® 82599ES	BCM5709
Compatible productsDiffers	Dell PowerEdge 2970 Dell PowerEdge R510 Dell PowerEdge R610 Dell PowerEdge R710 Dell PowerEdge R715 Dell PowerEdge R810 Dell PowerEdge R815 Dell PowerEdge R905 Dell PowerEdge R910 Dell PowerEdge T610 Dell PowerEdge T710 Dell PowerVault NX3000	Dell PowerEdge M600 Dell PowerEdge M605 Dell PowerEdge M610 Dell PowerEdge M610x Dell PowerEdge M710 Dell PowerEdge M710HD Dell PowerEdge M805 Dell PowerEdge M905 Dell PowerEdge M910
System requirementsidentical
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Linux operating systems supportedKnown for one	RedHat EL Linux 5.0, SuSE Linux 10, SuSE Linux 11	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other operating systems supportedKnown for one	FreeBSD	Unknown — not stated by the source
Packaging contentidentical
Manual	Yes	Yes
Other featuresidentical
Quick start guide	Yes	Yes
Intel Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq)Known for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT)Known for one	VT-c	Unknown — not stated by the source
Flow control supportKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Management protocolsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	SNMP, MIB
Receive Side Scaling (RSS)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes

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