SMC Networks SMC10GPCIe-XFP manual Introduction, Advanced Features

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Chapter 1: Introduction

The SMC TigerCard™ 10G 10GBASE-T and XFP Ethernet Server Adapters combine the speed and performance of cutting edge networking with the ease of deployment and user friendliness of traditional Ethernet. The speed and efficiency of 10G networking coupled with iSCSI support enables converged networking, reducing cost and the complexity of wiring, and simplifying management. SMC’s VNIC architecture provides the key to efficient server I/O and is flexible enough to be applied to multiple server deployment scenarios. These deployment scenarios are:

Kernel Driver – This deployment uses a single instance of a VNIC interface for standard operating drivers. This interface provides a performance-optimized path for the kernel TCP/IP stack and contention-free access from the driver, resulting in extremely low latency and competitive CPU efficiency.

Accelerated Virtual I/O – The second deployment scenario greatly improves I/O for virtualized operating systems. The SMC VNIC architecture provides thousands of protected interfaces to the host system, granting any application or virtualized (guest) operating system direct access to the network hardware. This hypervisor bypass technology, unique to SMC Ethernet controllers, is the only way to provide solid I/O performance to virtualized guest operating systems.

Advanced Features

Virtual NIC Support – The core of SMC’s technology. Protected VNIC interfaces can be instantiated for each running guest operating system or application, giving it a direct pipeline to the Ethernet network. This architecture provides the most efficient way to maximize network and CPU efficiency. The SMC Ethernet controller supports up to 4096 VNIC interfaces.

PCI Express – Implements PCI Express 1.1.

Plug-and-Play– Provides binary compatibility with all data center and HPC applications.

10 Gigabit Ethernet – 10 times the throughput of 1G Ethernet, 10G enables the ability to design a cost-effective, high-performance 10 Gigabit Ethernet solution.

iSCSI Support – Reduced TCO (total cost of ownership) for shared storage and converged fabrics.

iSCSI Acceleration in Virtual Environment – Reduce CPU utilization, lower networking latency, improved machine utilization, and easier management.

RSS – Receive Side Scaling raises the utilization levels of multi-core servers dramatically by distributing I/O load across all CPUs and cores.

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Contents User Guide TigerCard 10G User Guide Copyright Limited Warranty SMC Networks, Inc Mason Irvine, CA Compliances Federal Communication Commission Interference StatementCE Mark Conformance Declaration Class a About This Guide Contents Advanced Features IntroductionAdvanced Features Hardware Description LED Indicators LEDEquipment Checklist Hardware Installation Page Driver Installation Windows Driver InstallationWindows Driver Installation Windows Driver Installation Windows Driver Installation Windows Driver Installation Linux Installation Instructions Installation From a Binary RPMRedHat Enterprise Linux Distributions SuSE Linux Enterprise Server distributionsInstall the RPMs. The following is an example for SLES9 Building the Source RPMCommand Common Installation Problems Appendix a TroubleshootingPCI Express Bus Width Network Connection Problems UTP Cables Appendix B Cable TypesFiber Cables Appendix C Specifications StandardsOperating Humidity Glossary Full Duplex End StationEthernet Gigabit EthernetLAN Segment Media Access Control MACRedundant Power Supply RPS Local Area Network LANTransmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol TCP/IP RJ-45 ConnectorSwitched Ports Virtual LAN VlanSMC10GPCIe-10BT SMC10GPCIe-XFP
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