Solarflare SFN8542 network adapter Quick Start Guide
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1.1 Overview
The Solarflare XtremeScale™ SFN8542 is a dual-port QSFP+ server I/O adapter
combining precision time synchronization, hardware timestamping with ultra-low
latency 40G/10G Ethernet. XtremeScale™ adapters with AppFlex™ technology
provide a flexible platform to deliver specific on-board services with a single server
adapter.
User Guide
For comprehensive installation instructions, configuration and tuning guidance, and
AppFlex information please consult the
Solarflare Server Adapter User Guide
.
The Solarflare User Guide can be downloaded from
https://support.solarflare.com
Drivers
Solarflare server adapters support the following OS distributions; Linux RHEL6, 7
and MRG, SLES11, 12 and SLERT, Ubuntu 14.04, 14.10 and 15.04, Debian 7.0 and
8.0, Linux KVM, VMware ESXi 5.5 and 6.x, Windows Server 2008 R2 and later
versions.
Drivers can be downloaded from
https://support.solarflare.com
Onload
Solarflare server adapters also support Onload – a ‘kernel bypass’ accelerated user-
level TCP/IP network stack, providing extremely low latency. Onload links with the
application using the standard POSIX BSD sockets API, meaning no modifications are
required to the application being accelerated. Onload is enabled via AppFlex
technology activation.
To learn more about Onload please visit
Precision Time Protocol
XtremeScale™ adapters are equipped with a Stratum 3 oscillator to support
hardware timestamping of PTP packets and server synchronization. Solarflare’s
Enhanced PTP is enabled via AppFlex technology activation, and can synchronize
multiple adapters to a PTP source.
Solarflare’s Enhanced PTP daemon is available from
