Dell P736R Broadcom Quad Port Pcie Nic Low Profile Network Card

Dell P736R Broadcom Quad Port Pcie Nic Low Profile Network Card

The Dell P736R Broadcom 5709 Quad Port Gigabit Network Interface Card is an enterprise-grade, high-density PCIe network interface card (NIC) engineered to deliver reliable multi-port Gigabit Ethernet throughput for legacy and mainline enterprise server architectures.

Powered by the Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 controller, this convergence network interface card (C-NIC) features four RJ45 ports. It is explicitly optimized for virtualization, data center link aggregation, and network-intensive workloads requiring resilient connectivity and lower host processor overhead.

Performance & Benefits

• Broadcom BCM5709 Controller: Delivers reliable multi-port line-rate performance and advanced traffic management across dense, concurrent networking environments.
• PCI Express x4 Interface: Fully leverages the dedicated high-bandwidth PCIe bus architecture to maximize overall network throughput while mitigating bus bottlenecks.
• TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE): Offloads critical network protocol processing directly from the server CPU to the card, preserving valuable host clock cycles and significantly enhancing overall system efficiency.
• Accelerated iSCSI Storage Support: Features full Host Bus Adapter (HBA) functionality for hardware-accelerated iSCSI, converging storage and network traffic onto a standard TCP infrastructure without the need for expensive, dedicated storage adapters.
• Advanced Redundancy & Load Balancing: Supports Smart Load Balancing™ (SLB), Receive Side Scaling (RSS), and failover teaming to distribute incoming network traffic across multiple processing cores and ensure uninterrupted data availability.
• Versatile Enterprise Deployment: Configured as a half-height card with a low-profile bracket, it offers seamless hardware compatibility across a legacy lineup of Dell PowerEdge rack and tower systems (including generations spanning R410, R610, R710, and T610).