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Mellanox XenServer 4.1 Ethernet Driver


Overview

Mellanox Ethernet Driver for Citrix XenServer 4.1, Mellanox ConnectX EN 10GbE Dual port NIC provides capabilities to make the simplest and most effective server virtualization solution even more compelling, including:

  • Supports all XenServer 4.1  features including multiple receive queues, Checksum offload, TSO, RSS, MAC, VLAN and 802.1p based filtering
  • Support future pass-through requirements with PCI IOV single root VFs, Multiple Tx/Rx queues, LRO, more enhanced packet filtering, 802.1q tags stripping
  • Solution with Dual port PCIe Gen 1 and Gen 2 SRIOV support and future-proof for FCoE and Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) needs
  • Support unification of LAN and iSCSI SAN allowing better server utilization without degradation in I/O performance
  • Sustain line rate with multiple VMs while reducing multiple GigE NIC deployments to one ConnectX EN 10GbE adapter card
  • Delivers better multi-core CPU utilization with enhanced hardware assisted Receive side scaling and efficient traffic steering per application/VLAN/VM/Core

Mellanox Ethernet Drivers with Citrix XenServer 4.1 takes the solution to the next level with enhancements to storage support and guest support.


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