Converged network adapter

Some products were marketed around 2005 with the term C-NIC which combined iSCSI storage functionality with Gigabit Ethernet.

The two port model will allow connection to two different switches to create a redundant configuration without having to use two PCI slots.

Broadcom offers their CNAs under their own brand name but also sell the application-specific integrated circuits and other related components to others.

They also OEM their adapters for Cisco, Dell, EMC, Fujitsu, HDS, HP, IBM and NetApp.

[5] HP claims that their BL460c G7 was the first blade server that offers FCoE via a LOM (LAN on motherboard) instead of using a PCI slot or mezzanine card.