HP NC522SFP manual Introduction, Overview, LED indicators

Introduction

Overview

The HP NC522SFP Dual Port 10 GbE Server Adapter is a dual port PCI Express (PCIe) 10 Gigabit ProLiant Ethernet adapter. The network connection is made through two 10GBASE-SFP+ modules.

In addition to standard HP network server adapter features, the NC522SFP is capable of supporting teaming for load balancing and failover, TCP checksum and segmentation (LSO) offload capability, VLAN tagging, jumbo frames, IPv6, and other features. The NC522SFP can be installed in either standard or low profile slots.

LED indicators

The NC522SFP adapter has two ports with LED indicators for Link and Act. (activity) for each port. Standard-height and low-profile brackets are shown below with the fiber LC port and LED indicators.

The NC522SFP 10 Gigabit Server Adapter LED indicators operate as described in the following table.

LED indicator	Status	Description
Act.	Off	Indicates no network activity on the link.
	Flashing	Indicates network activity on the link. The
	(Green)	adapter is sending or receiving network
		data at up to 10Gbps.
Link	Off	No link to the adapter is established. The
		adapter is not receiving power or the
		cable connection is faulty.

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