NetXtreme-UG100
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NetXtreme-C/NetXtreme-E
User Guide
Table of Contents
1 Regulatory and Safety Approvals
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1.1 Regulatory............................................................................................................................................................7
1.2 Safety ...................................................................................................................................................................7
1.3 Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) ..................................................................................................................7
1.4 Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Compliance .........................................................................................................8
1.5 FCC Statement ....................................................................................................................................................8
2 Functional Description
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3 Network Link and Activity Indication
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4 Features
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4.1 Software and Hardware Features ........................................................................................................................9
4.2 Virtualization Features .......................................................................................................................................10
4.3 VXLAN ...............................................................................................................................................................11
4.4 NVGRE/GRE/IP-in-IP/Geneve ...........................................................................................................................11
4.5 Stateless Offloads ..............................................................................................................................................11
4.5.1 RSS .........................................................................................................................................................11
4.5.2 TPA ..........................................................................................................................................................11
4.5.3 Header-Payload Split ...............................................................................................................................11
4.6 UDP Fragmentation Offload...............................................................................................................................11
4.7 Stateless Transport Tunnel Offload ...................................................................................................................12
4.8 Multiqueue Support for OS ................................................................................................................................12
4.8.1 NDIS VMQ ...............................................................................................................................................12
4.8.2 VMware NetQueue ..................................................................................................................................12
4.8.3 KVM/Xen Multiqueue ...............................................................................................................................12
4.9 SR-IOV Configuration Support Matrix ................................................................................................................12
4.10 SR-IOV.............................................................................................................................................................12
4.11 Network Partitioning (NPAR) ...........................................................................................................................13
4.12 RDMA over Converge Ethernet – RoCE..........................................................................................................13
4.13 Supported Combinations .................................................................................................................................13
4.13.1 NPAR, SR-IOV, and RoCE ....................................................................................................................13
4.13.2 NPAR, SR-IOV, and DPDK ...................................................................................................................14
4.13.3 Unsupported Combinations ...................................................................................................................14
5 Installing the Hardware
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5.1 Safety Precautions .............................................................................................................................................15
5.2 System Requirements........................................................................................................................................15
5.2.1 Hardware Requirements ..........................................................................................................................15
5.2.2 Preinstallation Checklist...........................................................................................................................15
5.3 Installing the Adapter .........................................................................................................................................16
5.4 Connecting the Network Cables ........................................................................................................................16
