Recently there were a few stories published, based on a blog post by an end-user, suggesting specific network packets may cause the Intel® 82574L Gigabit Ethernet Controller to become unresponsive until corrected ...
The Intel® Development Forum in Beijing took place two weeks ago and the interest in my two SDN-related presentations was very high. My poster chat drew about 40 or so people who stopped by in groups of 6-...
“An inflection point is an event that changes the way we think and act.” With this quote from Andy Grove in her keynote speech, Rose Schooler, VP of Intel Architecture Group and GM of Intel's Commu...
Last year Intel® participated in its first demonstration of software-defined networking (SDN) at the Open Network Summit. This year we’re coming back to the show with an expanded SDN product strategy a...
We started our blog series on software defined networking (SDN) use cases by looking at how SDN might enable network virtualization (http://communities.intel.com/community/wired/blog/2013/03/01/sdn-use-cases-network-v...
For those that are manufacturing their own Intel® 82574 Gigabit Ethernet Controller based hardware implementations, a key step in creating a valid configuration is selecting the correct image based on the size of ...
Later this week, I’ll board a 13-hour flight from Los Angeles to Beijing to take part in the Intel® Developer Forum on April 10-11. If you are going to the event and are interested in what Intel is d...
Increase Your BMC Network Performance by Over 800%! Your friendly neighborhood manageability nerd here announcing my latest whitepaper. The NC-SI (Network Controller Sideband Interface) is a connection betwee...
This is designed to be a quick overview of the most common 82574 software questions we get. This is not designed to replace a reading of the datasheet and spec update. In fact, the datasheet and spec updat...
I work extensively with BMC’s, to be more precise those that design and write the firmware that runs on BMC’s. This runs the range from initial code to make sure all the various interface...
It has been nearly 3 years since I wrote my first blog, and it was on setting up SR-IOV in Red Hat Xen (for reference, that blog is here). It has been a longand interesting road for SR-IOV since ...
The success of Arista Networks* is proof that there’s always room for an innovative start up – even in markets dominated by large players that execute well. But great innovation often requires market disru...
Another in the series of chalk talks about parameters you’ll find in the Intel® PROSet for Windows* GUI to modify the behavior of the driver. This time out: The impressive sounding, but m...
2013 is the year that software-defined networking gets its early installations, having gone through product trials and technology evolution over the past several years. Now, as vendors roll out their SDN networking of...
Intel is pleased to announce the availability of our latest Gigabit Ethernet server adapter - the Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter I210-T1. Based on the Intel® Ethernet Controller I210, this adapter facilitates ...
I was at the Open Compute Project Summit last week where the news broke about expanded details on the Open Compute Project. While OCP is focused on making servers more flexible, it also will have an impact on ...
On most days, I talk with people who are focused on the latest in open networking in the data center. But this week I’m seeing that data center openness means different things if you design servers. That...
Recently, I participated in a webinar on software-defined networks (SDN) that reminded me of the importance of interoperability and performance testing for SDN. Like many, it’s easy for me to get caught ...
I am pleased to announce the release of an SDK update for the Intel® Ethernet Switch FM6000 Family that adds support for several advanced data center standards. The key new features in SDK version 3.3.0 in...
What do hero pilot Sully Sullenberger, humorist Dave Barry and software-defined networking have in common? They all packed the house at the 2012 Gartner Data Center Summit event that I attended earlier this month. Whi...
