Solarflare X2552 network adapter Quick Start Guide
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1.1 Overview
The Solarflare XtremeScale™ X2552 is a dual-port OCP 2.0 server I/O adapter
combining precision time synchronization, hardware timestamping with ultra-low
latency 10G/25G Ethernet. XtremeScale™ adapters with AppFlex™ technology
provide a flexible platform to deliver specific on-board services with a single server
adapter. The adapter supports both SFP28 and SFP+ transceivers.
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 RHEL7.x and
8.0, MRG, SLES11, 12 and SLERT, Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04, Debian 7.0 - 9.0,
Linux KVM, VMware ESXi 6.0 - 6.7, Windows Server 2012 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
https://support.solarflare.com
Security
X2552 adapters are equipped with Solarflare ServerLock® technology, an integrated
network protection solution that adds built-in hardware firewall protection and
centralized security management policy.
