User`s guide

1: Features and Capabilities
Note: SGI does not support dual-protocol or 10–Gigabit Myrinet.
• Wire-speed performance.
• Firmware-controlled offload engine. The driver and NIC firmware implement
zero-copy on the send side with all supported operating systems, and, depending
on the operating system, use a variety of stateless offloads, including:
– Interrupt coalescing
– IP and TCP checksum offload, send and receive
– TCP segmentation offload (TSO), also known as large send offload (LSO)
– Receive-side scaling (RSS)
– Large receive offload (LRO)
– Multicast filtering
For additional details, see:
http://www.myri.com/Myri-10G/NIC/10G-PCIE-8A-R.html
10-Gbit Ethernet Technology
The 10-Gbit Ethernet technology is an extension of Gigabit Ethernet (1000-Base-T)
technology that allows over-the-wire speeds of up to 10 Gbits per second (Gbps),
which is theoretically ten times the rate of existing technology.
The 10-Gbit Ethernet technology is targeted at backbone networks and interserver
connectivity. It provides an upgrade path for high-end workstations that require more
bandwidth than Gigabit Ethernet can provide.
Cabling
The adapter has an LC connector and uses a 10GBASE-SR transceiver at 850 nm. It is
connected to the network using a multimode fiber (MMF) 50-micron cable. The cable
(which is not included in the shipment) must have a modal bandwidth in the range
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