The HP Flex-10 10Gb 2-port 552M adapter, a mezzanine Type A card designed for the HP BladeSystem c-Class Gen8 platform, delivers the performance benefits of 10Gb Ethernet with the scalability and flexibility that HP Virtual Connect and Flex-10 provide. It supports up to 8 FlexNICs per adapter, with each FlexNIC having a unique MAC address and identity on the LAN. Bandwidth can be uniquely allocated for virtual server functions and applications. Hardware acceleration and offloads for stateless TCP/IP and TCP Offload Engine (TOE) enable optimum use of CPU resources. 128MB The HP 552M supports Virtual Connect Flex-10, increasing bandwidth for virtualized servers. One platform for network and storage connection. Multiple protocol offloads for optimum server efficiency. Industry leading performance per watt for power savings. Easy to deploy and manage. Supports receive-side scaling (RSS) for the efficient distribution of network receive processing across multiple CPUs in multiprocessor systems.