Solarflare XtremeScale X2522 25Gigabit Ethernet Card

Introducing the Solarflare XtremeScale X2522 25Gigabit Ethernet Card, an industry-leading dual-port Ethernet network adapter designed specifically for high-performance electronic trading environments, cloud applications, and enterprise data centers. With its cutting-edge technology, the X2522 excels in artificial intelligence, big data, analytics, machine learning, and telecommunications, making it the ultimate choice for businesses that demand speed, reliability, and efficiency.

• Unmatched Performance: Experience record-breaking low latency and high throughput with the X2522 Ethernet card. This advanced adapter supports real-time packet and flow information, allowing it to easily scale with each server, virtual machine, or container, ensuring optimal performance in demanding environments.
• Advanced Acceleration: The X2522 features Onload® kernel bypass application acceleration and DPDK services, delivering superior small packet performance with sub-microsecond hardware latency. This enables data centers to dramatically speed up network-intensive workloads, such as in-memory databases and software load balancers, while supporting four times or more users on their cloud networks.
• Precision Time Protocol Support: For applications requiring synchronized time stamping of packets, the X2522 supports the precision time protocol (PTP) fabric service, providing accurate time stamping down to single-digit nanosecond resolution. This ensures that your applications remain in sync and reliable.
• Comprehensive Telemetry: With SolarCapture® Pro packet capture software, the X2522 can capture and timestamp packets in hardware, persist packets to disk, and replay packet streams. This capability is essential for corporate data centers that need to monitor network performance, analyze data, and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Versatile Workloads: The X2522 is ideal for various workloads, including software-defined networking (SDN), network functions virtualization (NFV), DNS acceleration, web content optimization, and much more. Whether you are managing mission-critical exchange gateways or video streaming applications, this Ethernet card is engineered for excellence.

Technical Details of the Product

• Model: Solarflare XtremeScale X2522
• Network Ports: Dual-port
• Supported Speeds: 10G and 25G Ethernet
• Latency: Sub-microsecond
• Jitter: Near-zero
• Message Rates: Industry's highest
• Precision Time Stamping: Yes, with PTP support

How to Install

Installing the Solarflare XtremeScale X2522 Ethernet Card is a straightforward process:

1. Power down your server and disconnect it from the power source.
2. Open the server's chassis to access the PCIe slots.
3. Insert the X2522 adapter into an available PCIe slot, ensuring it is securely seated.
4. Close the chassis and reconnect the power source.
5. Power on the server and install the necessary drivers and software for the X2522 by following the instructions provided on the Solarflare website or in the product documentation.

Frequently Asked Questions

• What applications are best suited for the X2522?
  The Solarflare XtremeScale X2522 Ethernet Card is ideal for electronic trading environments, cloud services, web hosting, and applications requiring low latency and high throughput.
• Does the X2522 support virtualization?
  Yes, the X2522 supports virtualization and can deliver real-time packet and flow information to thousands of virtual NICs.
• What kind of network environments can benefit from the X2522?
  This Ethernet card is designed for high-performance environments, including cloud data centers, financial services, telecommunications, and analytics platforms.
• Can I use the X2522 with existing applications?
  Absolutely! The Onload technology allows the X2522 to enhance network performance without requiring modifications to existing applications.
• How does the X2522 help with network compliance?
  With its advanced telemetry features and SolarCapture® Pro software, the X2522 enables network performance monitoring and regulatory compliance, making it an essential tool for corporate data centers.