Neterion Launches Developers Program

CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Neterion, Inc., the industry pioneer of I/O Virtualization (IOV) in 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GbE) adapters for server and storage environments, announced today the launch of a developer program for hardware and software partners, allowing early access to its industry-leading I/O Virtualization technology.

With this program, developers will have access to a special X3110 Product Development Kit (PDK), including the following components:

The Neterion X3110 PDK is based on the company’s 10 Gigabit Ethernet E3100 controller series. The E3100 series allows one adapter to appear to the server as multiple independent 10 GbE adapters, each with Quality of Service (QoS) guarantees. Neterion’s unique IOV architecture provides four modes of virtualization operation, with 17 hardware-based fully independent bi-directional paths allowing traffic to be classified, prioritized, and queued at line-rate. Its multiple virtual paths can be load-balanced and reset independently. The E3100 is also the first to comply with the PCI-SIG working group’s extensions to PCIe, Single-Root (SR) and Multi-Root (MR) IOV. Neterion was a major contributor to this specification standard.

“With this developer program, we are reaching out to our partner community,” stated Pat DiPietro, president and CEO of Neterion. “From the inception of the company and our very first 10 GbE controller, Neterion has pioneered I/O Virtualization. Our third generation 3100 series further demonstrates our leadership in IOV and we want to give our partners early access to our industry-leading features, so they can offer lower-cost and higher-flexibility I/O solutions for their most demanding customers.”

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