Dynamic Device Personalization (DDP) with fully-programmable pipeline that can add or modify protocols on-demand, allowing for fast-paced innovations
Application Device Queues (ADQ) feature to increase application predictability, reduce application latency, and improve application throughput
Support both iWARP and RoCEv2 RDMA, selectable via software per port for low latency, high throughput workload Support for 8x10GbE connections for appliance designs
Optimized Tx-Scheduler for steady Tx traffic flow to avoid burst send and in-network congestion IEEE 1588 support for precision time measurement
Enhanced Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) for Network Functions Virtualization acceleration, advanced packet forwarding, and highly-efficient packet processing
More resources to support higher density server virtualization deployments: 256 VFs, 768 VSIs
Flat NVM structure with dual banks to facilitate Any-to-Any NVM update and allow rolling back to previously known good NVM when device cannot load from current active bank
Extensive test and validation with ecosystem devices including switches, cables and transceivers for interoperability
Storage Networking
Data Center Bridging (DCB)
Stateless L3/L4 offloads for iSCSI, NAS, NFS
Server Message Block (SMB)
NFV and Network Virtualization Overlay (NVO) Support
Dynamic Device Personalization (DDP) with programmable pipeline for flexible frame format support