The Broadcom Net Xtreme II 5709 Gigabit Server Adapter is able to simultaneously perform accelerated networking & storage networking on standard Ethernet. The Net Xtreme II is a family of Converged Network Interface Controllers (C-NICs) with superior design. These devices also support teaming & failover to improve network application performance & provide server redundancy. TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE) for Windows, significantly reduces CPU utilization Optimizes server efficiency & improves network performance Total Ethernet compatibility:standard TCP/IP implementation Teaming & failover ensure Smart Load Balancing & data availability Host Bus Adapter (HBA) functionality supporting accelerated i SCSI Auto negotiation of speed ensures highest available throughput Performance & reliability Broadcom validates its network interface cards over a variety of operating systems & platforms ensuring compatibility & interoperability. This Gigabit Ethernet adapter card takes full advantage of the PCI Express bus architecture to maximize network throughput. Teaming enables Smart Load Balancing to help increase throughput & fault tolerance when multiple adapters are configured to work together as a team to share traffic & provide data reliability with failover. Advanced technology The Net Xtreme II 5709 Adapter features TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE) technology for Windows which reduces the server CPU utilization & improves application performance. TOE offloads the TCP protocol processing from the server CPU onto the server adapter. This preserves valuable CPU cycles for applications processing & improves overall server performance & network efficiency. Receive Side Scaling (RSS) also enables packet receive processing to scale with the number of available processors. Managing with complete confidence The Net Xtreme II 5709 Adapter helps preserve your existing networking environment:operating systems, network administration tools, core cabling, personnel training, etc., while improving server efficiency & networking application performance. The Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 (BACS3) provides an unprecedented level of governance across your entire network, enabling detailed tests, analyzes, and diagnostics to be performed for each network adapter installed in your system.