IEI PulM series, the smarter NICs, can resolve this virtualization to make packet processing faster and more efficient at lower cost than standard CPUs. It is ideal for users who want to, for instance, build up a network server with virtual machine and provide storage function.
Offload Functions
IEI provides four kinds of NIC, from Aquantia, Intel, Broadcom to Mellanox, with different network speed (1G, 2.5G, 5G, 10G or 25G).
Offload Function
Mellanox
Intel
Broadcom
Aquantia
CPU Offload
LSO
Y
Y
Y
Y
TSO
Y
Y
Y
RSS
Y
Y
Y
Y
HDS
Y
Y
Y
MSI-X
Y
Y
Y
Y
Storage Offload
iWARP
Y
iSER
Y
Y
Y
VEPA
Y
Y
NFS RDMA
Y
Y
Y
uDAPL
Y
Y
Virtualization Support
VxLAN
Y
Y
Y
NetQueue
Y
Y
GENEVE
Y
Y
IEEE 802.1Qbg
Y
Y
Y
SR-IOV
Y
Y
Y
PulM Network Module Slot
Install the IEI PulM networking module into the slot of the PUZZLE series. The Slot A supports 8 lanes from CPU (one PCIe x8 or two PCIe x4); the Slot B supports two PCIe x4 or four PCIe x2 from PCH.
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