® Alacritech SEN2100 Accelerator Gigabit TNIC for Servers and Storage Accelerated Data Delivery for Windows-Based Servers The Alacritech Accelerator is a TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE) Network Interface Card (TNIC). Alacritech TNICs accelerate data delivery to enable the fastest, most efficient Windows-based servers today. TNICs from Alacritech offload and process all TCP-based traffic including E- mail, web, file serving, file transfer, backup, and iSCSI storage. By offloading all network protocol processing, Windows-based networked applications run Alacritech TNICs are the industry’s only dual-function significantly faster and more efficiently. cards that accelerate both standard network and storage traffic including iSCSI. Unlike a NIC, the patented Alacritech TNIC enables unsurpassed server Integrating an Alacritech Accelerator into a Windows-based server provides performance and network throughput. transparent acceleration for all networked applications. File servers equipped with TNICs from Alacritech frequently exceed the performance of NIC-based systems with double the number of processors. Accelerator Benefits “The Alacritech Accelerators provide an extremely cost-effective way • Accelerates server data delivery to increase the capacity of our existing servers …” • Improves server efficiency Andrew Yashchuk, Director of Development • Reduces CPU utilization Nebo Systems, Inc. • Reduces client response times ® SLIC Technology —Architecture for Accelerated Network Systems • Boosts network performance to full wire-speed Alacritech Accelerators are based on the company’s patented, • Increases networked application performance, standards-compliant SLIC Technology. SLIC Technology is a Data including backups Path Offload (DPO) architecture that efficiently offloads and • Installs easily as a cost-effective server upgrade accelerates network protocol processing to the company’s programmable STA2000 Internet Protocol Processor (IPP) ASIC on the adapter. Product Highlights The Alacritech STA2000 IPP is the first wire-speed, multi-port gigabit Ethernet, hardware-based dual port TCP offload engine. SLIC Technology frees systems to focus on application processing by eliminating network processing • Offers two or four 10/100/1000Base-T copper or 1000Base-SX fiber ports bottlenecks including memory traffic, CPU interrupts and PCI traffic. • Offloads TCP/IP processing from Windows-based systems Products based on SLIC Technology are deployed in tens of thousands of systems worldwide including NAS applications, video/imaging clients and • Transparently accelerates all TCP-base traffic including E-mail, web, file serving, file transfer, media servers, and enterprise class servers. backup, and iSCSI storage • Delivers industry-standard Ethernet link TOEs Cost-Effectively Maximize System Performance & Availability aggregation and failover Alacritech Accelerators extend the scalability of Windows-based servers with • Interoperates with industry-standard hubs, routers support for industry standard Ethernet failover and link aggregation. Link and switches aggregation enables multiple ports on one or more accelerators to be • Optimizes Windows servers and NAS appliances connected to maximize server availability and increase network bandwidth. By enabling network managers to consolidate servers, Alacritech TNICs represent • Supports Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 the most cost-effective server upgrade for reducing total cost of ownership available today. • Accelerates Microsoft’s iSCSI Software Initiator • Replaces and/or coexists with other NICs and LOMs (LAN on Motherboard) • Supports PXE and iSCSI boot Features Benefits TNICs vs. iSCSI HBAs Single-chip TCP Accelerator TNICs from Alacritech are the only product offering: Industry’s first dual port 10/100/1000 Mbit/s single-chip TCP Accelerator • 10/100/1000 Mbit/s tri-speed MACs with power and footprint optimized for server, iSCSI and NAS applications • accelerated data delivery with TOE • Fully interoperable with industry-standard hubs, routers, and switches • increased network performance for all applications, not just iSCSI • industry standard Ethernet link aggregation and failover Intel 41210 PCI Express Bridge Support for full wire-speed performance in PCI express systems on two • optimized, wire-speed support of Microsoft’s iSCSI Software Initiator • X4 PCIe support or four ports Performance Features iSCSI HBAs are single-function cards that: Performance optimized: • TCP and IP checksum • can only deliver iSCSI traffic via reduced-functionality iSCSI TOE • TCP segmentation and reassembly • Full TCP Data-Path Offload (DPO) • reject all other TCP-based traffic such as E-mail, web, file serving and file • On-chip ACK processing • Full wire-speed performance with 1500-byte packets or 9000- transfer byte jumbo frames • On-chip slow-start processing • lack support for industry-standard Ethernet link aggregation and failover • Zero-copy data movement • Programmable ASIC • fail to support all Microsoft WHQL qualified iSCSI targets • Programmable processors make product future-proof Robust Manageability Supports remote monitoring • Statistics gathering (SNMP MIB II, Ethernet MIB, Alacritech SLIC Technology MIB) Advanced Server Features Enables enterprise-class scalability and resiliency • Link aggregation/failover: 802.3ad, GEC/FEC, hot standby failover, load balancing (outbound only) • PCI hot plug support Advanced Network Features Supports current and emerging network protocols • Priority Queuing—802.1p * • Jumbo frames • VLAN Tagging—802.1q • 802.3x flow control • iSCSI support • iSCSI boot* * features supported in future driver releases Product Type TNIC TNIC TNIC TNIC Model Number • SEN2102ET • SEN2104ET • SEN2102EF • SEN2104EF Ports • Two • Four • Two • Four Power (typical) • 1.5A @ 3.3V • 2.0A @ 3.3V • 1.2A @ 3.3V • 1.2A @ 3.3V • 1.0A @ 12V • 1.5A @ 12V • 1.0A @ 12V • 1.5A @ 12V Media Type • Twisted pair copper • Fiber optic Port Speeds • IEEE Auto Negotiation: 10/100/1000 Mbit/s • 2000 Mbit/s full duplex A dual processor Windows Server 2003 system with an or 20/200/2000 Mbit/s with full duplex Alacritech TNIC provides similar performance to a quad Connectors • RJ-45 (cable not provided) • Duplex LC (cable not provided) processor Windows Server 2003 system using a 1 Media conventional NIC • 1000Base-T, 100Base-TX: Cat 5 or better • 1000Base-SX: multimode fiber 1 VeriTest results can be found at: www.veritest.com/clients/reports/alacritech • 10BaseT: Cat 3 or better Figure 1: Peak File Server Performance Onboard Memory • 16 MB per Port Bus Type • x4 PCI Express 1.0a Physical Size • PCI 4.375” x 9.500” Operating Temperature • 0° to 55° C (Minimum airflow: 150 LFM) Operating Humidity • 5% to 85%, non-condensing • 5% to 80%, non-condensing Standards Compliance ANSI/IEEE Std. 802.3, 2000 Edition (1000Base-T, 100Base-TX, 10Base-T) FCC, CE, VCCI Diagnostic LEDs • Link status, speed and network activity • Link and network activity Platforms Any 32-bit system running Windows Server 2003, Windows XP or Windows 2000 An Alacritech TNIC optimizes both networking and storage Warranty Limited Lifetime over existing Ethernet infrastructures Package Contents Card, manual, and CD with Microsoft Windows drivers Weight • Copper card: • Copper card: • Fiber card: 5.7oz • Fiber card: 6.7oz Figure 2: Ethernet Consolidation 5.4oz (153g) 6.1oz (173g) (162g) (190g) • Card, manual, CD • Card, manual, CD • Card, manual, CD • Card, manual, CD and box: 12.4oz and box: 13.1oz and box: 12.7oz and box: 13.7oz (352g) (371g) (360g) (388g) Alacritech, Inc. toll free: 877.338.7542 234 East Gish Road tel: 408.287.9997 San Jose, CA 95112 USA fax: 408.287.6142 www.alacritech.com email: info@alacritech.com © Alacritech 2005. All rights reserved. Alacritech, the Alacritech logo, SLIC Technology, the SLIC Technology logo, and ‘Accelerating Data Delivery’ are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Alacritech, Inc. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. One or more U.S. and international patents apply to Alacritech products, including without limitation: U.S. Patent Nos. 6,226,680, 6,247,060, 6,334,153, 6,389,479, 6,393,487, 6,427,171, 6,427,173, 6,434,620, 6,470,415, 6,591,302, 6,658,480, 6,687,758, 6,697,868, 6,751,665, 6,757,746, 6,807,581, 6,938,092 and 6,941,386. Alacritech, Inc. reserves the right, without notice, to make changes in product design or specifications. Microsoft, Windows, and the Windows logo are trademarks, or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. The Designed for Windows logo associated with Alacritech's products applies only to the base level networking functionality supported by the SLIC100 driver and the teaming functionality supported by the SLICTEAM driver.