The HP NC550m 10Gb 2-Port PCIe x8 Flex-10 Ethernet Adapter is a new member of the C-class 10Gbe adapter portfolio. The HP NC550m is a Flex-10 designed Ethernet Adapter based on the Blade Engines 2 controller and delivers superior throughput of all adapters in the 10GbE portfolio. Perfect for virtualized environments, the adapter works with all BladeSystem c-Class G6 and select G7 servers. When paired with any of our new Ethernet switches, the combination provides a high bandwidth, high performance network environment. - Flex-10 Enabled Mezzanine Card. - The NC550m 10Gb 2-port PCle x8 Flex-10 Ethernet Adapter can be carved into multiple individual Flex NICs. Bandwidth for each Flex NIC can be user defined from 100Mb to 10Gb. Each Flex NIC is recognized by server ROM as an individual NIC. Three-fold increase in network server connections over standard NIC. - Dual port 10Gb performance.