Introduction; Hardware Requirements - Chelsio Communications Terminator series Installation And User Manual

Chapter II. Network (NIC-TOE)

1. Introduction

Chelsio's Unified Wire adapters provide extensive support for NIC operation, including all
stateless offload mechanisms for both IPv4 and IPv6 (IP, TCP and UDP checksum offload, LSO
aka TSO, and assist mechanisms for accelerating LRO. A high performance fully offloaded and
fully featured TCP/IP stack meets or exceeds software implementations in RFC compliance.
Chelsio's Terminator engine provides unparalleled performance through a specialized data flow
processor implementation and a host of features designed for high throughput and low latency
using standard size Ethernet frames. TCP offload is fully implemented in the hardware, thus
freeing the CPU from TCP/IP overhead. The freed CPU can be used for any computing needs.
The Network (cxgbe) driver provides support for PCI Express Ethernet adapters based on
the Chelsio Terminator ASIC.
1.1.

Hardware Requirements

1.1.1. Supported Adapters
The following are the Chelsio adapters that are compatible with Chelsio network driver:
T62100-CR
T62100-LP-CR
T62100-SO-CR
T6425-CR
T6225-CR
T6225-LL-CR
T6225-SO-CR
T580-CR
T580-LP-CR
T580-SO-CR*
T540-CR
T520-CR
T520-LL-CR
T520-SO-CR*
T420-CR
T420-LL-CR
T440-CR
T440-LP-CR
T422-CR
T420-SO-CR*
T420-CX
T420-BT
T404-BT
*Only NIC supported
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