Solarflare XtremeScale SFN8542 Dual-Port 40GbE QSFP+ PCIe Server Adapter
The Solarflare XtremeScale SFN8542 is a high-performance dual-port 40Gb Ethernet adapter designed for demanding data center and cloud environments. Built on a robust hardware platform, this plug-in module offers up to 40Gbps of bandwidth with latencies below 1 microsecond, making it ideal for latency-sensitive applications such as web content delivery, SDN, NFV, and storage networks. Its advanced architecture leverages the XtremePacket Engine, enabling thousands of virtual NICs and high flow processing, which significantly accelerates network traffic processing and application performance.
The SFN8542's flexible software configuration includes APIs for software-defined capabilities, ultra-low latency operation with Solarflare’s Onload kernel bypass technology, and telemetry features for packet capture, monitoring, and analysis. When licensed for ultra-low latency, it delivers industry-leading application-to-application performance, ideal for real-time trading, video streaming, and high-frequency trading environments. The adapter also supports NIC-level security through packet filtering and secure server lockdown, providing an additional layer of defense against DDoS attacks and ensuring network integrity.
Designed for virtualization and high-density deployments, the SFN8542 supports up to 2048 virtual NICs, SR-IOV, overlay network acceleration such as VXLAN and NVGRE, and can run in virtual machine environments with kernel bypass for ultra-low latency performance. Its scalable architecture enables efficient flow processing at layers 2 to 4, making it suitable for a range of applications from data centers to financial markets. This versatile adapter is an environmentally friendly product, compliant with RoHS standards, and is manufactured in China by Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. It is compatible with various server platforms and enhances network throughput, security, and application acceleration for modern network infrastructures.
Features:
Bandwidth up to 40Gbps
Latencies below 1 microsecond
XtremePacket Engine provides thousands of flows and virtual NICs per adapter
APIs for software-defined networking capabilities
UKB for extreme application acceleration
Telemetry support for packet capture, monitoring, and analysis
NIC-level security through packet filtering and secure server lockdown
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