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The 10GbE NIC That Just Works — Across Every Hypervisor, Every OS, Every Server Platform

브로드컴 57412 is not the fastest. It is not the newest. It is the dual-port 10GbE SFP+ adapter that has shipped in millions of Dell, HPE, 레노버, and xFusion servers since 2018, accumulating more driver maturity, more firmware stability, and more cross-platform compatibility testing than any 25GbE adapter on the market. It is the NIC you install in the server that runs AD, DNS, 파일 서비스, and backup targets — servers where 25GbE throughput is unnecessary, but a NIC that causes a driver crash at 2 AM because of a kernel update is unacceptable.

기술 사양

매개변수	사양
칩셋	Broadcom BCM57412 NetXtreme-E Series
포트	2x SFP+ (10나르다 / 1나르다), also supports SFP at 1GbE
호스트 인터페이스	PCIe 3.0 x8 (64 Gbps — sufficient for 2x 10GbE bidirectional)
RDMA	RoCE v2 (통합 이더넷을 통한 RDMA)
오프로드	TCO (TCP 오프로드 엔진), iSCSI 오프로드, FCoE 오프로드, NVMe-oF 오프로드
SR-IOV	까지 128 포트당 가상 기능
NPAR	NIC 파티셔닝 - 최대 4 포트당 물리적 기능 (8 총)
VXLAN/NVGRE/GENEVE	Stateless offload for all three overlay protocols
힘	~8W typical (두 포트 모두 활성화됨, 10나르다, DAC 케이블)
폼 팩터	로우 프로파일 PCIe, 전체 높이 브래킷 포함
물리적	167 엑스 69 mm (표준 LP PCIe 카드)
케이블	SFP+ DAC passive copper 1-7m, SFP+ SR optics up to 300m, SFP+ LR optics up to 10km
OS 지원	VM웨어 ESXi 6.7+ through 8.0+ (in-box driver for all versions), Windows 서버 2016-2025, RHEL 7.x-9.x, SLES 12-15, 우분투 18.04-24.04
운전사	In-box for VMware ESXi 6.7+, Windows 서버 2019+, RHEL 8.x+, 우분투 20.04+. No driver disk required at install time for any supported OS.
호환 서버	모든 Dell PowerEdge (14th-16th Gen), xFusion, 레노버, HPE. PCIe가 있는 모든 서버 3.0 x8+ 슬롯.
보증	3-년도 (서버와 함께)

Why Deployment Teams Choose the 57412 Over 25GbE for Infrastructure Servers

The 57412’s inbox driver support across every operating system version from the last decade means zero compatibility surprises. No driver compilation against a custom kernel. No firmware version mismatch with the hypervisor HCL. No Monday-morning call to the NIC vendor because the latest ESXi patch broke the out-of-tree driver. For infrastructure servers that need to boot reliably 365 일년에 며칠, inbox driver support is worth more than an extra 15 Gbps of throughput.

The second reason is cabling: SFP+ DAC passive copper cables cost $15-25 for a 3-meter cable. SFP28 DAC cables for 25GbE cost $25-40. The per-port cable cost difference is small, but across 200 servers with dual-port NICs, the SFP+ cable savings alone buy 2 additional servers.

57412 대 57416 — 10GbE SFP+ vs 10GBASE-T

특징	57412 (SFP+)	57416 (10GBASE-T, RJ45)
케이블	SFP+ DAC (copper, twinax) or SFP+ fiber optics	CAT6a/CAT7 copper (RJ45), up to 100m
숨어 있음	< 1 microsecond (SFP+ DAC)	~2마이크로초 (10GBASE-T PHY)
포트당 전력	~3W (SFP+ DAC)	~5-6W (10GBASE-T PHY)
거리 (미디어 컨버터 없음)	7중 (DAC) or 10km (SMF optics)	100중 (CAT6a)
다음에 가장 적합	랙 내, 낮은 지연 시간, existing SFP+ switch infrastructure	Existing copper plant, long in-rack distances, RJ45 switch ports

호환 플랫폼

PCIe 3.0 x8 slot. Compatible with all Dell PowerEdge, xFusion FusionServer, Lenovo ThinkSystem servers. Broadcom NetXtreme-E driver is inbox on all supported operating systems — no driver disk, no post-install driver update required.