The NC522SFP is an eight lane (x 8) PCI Express (PCIe) 10 Gigabit network solution offering the highest bandwidth available in 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, LR, & LRM fiber optic cabling. The NC522SFP allows customers both flexibility & the ability to provision their Pro Liant servers with bandwidth for every need. The NC522SFP ships with advanced server features that Pro Liant customers have come to expect, such as support for TCP checksum & segmentation (LSO) offload capability, VLAN tagging, jumbo frames, IPv 6, & more. Flexible to order & install, the NC522SFP can be used in either standard or low profile slots.