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1 Introduction

1.1About this Guide

This guide describes how to install the AlacritechAcceleratorsin standard PCI and PCI-X based servers. The following products are covered by this document:

1000 Series:	2000 Series:
1000x1F Server and	SEN2002XF
Storage Accelerator	Accelerator
SES1001F	SEN2001XF
iSCSI Accelerator	Accelerator
	SEN2104EF
	Accelerator
	SEN2102EF
	Accelerator
	SES2002XF iSCSI
	Accelerator
	SES2001XF iSCSI
	Accelerator
	SES2104EF iSCSI
	Accelerator
	SES2102EF iSCSI
	Accelerator

1.2Description

Alacritech 1000 and 2000 Series Accelerators are Gigabit Ethernet Accelerators that employ Alacritech’s patented SLIC Technology architecture, a Dynamic TCP Offload™ methodology, which uses an innovative application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) for protocol processing.

Products using SLIC Technology architecture increase server performance and efficiency in a number of ways:

•Protocol processing is offloaded onto the Accelerator, freeing the CPU for application processing and maximizing throughput.

•The Alacritech Internet Protocol Processor (IPP) programmable ASIC, op- timized for protocol processing, delivers faster performance than general- purpose CPUs.

The SLIC Technology architecture eliminates the burden of protocol processing on the host CPU. By offloading protocol processing, Alacritech Accelerators free the system for application processing, boosting server and storage system performance.

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