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

Chapter II. Network (NIC/TOE)

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
- Large Send Offload aka TSO - TCP Segmentation Offload, and assist mechanisms for
accelerating LRO - Large Receive Offload).
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 in demanding conditions and networking
environments.
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 TCP offload in turn removes network
bottlenecks and enables applications to take full advantage of the networking capabilities.
1.1.

Hardware Requirements

Supported Adapters
The following are the currently shipping Chelsio adapters that are compatible with Chelsio
Network driver:
T62100-CR
T62100-LP-CR
T62100-SO-CR*
T61100-OCP*
T6425-CR
T6225-CR
T6225-LL-CR
T6225-OCP^
T6225-SO-CR^
T580-CR
T580-LP-CR
T580-SO-CR*
T580-OCP-SO*
T540-CR
T540-LP-CR
T540-SO-CR*
T540-BT
T520-CR
T520-LL-CR
T520-SO-CR*
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