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

Chapter VI. Offload IPv6

1. Introduction

The growth of the Internet has created a need for more addresses than are possible with IPv4.
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is a version of the Internet Protocol (IP) designed to succeed
the Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4). Chelsio's Offload IPv6 feature provides support to fully
offload IPv6 traffic on to the Unified wire adapter.
1.1.

Hardware Requirements

1.1.1. Supported Adapters
The following are the currently shipping Chelsio adapters that are compatible with Chelsio
Offload IPv6 feature:
T62100-CR
T62100-LP-CR
T62100-SO-CR
T6425-CR
T6225-CR
T6225-LL-CR
T6225-SO-CR
T580-CR
T580-LP-CR
T540-CR
T520-CR
T520-LL-CR
T420-CR
T420-LL-CR
T440-CR
T440-LP-CR
T422-CR
T420-CX
T420-BT
T404-BT
1.2.

Software Requirements

1.2.1. FreeBSD Requirements
Currently the Offload IPv6 feature is available for the following versions:
FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE
FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE
Other kernel versions have not been tested and are not guaranteed to work.
Chelsio Unified Wire for FreeBSD
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