The NC550SFP is an eight lane (x 8) PCI Express (PCIe) 10 Gigabit network solution offering optimal throughput for a Pro Liant Ethernet adapter. This PCI Express Gen 2 adapter ships with two SFP+ (Small Form-factor Pluggable) cages suitable for connecting to Direct Attach Cable (DAC) or fiber modules supporting SR fiber optic cabling. The NC550SFP ships with advanced server features that Pro Liant customers have come to expect, such as support for TCP checksum & segmentation, Large Send & Large Receive offload capability, SR-IOV, VLAN tagging, 9K jumbo frames, IPv 4 & IPv 6, teaming for failover & load balancing, & TCP/IP Offload for Windows. Easy to install & configure, the NC550SFP can be used in either standard or low profile slots. Please note: server components such as memory & power supplies must match those already installed in a server. To avoid compatibility clashes or for advice, please contact us on solutions@ebuyer.com.