A
Guide to
10G Ethernet
Adapters
and
Controller
Chips
Second Edition
PUBLISHED
OCTOBER 2008
Authors: Bob
Wheeler and Jag
Bolaria
Price: $2,995 (single
copy)
Pages: 126
What's New in this Edition
Table
of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Ordering Information
PDF (433 KB) This downloadable PDF contains the complete table
of contents, list of figures, list of tables, preface, and
executive summary.
The Definitive Report on 10G Ethernet Server Connectivity
The market for 10GbE server connectivity remains extremely dynamic with rapid shifts in technology and vendor market share. Evaluating the long-term outlook for adapter and controller vendors requires an in-depth understanding of their products and roadmaps. Now in its second edition, “A Guide to 10G Ethernet Adapters and Controller Chips” provides a uniquely detailed look at the vendors and products in this emerging market. This report now offers complete chapters on the leading 10GbE NIC and
controller vendors. Because OEMs source both board-level and
chip-level products, we now include full coverage and comparisons
for both 10GbE NICs and 10GbE controller chips.
With the transition to 10GbE, many new technologies are being
added to Ethernet-controller designs. Most of these new features
are designed to offload processing from the host CPU and
therefore increase throughput or lower CPU utilization.
These offloads
are divided into three basic categories: stateless offloads
that work with traditional operating system stacks; stateful
offloads
such as TOE that require stack changes; and virtualization
offloads for environments such as VMware and Xen. For converged
networks,
new protocols such as Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), iSCSI, and iWARP (RDMA) also come into
play. With all of this complexity, no single vendor can
satisfy the
requirements of all potential customers. We help you sort
out which vendors meet your specific needs.
We Map Out the Crowded Vendor Landscape
“A
Guide to 10G Ethernet Adapters and Controller Chips” begins
with an extensive overview of this fast-growing market.
The report provides tutorials that help you plow through the
alphabet soup
of acronyms and standards. We explore the market and
technology trends for 10GbE server connections, followed by
an explanation
of the common attributes of these products.
Following these introductory chapters, the report delivers
a complete chapter on eight major vendors of 10GbE
NICs and/or controller chips: Broadcom, Chelsio, Intel, Mellanox,
Myricom,
Neterion, NetXen, and ServerEngines. Each major-vendor chapter includes
company background information, full details of announced
products,
product-roadmap information where available, and
our conclusions about the vendor and its products.
An additional chapter covers new entrants into the 10GbE NIC/LOM market:
Alacritech, Brocade, Emulex,
QLogic, and Solarflare. We then dedicate a chapter
to detailed
head-to-head comparisons of the many available NIC/LOM
products.
The report concludes with our outlook
for the server market for Ethernet and the leading vendors.
Make Informed Decisions
As the leading vendor of technology analysis for networking
silicon, The Linley Group has the expertise to deliver
a comprehensive look at the range of chips designed
for server
connectivity.
Bob Wheeler and Jag
Bolaria use their broad experience
in networking silicon to deliver the technical and
strategic information
you
need to make informed business decisions.
Whether you are looking for the right Ethernet adapter
or controller for your application or seeking to
partner with
or invest in
a chip vendor, this report will cut your research
time and save you money. Make the intelligent decision,
order “A Guide
to 10G Ethernet Adapters and Controller Chips” today.