Allied Telesis delivers on high-resiliency promise with launch of enhanced Network Interface Card
Chiasso, Switzerland. 11 February 2010 -Allied Telesis has launched a high performance virtualization Network Interface Card (NIC) for servers running virtual machines. The AT-2973T/4, an enhanced version of the AT-2973 family launched in November 2009, is a quad-port 1000T Gigabit PCIe x4 virtualization NIC. This card combines virtualization with high resiliency - offering more robust application performance across the network.
The operating system needed to perform as a virtual machine is complex, and whilst chipsets have been enhanced in recent years, it is still a significant task to create a true virtual machine. Queuing is a common issue with virtual machines, reducing performance as the host CPU performs the task of assembling/disassembling incoming messages, and sending them to the correct queue for each virtual machine. The AT-2973T/4 performs this task, as well as TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE) functions, relieving the host CPU, and therefore increasing throughput significantly.
Melvyn Wray, Senior VP of Product Marketing EMEA at Allied Telesis said, “Resiliency is fundamental to the way IT networks are evolving and our strategy is to deliver highly resilient, cost-effective solutions to enterprise, metropolitan and carrier networks. The upgrade to the AT-2973 range is just one of the areas where we are enhancing our offering to meet customer demands.”
The AT-2973T/4 is powerful enough to achieve a throughput of up to 2Gbps per link, allowing the network to run mission-critical applications effectively. It is MSI-x (Message Signal Interrupt) capable, which allows it to control multiple network queues, one for each virtual machine, to conform to the latest PCIe standard. The AT-2973T/4 also supports iSCSI v1.0 and can be an iSER Host Bus Adaptor (HBA) initiator, allowing the main computer to be connected to network storage devices.
The AT-2973T/4 is available from March 2010.
About Allied Telesis, Inc.
For more than 20 years, Allied Telesis has been a leading provider of networking infrastructure. Today the Company enables delivery of data, voice, and video services to a variety of clients globally. Allied Telesis is committed to innovating the way in which services and applications are delivered and managed, resulting in increased value and lower operating costs. Visit us online at:
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