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NetXen-based 10-Gigabit Adapters Supporting Windows and Linux Offload Integrated with HP Servers

SANTA CLARA, Calif., – June 18, 2007 – NetXen, Inc., a leading provider of breakthrough 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) technology and products, today announced that its NetXen-based 10GbE Multifunction Network Adapters supporting Windows and Linux offload have been integrated with the HP ProLiant DL and ML server lines.

A new firmware upgrade for the NetXen adapters, expected to be available by the end of June, improves the efficiency of 10GbE-enabled servers by supporting both Microsoft TCP Chimney Offload and Linux Sockets Accelerationâ„¢.

The Microsoft TCP Chimney Offload architecture is a key performance driver for Windows Server 2003. It offloads TCP processing from the host CPU to NetXen’s Intelligent NIC®, enabling higher performance and greater CPU efficiency for processing network traffic. Linux Sockets Acceleration (LSA) delivers similar performance and efficiency benefits for Linux-based systems, providing network acceleration that requires no modifications to the kernel, host TCP stack or applications, and no recompile of the kernel for production servers.

Very cool, the NetXen proposition is a very effective one. They manufacture network cards for blades and rack mount servers they offer cards that support 10GB; I love their approach which allows me to update the firmware to keep my network card in line with the current standards, extending the life of the card, particularly as new standards continually evolve.

The TCP offload process sounds great, they’d mentioned it when I spoke with them, taking the TCP processing off the processor to the network card is the next step, the way forward just like we did with the video, allowing the component parts to add value to the whole solution, to be more efficient from a power and processing standpoint – very cool.

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