Network Direct

The Chelsio Network Direct (ND) driver is Windows Hardware Quality Lab (WHQL)-certified by Microsoft as an iWARP Ethernet RDMA (Remote Direct Memory Access) solution for High Performance Computing (HPC) clusters running Windows 2008 R2. In addition, the driver and Chelsio Unified Wire Adapters have been fully qualified by IBM as part of the HPC solution for the IBM® Intelligent Cluster products (IBM’s fully integrated, factory-built and tested HPC products).


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Chelsio Delivers Network Direct Driver For Windows Server 2008 R2

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