Scalable Networking Pack
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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.{{cite web|url=https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/network/bb545631.aspx|title=Scalable Networking|date=23 July 2014 |publisher=}}
Features
- TCP chimney offload{{snd}} provides seamlessly integrated support for network adapters with TCP offload engines (TOE)
- Receive-side scaling{{snd}} dynamically load-balances inbound network connections across multiple processors or cores
- NetDMA{{snd}} enables support for advanced direct memory access technologies, such as Intel I/O Acceleration Technology (Intel I/OAT)
References
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External links
- [https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/network/bb545631.aspx Microsoft Scalable Networking]
- [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=6AEE2E62-B708-44C1-BABE-FC0E7B0F02BD&displaylang=en Introduction to the Windows Server 2003 Scalable Networking Pack]
- [http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/snp/faq.mspx Scalable Networking Pack: Frequently Asked Questions]
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