Enterprise Connectivity

Solarflare Communications has announced a 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) dual-port server adapter that provides up to 40Gbps full-duplex aggregate bandwidth, as well as technology that reduces latency. The Solarstorm SFN5122F is targeted at data centers with high-density 10GbE switches and multi-core, multi-socket servers, says Mike Smith, vice president of product marketing for Solarflare. It lets network administrators define up to 2,048 virtual NIC instances, meaning that applications such as ho