HPE Broadcom BCM57504 Ethernet 10/25Gb 4-port SFP28 OCP3 Adapter P26269-B21

Description

HPE Broadcom BCM57504 Ethernet 10/25Gb 4-port SFP28 OCP3 Adapter P26269-B21

The HPE Broadcom BCM57504 10/25Gb 4-Port SFP28 OCP3 Adapter (P26269-B21) is engineered for modern enterprise and cloud-scale data-centres requiring flexible, high-bandwidth networking. With four SFP28 ports capable of running at 10 Gb or 25 Gb per port, this adapter delivers massive throughput in a compact form. According to HPE’s specifications, this adapter supports 10/25Gb speeds and four SFP28 ports in OCP 3.0 format. Hewlett Packard Enterprise+2Converge UK+2

The Broadcom BCM57504 controller architecture offers advanced offload technologies (VXLAN, NVGRE, RoCE, SR-IOV) and high efficiency for virtualized and storage-heavy workloads. Lenovo Press+1

Key Features

• Four SFP28 ports supporting 10 GbE / 25 GbE speeds.

• OCP 3.0 form factor for HPE server integration.

• Broadcom BCM57504 controller delivering premium throughput and offloads.

• Supports virtualization features: SR-IOV, NVGRE, VXLAN, Geneve.

• High-density server networking: ideal for leaf/spine fabrics and high-throughput fabrics.

• Suitable for data-centre, cloud and storage networking environments with strong performance and scalability.

Technical Specifications

Benefits

• Enables four concurrent 10/25Gb connections, increasing network fabric capacity.

• Reduces latency and improves throughput for VMs, containers, storage and HPC workloads.

• Efficiently supports virtualization and software-defined networking.

• Easily integrates into HPE ProLiant Gen10+ / Gen11 servers via OCP 3.0.

• Future-proof investment: 10 → 25Gb capability per port.

Use Cases

• High-density server clusters requiring uplinks with multiple 25Gb ports.

• Virtualised environments with heavy east-west traffic and high VM counts.

• Storage nodes, HPC / AI compute clusters, cloud-scale data-centres.

• Network fabrics in leaf/spine architecture demanding 25Gb port density.

FAQs

Q: Does this adapter support 25Gb per port?
Yes — each of the four SFP28 ports supports 10Gb or 25Gb speeds.

Q: What form-factor is required?
It uses OCP 3.0 (or compatible mezzanine format) in supported HPE servers.

Q: Which servers are compatible?
It is listed for HPE Gen10+/Gen11 server platforms (via HPE’s specification sheet). Hewlett Packard Enterprise+1

Q: Does it support virtualization offloads like RoCE, NVGRE?
Yes, advanced offload features including SR-IOV, VXLAN/NVGRE, RoCE are supported under the BCM57504 architecture.