The hp flexfabric 10gb 2 port 554flr sfp adapter provides ethernet functionality or ethernet and iscsi or fibre channel over ethernet fcoe or flexfabric connectivity in a flexiblelom form factor designed for select hp proliant gen8 rack servers it reduces operating costs by reducing the number of adapters and cables needed it also optimizes network and storage traffic with hardware acceleration and offloads for stateless tcpip tcp offload engine toe and fibre channel