Network card boosts packet routing efficiency
A Portwell Technology product story
Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Apr 8, 2008
The ABN-512 is optimised for multicore architectures and able to implement efficient packet routing by using multiple queues and interrupt load balancing using MSI-X.
American Portwell Technology has released the ABN-512, a PCI-E x8 network interface card with Intel 82598EB dual 10 Gigabit fibre MM LC bypass adapter ports.
The ABN-512 is optimised for multicore architectures and able to implement efficient packet routing by using multiple queues and interrupt load balancing using MSI-X.
The new network interface card also supports Virtual Machine Device Queue (VMDq) technology to reduce the data workloads caused by sharing a single NIC between multiple virtual machines.
American Portwell's ABN-512 unit features a programmable software control to automatically switch to bypass/nonbypass functions in the event of software "hang" and/or power failure.
A built-in watchdog time (WDT) performs the same safeguard for Ethernet ports.
Integrated LEDs indicate connection status and bypass mode for the PCI-E x8 interface.
The ABN-512 supports most network operating systems and is suitable for network intensive applications and services such as fast database access and backup, large data warehousing, web infrastructure, cluster and grid computing, video streaming and IPTV.
"We built the new ABN-512 around the Intel 82598EB 10 Gigabit controller for a reason", says Mark Huang, American Portwell Technology's Product Marketing Manager.
"It is the easiest and most cost-effective way of providing an energy-efficient design for next-generation 10 Gigabit performance and multicore processors".
According to Huang, the dual-port feature of the ABN-512 provides increased network reliability.
"Because of the combination of the dual 10 Gigabits per second fibre MM LC bypass adapter and built-in support for VMDq and MSI-X the ABN-512 is able to provide and maintain high availability for servers and mission critical applications" Frank Shen, American Portwell Technology's Product Marketing Director, said.
"This ability to bypass a failed system, a power failure or a software hang provides maximum uptime for the network and peace of mind for our customers".
"One of the benefits of our new ABN-512 PCI-E x8 network interface card with Intel 82598EB dual 10 Gigabit fibre bypass ports is that it provides support for most of today's networking operating systems, which means that it can be widely deployed throughout the community" Shen said.
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