Scalable Networking Pack
Scalable Networking Pack (SNP) is a set of additions that adds new features to Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 or later with architectural enhancements and APIs to support the new capabilities of network acceleration and hardware-based offload technologies.[1]
Features
- TCP chimney offload – provides seamlessly integrated support for network adapters with TCP offload engines (TOE)
- Receive-side scaling – dynamically load-balances inbound network connections across multiple processors or cores
- NetDMA – enables support for advanced direct memory access technologies, such as Intel I/O Acceleration Technology (Intel I/OAT)
References
External links
- Microsoft Scalable Networking
- Introduction to the Windows Server 2003 Scalable Networking Pack
- Scalable Networking Pack: Frequently Asked Questions
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