HPE P02052-001

Synergy 6820C 25/50Gb Converged Gigabit Ethernet Card

The HPE P02052‑001 Synergy 6820C Converged Gigabit Ethernet Card  is a high-speed networking adapter tailored for HPE Synergy composable infrastructure. Offering dual 25 Gb and 50 Gb Ethernet ports, it delivers breakthrough bandwidth and flexibility for modern data centers, supporting both Ethernet and Fibre Channel (via 16/32 GFC) traffic on a unified infrastructure Designed for IT professionals deploying virtualization, storage, and high-performance computing workloads, this card boosts performance, reduces cabling, and streamlines management. It is ideal for environments that demand low latency, high throughput, and consolidation of network and storage traffic using RDMA, RoCE and iWARP offloads. The adapter’s mezzanine form factor integrates seamlessly into Synergy compute modules, offering space-efficient installation and compatibility with existing infrastructure.

Features

This converged adapter combines Ethernet and Fibre Channel protocols over a PCIe Gen3 x16 bus, enabling unified connectivity for data and storage networking . With support for dual 25 Gb or 50 Gb Ethernet links, as well as 16 GFC and 32 GFC Fibre Channel speeds, the card accommodates both high-throughput workloads and SAN traffic on one physical interface . Such convergence reduces hardware count, simplifies cabling, and lowers operational costs—especially when paired with Synergy’s high-density 50 Gb Ethernet switching solutions The adapter accelerates network performance by offloading virtualization and encapsulation tasks, including VXLAN, GENEVE, NVGRE, and RDMA (RoCE v1/v2, iWARP), which decreases CPU utilization and improves VM density This makes it particularly productive in cloud-scale environments hosted on composable infrastructure. Its integrated hardware features facilitate low-latency network operations essential for live migration, storage access, and database workloads. The mezzanine card form factor fits compactly into Synergy compute modules, minimizing footprint while maximizing throughput capacity.

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Engineered for enterprise-grade reliability, this adapter features high-quality hardware components suited for round‑the‑clock operation in Synergy compute modules. Its support for PCIe Gen3 x16 maximizes throughput potential, while thermal design and low power draw ensure efficient cooling and stable operations. The dual‑port configuration adds network redundancy and load-balancing capabilities for uninterrupted uptime. Hardware offload features reduce CPU cycles, freeing compute resources for application workloads.