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he Silicom’s 40 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express adapter is based on standard L2 driver and with the content director engine reduces

CPU host system processing.

The Silicom 40 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express content aware server adapter offers simple integration into any PCI Express X16 to

40Gigabit Network.

Key Features

Content Aware Director:

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Provides intelligent packet redirection capability where rules specify which packets are directed to the host system and which

packets are directed to the other port (Bypass)

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Provides intelligent packet redirection capability where all packets are directed to the other port (Bypassed) and rules that

specify which packets are copied to the host system ( TAP)

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Provides intelligent packet filtering / drop capability where rules specify which packets are directed to the host or dropped

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Provides redirection rules that can be defined using source IP/ destination IP / Source Port / Destination Port / VLAN tuples

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Redirection and packet filtering / drop are performed by the hardware itself in wire speed and do not require any software and

CPU host system power processing

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Intelligent redirect mechanism is controllable via software

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Intelligent routing mechanism is controllable via software

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Support 2x40G / QSFP+ ports

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40G QSFP+ Ports support 40GBase-SR4 and 40GBase-LR4

Bypass / Disconnect:

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Bypass / Disconnect Ethernet ports on Power Fail, System Hangs or Software Application Hangs

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Software programmable Bypass, Disconnect or Normal Mode

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On Board Watch Dog Timer (WDT) Controller

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Software programmable time out interval

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Software Programmable WDT Enable / Disable counter

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Software programmable Bypass Capability Enable / Disable

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Software Programmable Disconnect Capability Enable / Disable

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Software Programmable mode (Bypass, Normal or Disconnect mode) at Power up

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Software Programmable mode (Bypass, Normal mode) at Power off

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Independent Bypass operation in every two ports

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Emulates standard NIC

Common Key features:

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Host Interface: