N5K-C5596UP-FA with Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM57711 NIC

[jacinto1m]

Hi,

Our customer is willing to buy a N5K-C5596UP-FA and wants to know if he can use the Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM57711 NIC for Fiber channel.

Any help is much appreciated?

[Brian Morrissey]

Hi Santiago,

The Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM57711 appears to be ethernet only (

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/ps10265/ps10493/1CS57711-TB100-D5.pdf).  It can do 10Gig Ethernet and iSCSI offloading.

They would need to purchase a FC HBA or CNA card depending on the design of the infrastructure to do Fiber Channel.