Netronome Systems, Inc.

NFM - Netronome Flow Manager

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The Netronome Flow Manager (NFM) provides an open application programming interface for network and security appliances that require acceleration. The NFM allows appliance manufacturers to quickly improve the performance of existing products, accelerate the development of their next-generation applications and reduce overall development costs. The NFM programming interface allows network and security appliance vendors to focus development on their software applications, while simultaneously benefiting from hardware acceleration that significantly increases performance. With the use of the NFM, network appliance vendors can increase their application performance and I/O throughput without requiring modification to existing applications or complicated programming of underlying acceleration hardware.

The NFM provides line-rate performance for a broad set of flow analysis and deep packet inspection capabilities enabling unmatched visibility and control of application flows at Layers 2-7 for 1,000,000 simultaneous flows. In addition, NFM support for Netronome's Open Appliance(TM) Architecture allows network and security application vendors to quickly take advantage of these capabilities for their current Linux®-based IA/x86 applications.

This unique combination of accelerated network performance, granular flow visibility, and reduced time-to-market makes the NFM an ideal solution for network appliances used for:
--Security and compliance;
--Intrusion detection and prevention;
--Unified threat management;
--Deep packet inspection;
--Web proxy and load balancing;
--LAN/WAN bandwidth optimization;
--Network test and measurement;
--Network service assurance;
--Carrier IT; and
--Government applications.

Intel Processor Used:

• Any Intel® Xeon® Processor
• Any Multi-core Processor
• Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor
• Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor
• Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor
• Intel® Core™ Duo Processor

Standards Supported:

• PCI Express

Solutions Supported:

• Media Server
• Media/VoIP Gateway
• Medical
• Military/Aerospace
• Security
• Transportation
• VPN/Firewall/IDS

Operating Systems Supported:

• Linux*