Introduction

Getting Started with Napatech Link-Security™ Software

Platform
Napatech IPU
Content Type
Getting Started
Capture Software Version
Link-Security™ Software 1.0

Napatech IPUs running Link-Security™ Software offload TLS encryption and decryption tasks from the host to the IPU, while also providing TCP offload capabilities. This architecture enables web servers on the host to allocate more CPU resources to managing content, optimizing overall performance.

In this document

Use this guide to get you up and running Napatech IPUs with Napatech Link-Security™ Software. This document includes descriptions of:
  • How to install and detect a Napatech IPU in a server.
  • How to program an FPGA image.
  • How to install and configure Napatech Link-Security™ Software.
  • How to test and verify Napatech Link-Security™ Software.
Note: The installation and configuration procedures are tested and described on Fedora 38 for illustrative purposes. It is expected that derivatives of Red Hat Enterprise Linux-based distributions will function similarly. It should be adjusted the process accordingly for other Linux distributions.
Note: All Napatech technical documents can also be found on docs.napatech.com (the Napatech Documentation Portal), where you can search and filter to find relevant content.