Broadcom BCM957414A4142CC - Network adapter - PCIe 3.0 x8 - 25 Gigabit SFP28 x 2

The Broadcom BCM957414A4142CC is a dual-port 25 Gb/s or 10 Gb/s, PCI-Express Gen3 x8 Network Interface Card that supports both SFP28/SFP+ optical modules and copper-direct attach cable. The card uses the Broadcom BCM57414 25GbE MAC controller with the integrated dual-channel 25GbE SFI transceiver.

• Dual-port pluggable media interface, which may be equipped with 25GbE or 10GbE SFP28/SFP+ optical transceiver or with copper direct-attach cable
• Fully compliant to the SFF-8402 standard
• X8 PCI Express v3.0 compliant
• SR-IOV with up to 128 VFs
• Function Level Reset (FLR) support
• TruFlow flow processing engine
• Virtual Network Termination - VXLAN, NVGRE, Geneve, GRE encap/decap
• VSwitch acceleration
• Tunnel-aware stateless offloads
• DCB support: PFC, ETS, QCN, DCBx
• RDMA over converged Ethernet (RoCE)
• SMBus 2.0
• MCTP over SMBus
• PCIe-based UART and KCS
• Jumbo frames up to 9 KB
• Advanced Congestion Avoidance
• Multiqueue, NetQueue, and VMQ
• IPv4 and IPv6 offloads
• TCP, UDP, and IP checksum offloads
• Large Send Offload (LSO)
• Large Receive Offload (LRO)
• TCP Segmentation Offload (TSO)
• Receive-side Scaling (RSS)
• Transmit-side Scaling (TSS)
• VLAN insertion/removal
• Interrupt coalescing
• Network boot-PXE, UEFI
• ISCSI boot
• MSI and MSI-X
• Conforms to the PCI Express Card Electromechanical Specification Rev. 3.0

• Enhanced connectivity
  Equipped with two 25Gb Ethernet SFP28 ports, this network adapter ensures high-speed connectivity and efficient network interface for demanding data environments.
• Advanced networking features
  Features such as Data Center Bridging (DCB), Receive Side Scaling (RSS), and Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) enhance data throughput and network management, optimizing performance for enterprise applications.
• Comprehensive protocol support
  Supports a wide range of data link protocols including 10 and 25 Gigabit Ethernet, alongside advanced features like TCP/IP checksum offload, RDMA support, and VXLAN, ensuring compatibility and performance across diverse network architectures.
• Robust virtualization capabilities
  With support for VMware NetQueue, Microsoft Virtual Machine Queue (VMQ), and Network Virtualization using Generic Routing Encapsulation (NVGRE), it offers enhanced virtualization performance and flexibility.
• Secure and efficient management
  Features like PXE support, UEFI support, and iSCSI boot provide secure and efficient management options for network administrators, simplifying deployment and maintenance tasks.

The Broadcom BCM957414A4142CC is a dual-port 25 Gb/s or 10 Gb/s, PCI-Express Gen3 x8 Network Interface Card that supports both SFP28/SFP+ optical modules and copper-direct attach cable. The card uses the Broadcom BCM57414 25GbE MAC controller with the integrated dual-channel 25GbE SFI transceiver.