Introduction; Hardware Requirements; Software Requirements - Chelsio T5 Installation And User Manual

Chapter II. NDIS Function

1. Introduction

Chelsio's T5/T4 series of 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, Network Direct and
assist mechanisms for accelerating LRO - Large Receive Offload).
1.1.

Hardware Requirements

1.1.1. Supported Adapters
Following is the list of NDIS components and supported Chelsio adapters:
Chelsio Adapter
T520-BT
T502-BT
T520-CR
T580-CR
T580-LP-CR
T580-SO-CR
T520-LL-CR
T520-SO-CR
T540-CR
T522-CR
T420-CR
T440-CR
T422-CR
T420-LL-CR
T440-LP-CR
T420-CX
T420-SO-CR
T420-BT
T404-BT
1.2.

Software Requirements

1.2.1. Windows Requirement
Currently Chelsio T5/T4 NDIS Function driver is available for the following versions:
Windows Server Technical Preview 3
Windows Server 2012 R2
Driver WHQL certified
Chelsio T5/T4 Unified Wire for Windows
NDIS components
NIC, NVGRE, VXLAN
NIC, NVGRE, VXLAN
NIC, NVGRE, VXLAN, PacketDirect
NIC, NVGRE, VXLAN, PacketDirect
NIC, NVGRE, VXLAN, PacketDirect
NIC, NVGRE, VXLAN
NIC, NVGRE, VXLAN
NIC, NVGRE, VXLAN
NIC, NVGRE, VXLAN
NIC, NVGRE, VXLAN
NIC
NIC
NIC
NIC
NIC
NIC
NIC
NIC
NIC
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