Neterion Xframe® 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X 1.0 Server & Storage Adapter Xframe® Features and Benefits Advanced Features Standards Support Network Management Physical Dimensions and Environmental

Neterion's Xframe^® V-NIC™ family, with Hyperframe™ technology: the only line of 10 GbE adapters designed for I/O virtualization

Xframe V-NIC is the industry's fastest line of 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters. It is designed to enable server and storage OEMs to meet the needs of end users in intensive computing environments. Xframe V-NIC specifically addresses high-end networked servers, NAS (Network Attached Storage) connectivity and high performance cluster computing architectures.

The Xframe V-NIC product family offers a unique multi-channel device model. A total of eight independent, hardware-based transmit and receive paths are available and each path may be prioritized for true Quality-of-Service support. By combining this novel architecture with the power of Extended Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI-X), Neterion has established a leading-edge framework for I/O virtualization (IOV). This set of unique, industry-leading IOV features is what consititutes Neterion's Hyperframe technology.

Capitalizing on Ethernet, the proven industry-standard for 30 years, Xframe 10 Gigabit Ethernet allows end-users to preserve their existing environment: operating systems, network administration tools, core cabling, personnel training, etc. Xframe dramatically increases network performance, eliminates bottlenecks resulting from the explosion of data volumes, frees-up server and user-level bandwidth, boosts applications response and slashes server back-up times. With fewer systems and network connections, IT management is significantly simplified, increasing both security and reliability and lowering the total cost of ownership.

Xframe is fully compliant with the PCI-X 1.0a specification and the IEEE 802.3ae 10 Gigabit Ethernet standard. The Xframe host system interface is a 64-bit, 133 MHz-capable PCI-X bus. The Xframe network interface is a 10 Gigabit Ethernet link, using standardized PMD (Physical Media Dependent) devices to ensure ready interoperability. It is the only line of adapters that can work with every major OS including multiple versions of proprietary Unix, Linux and 32- and 64-bit Windows.

All Neterion products are designed to be fully software forward-compatible with future releases.

Final test results from leading OEM evaluation labs on the features and benefits of Xframe:

• 6 to 8-fold increase in throughput performance
• 50% lower latency
• TCP processing overhead reduced by 40%
• 6 to 8-fold reduction in cabling expense

Xframe Features and Benefits

Xframe is based on a sophisticated state machine architecture with built in HA/RAS (High Availability/Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) features that provide the highest performance and reliability available.

• 8 virtual transmit and receive paths that may be prioritized for QoS
• Extensive Protocol Offloads and Assists maximize host efficiencies by reducing host processing loads, and optimizing bus utilization
• "Deep-Split Bus Transaction Capacity" provides full utilization of PCI-X bus while achieving the industry's lowest latency
• Flexible Interrupt Features include INTA, PCI 2.2 Message Signaled Interrupt (MSI), and XMSI
• True QOS (Quality of Service) support for up to 8 levels, allowing traffic to be classified, prioritized, and queued at line rate.
• 64 MB of on-board memory drastically reduces performance-degrading linklayer flow control
• Turn-key driver support for all major Operating Systems and server architectures (Custom driver development is available)
• ECC (SEC/DED) data and control structure protection throughout the entire adapter as well as state machine protection
• "Carrier Grade" environmentals for power, thermal, and noise characteristics
• Modular design permits various connectivity options that can be deployed over multi-mode or single mode fiber

Advanced Features

• TCP Checksum Offload (Tx and Rx; IPv4 and IPv6)
• TCP Large Send Offload support for segments up to 64 KB (plus headers)
• UDP Checksum Offload (Tx and Rx; IPv4 and IPv6)
• UDP "Checksum Over Fragment" Offload (IPv4 and IPv6) for transactions up to 64 KB
• IPv4 Header Checksum Offload (Tx and Rx)
• IP Differentiated Services support
• Advanced Flow Control features (RED - Random Early Detection)
• 64 MB Rx Frame Buffer (host-configurable into prioritized queues)
• Support for up to 32 concurrent PCI-X split transactions
• Adaptive Interrupt Coalescence
• PCI Physical Pin (INTA) Interrupt support
• PCI Message Signaled Interrupt (MSI) support for up to 32 unique interrupts
• Extended-MSI (XMSI) support for up to 64 unique interrupts
• Full SEC/DED ECC protection for all on-board control and data structures
• Redundant-State-Variable State Machine Error Protection for all on-board state machines

Standards Support

• PCI-X 1.0a and PCI 2.3 compliant 64 bit, 133 MHz host interface
• DIX/802.3 FCS Offload for Tx and Rx frames
• 802.3ad “Slow Protocol" frame support
• 802.3ad Link Aggregation support
• 802.1Q VLAN tag support (Tx append and Rx strip)
• 802.1D (ex. 802.1p) QoS support (Rx frame steering across up to 8 queues)
• Jumbo Frame support (up to 9600 Bytes)
• 802.3X Pause Frame support (in hardware)
• Unicast/Multicast Rx frame filtering for up to 64 address/mask pairs

Network Management

MAC Statistics include:

MIB Statistics MIB2 Statistics MIB2 Extension RMON Statistics RMON 2 Statistics Automated DMA transfer of all Statistics to host memory

Physical Dimensions and Environmental

• Bus Type - PCI-X
• Bus Width - 64 bit
• Bus Speed (MHz) - 133
• Typical Power Consumption: 15 Watts
• Operating Temperature: 0 to 65º C
• Operating Humidity: 5 to 95%
• Length: 6.6" long (Half Length)
• Height: 4.2" tall (Full Height)

Physical Media Type Optical: 850nm SR Optical: 1310nm LR Distance 300m 10km Connector LC SC

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