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Device driver support
DSS Networks device drivers are designed for embedded and real-time, telecom and datacom applications and include operating system support for VxWorks, Linux, and Windows XP Embedded. Our device drivers are provided to OEMS and Systems Integrators for product development and integration and include support for our board level products. Gigabit controller support is provided for the following devices:
Device support
- Intel 82546 Dual Port Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X MAC-PHY (w/integrated transceivers)
- Broadcom BCM5421S gigabit transceiver w/Serdes
- Broadcom BCM5464SR quad gigabit transceiver w/Serdes
- Broadcom BCM5690 12-port gigabit switch fabric network processor
- Vitesse VSC7123 fiber Serdes
- PMC-Sierra PM8363 quad-port fiber transceiver
- Broadcom BCM5704S dual-port PCI-X gigabit controller w/Serdes
- National DP83820 64/66 PCI MAC controller
- National DP83865 gigabit transceivers
The core software team at DSS Networks specializes in developing device drivers and embedded communications networking software and firmware. Our driver software is designed and developed to quality standards and continuously tested for reliability, functionality and performance. Extended features are implemented to support high-performance and advanced features of the chipsets and include run-time configuration and management, real-time trace, extended statistics, loopback, frame generators and register display routines.
Drivers from DSS Networks are are based on a modular, split-module architecture (operating system upper and hardware lower) and support standard operating system interfaces. Being modular in design, our drivers have been sucessfully ported to other operating systems and also firmware-based systems without an operating system.
Advanced features including IEEE 802.3ad link aggregation, load balancing, fail over and fall back and loopback are optionally available in our Gigabit Ethernet device drivers.
Features and performance
- 245 megabytes/sec (1.96 Gb) sustained raw throughput over 64/66 PCI per port
- 118 megabytes/sec (944 Gb) sustained raw throughput using 32/33 PCI per port
- Up to 1 million frames per second maximum transfer rate
- Over 114 megabytes/sec using TCP sockets
- Over 118 megabytes/sec using UDP sockets
- Supports IEEE 802.3ad link aggregation, load balancing, fail over and fall back
- Supports automatic and manually forced fail over and fall back
- Supports programmed interrupt latency (coalescing)
- Supports scatter/gather bus-master DMA
- Provides 803.1Q priority queuing
- Supports VLAN tagging and removal
- Enables jumbo frame support to 9.6K
- Support segmentation offload (Intel & Broadcom controllers)
- Programmable bus-master dma burst sizes
- Flexible receive frame filtering and multicast hash lookup
- Supports "deep-packet" pattern matching (National MAC)
- Enables IPv.4, IP and TCP checksum generation and checking
- Tornado 2.2, VxWorks 5.5 driver support
- Standard network driver interface for Linux driver, kernel versions 2.4/2.6
- NDIS miniport driver provided for Windows XP Embedded
- Seamless interface to upper layer protocol stacks on all platforms supported
- Easily portable to other operating systems
- Management commands and interfaces supporting control functions, statistics, status and display routines
Supports applications including
- Digital broadcast video
- Switches and edge routers
- Military and medical applications
- Network attached storage
- Voice, audio and streaming media
- Media and protocol gateways
- Network security and monitoring systems
- Digital imaging and multimedia products
Note: Performance is based on systems and benchmarks provided, please see www.dssnetworks.com/v3/FAQs.asp for additional information.
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DSS Networks Today Announced Entry into the ATCA, MicroTCA and AdvancedMC Product Market with a New Family of AdvancedMC Cards.
DSS Networks today announced another highly differentiated extreme performance Network Product -- a new dual port Gigabit Ethernet PMC Controller with pluggable SFP transceivers supporting both fiber and copper.
DSS Networks today announced another highly differentiated extreme performance Network Product -- a multi-port Processor PMC Gigabit Ethernet Network Processor Engine.
DSS Networks today announced first to market extreme performance PCI-Express Switch/Interface product.
DSS and Wind River are teaming up together to bring you advanced embedded broadband networking solutions.
DSS Networks is a member of the PICMG association
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