AMD Solarflare server adapters also support Onload – a ‘kernel bypass’ accelerated user-level TCP/IP network stack, providing extremely low latency. Onload links with the application using the standard POSIX BSD sockets API, meaning no modifications are required to the application being accelerated. Onload is enabled via activation keys.
Tip: You can download Onload and the
Onload User Guide (UG1586) from the NIC Software and Drivers page of the Xilinx
website.