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6 Software Features
Operating System Support
The drivers for the S2Konnect N-3010-10/100/1000Base-T Adapters, PCI Express sup port the
following operating systems:
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Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 7
Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Server 2008 and Windows Vista on 32-
bit sys tems
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Linux kernel 2.4.13 and higher stable versions
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Novell NetWare 5.x and Novell Netware 6.x
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Novell Netware Client32 and Novell NetWare VLM Client for DOS
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Sun Solaris 10 on 32-bit systems (x86) and 64-bit systems (x64)
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FreeBSD 6.0 on Intel x86 systems
The latest version of all available network drivers can be downloaded from the Marvell web site
(see section "Driver download").
High Performance
The S2Konnect N-3010-10/100/1000Base-T Adapters, are high perfor mance and highly reliable
adapters. They use the new PCI Express technology that offers in creased bandwidth and extended
capabilities over the conventional PCI bus.
TCP, UDP and IP Checksum Calculation
The S2Konnect N-3010 10/100/1000Base-T adapters support the calculation of TCP, UDP, and
IP checksums. These calculations are integrated in the hardware of the Gigabit Ethernet adap-
ters. The checksums are calculated without time loss by the MAC controller for both receive and
transmit path. This improves the overall performance of the system and shifts these CPU-intensive
tasks away from the host CPU.
Jumbo Frames
The S2Konnect N-3010-10/100/1000Base-T adapter, supports 9014 Byte Jumbo frames. They are
tested according to the prevailing standard and switches on the mar ket.
TCP Segmentation (Large Send Off-Load)
TCP Segmentation that is handled by the S2Konnect N-3010-10/100/1000Base-T adapter, re-
duces CPU load significantly. This provides high throughput for superior network performance and
im proves application response.
Dynamic Interrupt Moderation
If the network is running at Gigabit speed and small packets are being transferred, there may in
extreme cases be more than 100,000 interrupts per second. To reduce the load on the CPU, the
Gigabit Ethernet adapters can use Interrupt Moderation to group these interrupts so that several
data packets can be handled per interrupt.
For more information, refer to the White Paper "SK-NET GE Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapt er",
which can be found on the "SysKonnect" web site.
S2Konnect N-3010
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