• High performance PCI-X copper Gigabit server adapter, supporting a 64-bit/133MHz data path, compatible with conventional PCI slots (32-bit and 33/66/100MHz)
  
• Cost-effective migration from Fast Ethernet to Gigabit Ethernet, as well as from PCI to PCI-X
  
• Maximizes reliability with support of advanced server features such as teaming for failover and load balancing, jumbo frames, Dual Address Cycles (DAC), Pre-Boot Execution Environment (PXE), PCI hot plug, large send offload capability, cold boot WOL, and multiple VLAN tagging

• Broadcom 5703 10/100/1000 Gigabit controller
  
• Flash interface for faster server boots
  
• Improved interrupt coalescing and increased buffer depth
  
• Lower power consumption than previous model
  
• Cold-boot Wake-on-LAN

Problems and Requirements

• Require Gigabit speed to sustain high bandwidth performance between servers
  
• Require PCI-X throughput to meet networking demands
  
• Looking for a cost-effective way to deploy Gigabit without the cost of installing fiber cabling

Typical Use

• Server-to-backbone connections at 1000Mpbs

Problems and Requirements

• Network performance threatened by increased number of users on the corporate LAN
  
• Corporate growth introduces network demands that cannot be met by Fast Ethernet
  
• Require a cost-effective means of deploying Gigabit Ethernet throughout the Enterprise

Typical Use

• Gigabit upgrades for servers where the need for bandwidth is increasing

Problems and Requirements

• The wiring plant in many organizations is Category 5 twisted-pair (copper) cabling, which is very cost-effective when compared to fiber; consequently, many of these customers do not want to replace their existing twisted pair wiring with the more expensive fiber cabling
  
• Twisted-pair cabling is ideal for short runs in wiring closets and from servers to nearby workstations and is typically used in these environments
  
• Companies want to reduce network complexity and cost by making Category 5 cabling standard in their enterprise

Typical Use

• The HP NC7771 is deployed in servers throughout the enterprise, running on widely-deployed Category 5 copper cabling and supporting 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet in an evolving environment where increasingly there is a need for more bandwidth