Abstract:
Server connectivity is often used as a leading use case driving a new Ethernet standards project. The question is often asked, “What speed does a server need?” While great efficiencies could be realized by the industry by adopting a single network interface for the market majority, servers today are defying a simple description and instead diversifying in many aspects. The result is a proliferation in the Ethernet ports speeds and media being defined and adopted. This presentation aims to describe server market variables such as hardware varieties, software applications and benchmarks, and design & distribution ecosystem.
Presenter: Dave Chalupsky, Architect, Intel Communications and Storage Group Architecture & IP