Napatech SmartNICs

Napatech Link-Capture™ Software Features

Platform
Intel® PAC
Napatech SmartNIC
Content Type
Feature Description
Capture Software Version
Link™ Capture Software 12.10

General description of the SmartNICs

The Napatech SmartNICs as well as the Intel® Programmable Acceleration Card with Intel® Arria® 10 GX FPGA running Napatech Link-Capture™ Software are intelligent SmartNICs with HW-accelerated 2 × 100 Gbit/s, 1 × 100 Gbit/s, 2 × 40 Gbit/s, 1 × 40 Gbit/s, 4 × 25/10 Gbit/s, 2 × 25/10 Gbit/s, 8 × 10 Gbit/s, 4 × 10 Gbit/s, 4 × 10/1 Gbit/s, 2 × 10/1 Gbit/s or 4 × 1 Gbit/s frame capturing, frame classification, filtering and high-precision time-stamping as the main features. This table shows available interfaces on the different HW models of the SmartNICs.

SmartNIC HW Host Interface Network Interface

NT400D11

PCIe Gen4 ×16

2 × 100 Gbit/s QSFP28

NT200A02

PCIe Gen3 ×16

2 × 100 Gbit/s QSFP28

breakout to 4 × 25/10 Gbit/s SFP28/SFP+

2 × 40 Gbit/s QSFP+

2 × 25/10 Gbit/s SFP28/SFP+ (with a pluggable module adapter (PMA – see DN-0515) enabling SFP28, SFP+ and SFP modules to be plugged into a QSFP28 port)

breakout to 8 × 10 Gbit/s SFP+

2 × 10/1 Gbit/s SFP+/SFP (with a pluggable module adapter (PMA – see DN-0515) enabling SFP28, SFP+ and SFP modules to be plugged into a QSFP28 port)

Intel® PAC A10 GX

PCIe Gen3 ×8 (electrical), ×16 (mechanical)

1 × 40 Gbit/s QSFP+

breakout to 4 × 10 Gbit/s SFP+

NT100A01

PCIe Gen3 ×16

4 × 25/10 Gbit/s SFP28/SFP+

4 × 10/1 Gbit/s SFP+/SFP

NT50B01

PCIe Gen3 ×16

2 × 25/10 Gbit/s SFP28/SFP+

2 × 10/1 Gbit/s SFP+/SFP

NT40A11

PCIe Gen3 ×8

4 × 10/1 Gbit/s SFP+/SFP

4 × 1 Gbit/s SFP

NT40A01

PCIe Gen3 ×8

4 × 10/1 Gbit/s SFP+/SFP

4 × 1 Gbit/s SFP

100 Mbit/s FDX (full duplex) on electrical interfaces

NT40E3-4-PTP

PCIe Gen3 ×8

4 × 10/1 Gbit/s SFP+/SFP

100 Mbit/s FDX (full duplex) on electrical interfaces

NT20E3-2-PTP

PCIe Gen3 ×8

2 × 10/1 Gbit/s SFP+/SFP

100 Mbit/s FDX (full duplex) on electrical interfaces

Illustrations

These figures show the SmartNICs.

NT400D11-SCC

NT400D11-SCC SmartNIC

NT400D11-NEBS

NT400D11-NEBS SmartNIC

NT200A02-SCC


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NT200A02-NEBS

NT200A02-NEBS SmartNIC

NT100A01-SCC

NT100A01-SCC SmartNIC

NT100A01-NEBS

NT100A01-NEBS SmartNIC

NT50B01

NT50B01 SmartNIC
 
Intel® PAC with Intel® Arria® 10 GX FPGA
Intel® PAC with Intel® Arria® 10 GX FPGA
 
NT40A11-SCC
NT40A11-SCC SmartNIC
NT40A11-NEBS
NT40A11-SCC SmartNIC

NT40A01-SCC

NT40A01-SCC SmartNIC

NT40A01-NEBS

NT40A01-NEBS SmartNIC

NT40E3-4-PTP

NT40E3-4-PTP SmartNIC

NT40E3-4-PTP-NEBS

NT40E3-4-PTP-NEBS SmartNIC

NT20E3-2-PTP

NT20E3-2-PTP SmartNIC

NT20E3-2-PTP-NEBS

NT20E3-2-PTP-NEBS SmartNIC

Performance

This table describes the performance for the different SmartNICs.

SmartNIC Sustained Capture Rate PCIe Performance
NT400D11running at 2 × 100 Gbit/s 200 Gbit/s for frame sizes 64 bytes to 10,000 bytes Up to 210 Gbit/s
NT200A02 running at 2 × 100 Gbit/s 200 Gbit/s for frame sizes 64 bytes to 10,000 bytes Up to 105 Gbit/s
NT200A02 running at 2 × 40 Gbit/s 80 Gbit/s (line speed, zero packet loss from 64-byte to 10,000-byte frames) Up to 105 Gbit/s
NT200A02 running at 4 × 25/10 Gbit/s 100/40 Gbit/s (line speed, zero packet loss from 64-byte to 10,000-byte frames) Up to 105 Gbit/s
NT200A02 running at 2 × 25/10 Gbit/s 50/20 Gbit/s (line speed, zero packet loss from 64-byte to 10,000-byte frames) Up to 105 Gbit/s
NT200A02 running at 8 × 10 Gbit/s 80 Gbit/s (line speed, zero packet loss from 64-byte to 10,000-byte frames) Up to 105 Gbit/s
NT200A02 running at 2 × 10/1 Gbit/s 20/2 Gbit/s (line speed, zero packet loss from 64-byte to 10,000-byte frames) Up to 105 Gbit/s
NT100A01 running at 4 × 25/10 Gbit/s 100/40 Gbit/s (line speed, zero packet loss from 64-byte to 10,000-byte frames) Up to 105 Gbit/s
NT100A01 running at 4 × 10/1 Gbit/s 40/4 Gbit/s (line speed, zero packet loss from 64-byte to 10,000-byte frames) Up to 105 Gbit/s
NT50B01 running at 2 × 25/10 Gbit/s 50/20 Gbit/s (line speed, zero packet loss from 64-byte to 10,000-byte frames) Up to 105 Gbit/s
NT50B01 running at 2 × 10/1 Gbit/s 20/2 Gbit/s (line speed, zero packet loss from 64-byte to 10,000-byte frames) Up to 105 Gbit/s
Intel® PAC A10 GX running at 1 × 40 Gbit/s 40 Gbit/s (line speed, zero packet loss from 64-byte to 10,000-byte frames) Up to 56 Gbit/s
Intel® PAC A10 GX running at 4 × 10 Gbit/s 40 Gbit/s (line speed, zero packet loss from 64-byte to 10,000-byte frames) Up to 56 Gbit/s
NT40A11 running at 4 × 10/1 Gbit/s 40/4 Gbit/s (line speed, zero packet loss from 64-byte to 10,000-byte frames) Up to 56 Gbit/s
NT40A11 running at 4 × 1 Gbit/s 4 Gbit/s (line speed, zero packet loss from 64-byte to 10,000-byte frames) Up to 56 Gbit/s
NT40A01 running at 4 × 10/1 Gbit/s 40/4 Gbit/s (line speed, zero packet loss from 64-byte to 10,000-byte frames) Up to 56 Gbit/s
NT40A01 running at 4 × 1 Gbit/s 4 Gbit/s (line speed, zero packet loss from 64-byte to 10,000-byte frames) Up to 56 Gbit/s
NT40E3-4-PTP running at 4 × 10/1 Gbit/s 40/4 Gbit/s (line speed, zero packet loss from 64-byte to 10,000-byte frames) Up to 56 Gbit/s
NT20E3-2-PTP running at 2 × 10/1 Gbit/s 20/2 Gbit/s (line speed, zero packet loss from 64-byte to 10,000-byte frames) Up to 56 Gbit/s