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XtremeScale™ 8722
Dual-Port 10GbE SFP+ Open ComputePlatform (OCP) Server Adapter
For IT architects building highly eﬃcient data centers with OCP servers, the XtremeScale
8722 is a full-featured enterprise-class NIC supporting a long list of advanced network
protocols and operating platforms. The 8722 is also the ﬁrst in a new class of server
adapters which can be deployed as FPGA-like Smart NICs for software deﬁned traﬃcengineering using APIs. Multiple 8722 adapters form a platform for data center-wide
Smart NIC Fabrics delivering micro segmented acceleration, telemetry and security
services which scale with each server, VM or container.

A full-featured 10GbE NIC

Features and Benefits
FOR OCP SERVERSThe XtremeScale 8722 is an OCP version of the Solarﬂare NICs widely deployed in highfrequency trading environments which require ultra-high bandwidth, ultra-low latency
and ultra-high reliability.

A POWERFUL 10GBE NIC

With two 10Gbps ports, the XtremeScale 8722 provides high throughput. In addition, theScaleOut Onload application is included and uses kernel bypass technology for latency
as low as 2 µsec.

A new class of Smart NIC with the FPGAlike ability to inspect packets and shapetraffic at line speed

A SMART NIC

Inside every 8722 Ethernet controller ASIC is an XtremePacket Engine which allows thisgeneral-purpose NIC to inspect every packet at line-speed. Software deﬁned network
engineers can then use Solarﬂare APIs to shape the network traﬃc.

A PLATFORM FOR A SMART NIC FABRIC

Hyperscale cloud service providers are micro segmenting their network services bydeploying them in proprietary Smart NIC fabrics which scale with each server. The 8722
from Solarﬂare support the industry’s ﬁrst Smart NIC Fabric for the enterprise, including
shrink-wrapped applications for micro segmented acceleration, packet monitoring andsecurity.

A software defined platform for micro
segmented acceleration, security andvisibility fabric services which scale withevery server, VM or container

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Specifications
Optional Fabric Services• Universal Kernel Bypass (UKB) Applications(Onload, TCP Direct)• SolarCapture Application(Packet monitoring and capture)• SolarSecure Application(Micro segmented hardware-based packet surveillance,ﬁngerprinting, ﬁltering and ﬁrewalls)• Precision Timing Protocol Application(PTP)

Stable Precision Oscillator

Remote Boot• PXE; unattended installation; UEFI; Solarflare Secure Boot

Management• SNMP, ACPI v3.0, MCTP SMBus, RMII (NC-SI)

Overlay Network Acceleration• VXLAN, NVGRE, GENEVE, adaptable to custom overlays

Switching Support• Integrated Layer 2 Ethernet switch, VEB/ Virtual switch

Virtualization Support• VMware ESXi 5.x/6.0/6.5; Microsoft Hyper-V; Linux KVM• Stratum 3 compliant

Operating Systems

I/O Virtualization• 2048 guest OS protected vNICs; SR-IOV; 240 virtual functions; 16physical functions; 16 NIC partitions

PCI Express• RHEL 6, 7, MRG; SLES 11, 12, SLERT; Debian 7.x, 8.x; Ubuntu 14.04• LTS, 14.10, 15.04; other Linux; Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012,2012 R2 2016

Regulatory Product Code• PCIe 3.1 x8 @ 8.0 GT/s

SFC9240 10G Ethernet Controller• Supports high-performance 10GbE

SFP+ Support• Supports optical SFP+ modules including Solarflare SFM10G-SR,
Direct-Attach Copper, Active Optical Cables

Low Latency• Cut-through architecture/intelligent interrupt coalescing

Packet Rate• 30Mpps sustained line rate with all packet sizes

Receive Side Scaling (RSS)• Distributes IPv4, IPv6 loads across all CPU cores; MSI-X minimizes
interrupt overhead

Hardware Offloads• TSO, LRO, GSO, IPv4/IPv6 and TCP/UDP checksums

IP Flow Steering• Hardware directs packets based on IP, TCP, UDP headers

Advanced Packet Filtering• 4096 multicast filters; 4096 VLANs/port; adaptive TCP/ UDP/IP,MAC, VLAN, RSS, RFS filtering; Accelerated RFS• SR211Standards & Compliance• EEE802.3-2012 Ethernet Base Standard, including 802.3bx,
802.3bd, 802.3x• 802.3ae (10 Gigabit Ethernet over ﬁber)• 802.3z (1000BASE-X Gbit/s Ethernet over Fiber-Optic at 1Gbit/s(125 MB/s)• 1000BASE-X• 10GBASE-CR -SR -LR• Dual SFP+ (SFF-8431 Rev 4.1) Connectors• RoHS CompliantPower• 10.5W (typical)

Operating Range• Operating Temp: 0º to 50ºC
• Airflow: Min. 280 LFM at 50ºC

Physical Dimensions• Type 2 OCP Mezzanine card 2.0 dual port SFP+ 10GbE Form Factor

Ordering Information• SFN8722

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