The ultimate performance combination of FPGA software and hardware for Capture, Inline and Virtualization
Link-Capture™ Software
Link-Capture™ Software is ideal for performing high-speed packet capture with nanosecond timestamping and replay with precise inter-frame gap control.
Link-Inline™ Software
Link-Inline™ Software boosts applications by offloading packet and flow processing, providing unmatched visibility and performance.
Link-Virtualization™ Software
Link-Virtualization™ Software offloads and accelerates the Open vSwitch (OVS) dataplane to enhance CPU efficiency, scalability and network performance.
Link-Programmable™
Link-Programmable™ enables end users and OEMs to deploy their own FPGA IP on Napatech’s industry-proven SmartNIC platform.
FPGA-based SmartNICs
The Link Software is available for our family of FPGA-based SmartNICs.
NT200A02 SmartNIC
2×1/10G, 8x10G, 2×10/25G, 4×10/25G, 2x40G, 2x100G
The Napatech NT200A02 SmartNIC is based on Xilinx’s powerful UltraScale+ VU5P FPGA architecture and enables 2×1/10G, 8x10G, 2×10/25G, 4×10/25G, 2x40G, 2x100G applications. The QSFP28 form factor offers flexibility to create high-performance solutions in 1U server platforms for existing 40G network infrastructures, with the freedom to repurpose the solution for 100G installations when necessary. Also available in NEBS variants. Supported software packages:
NT100A01 SmartNIC
4×1/10G, 4×10/25G
The Napatech NT100A01 SmartNIC is based on Xilinx’s powerful UltraScale+ VU5P FPGA architecture and enables 4×1/10G, 4×10/25G applications. Also available in NEBS variants. Supported software packages:
NT50B01 SmartNIC
2×1/10G, 2×10/25G
The Napatech NT50B01 SmartNIC is based on Xilinx’s powerful UltraScale+ VU5P FPGA architecture and enables 2×1/10G, 2×10/25G applications. Supported software packages:
NT40A11 SmartNIC
4x1G, 4x1G/10G
The NT40A11 SmartNIC provides full packet capture of network data at 40 Gbps with zero packet loss. Nanosecond precision time-stamping and merge of packets from multiple ports ensures correct timing and sequencing of packets. The NT40A11 SmartNIC can also be used for 100% packet replay with nanosecond precision of all networking traffic for analytics, testing and simulation. Also available in a NEBS level 3 compliant variant. Supported software packages:
NT40E3 SmartNIC
4x1G/10G
The Napatech NT40E3 SmartNIC provides full packet capture and analysis of Ethernet LAN at 40 Gbps with zero packet loss for all frame sizes. Intelligent features accelerate application performance with extremely low CPU load. Flexible time synchronization support is included with a dedicated PPS/PTP port. Also available in a NEBS level 3 compliant variant. Supported software packages:
NT20E3 SmartNIC
2x1G/10G
The Napatech NT20E3 SmartNIC provides full packet capture and analysis of Ethernet LAN at 20 Gbps with zero packet loss for all frame sizes. Intelligent features accelerate application performance with extremely low CPU load. Flexible time synchronization support is included with a dedicated PTP port. Also available in a NEBS level 3 compliant variant. Supported software packages:
NT40A01 SmartNIC
4x1G
The Napatech NT40A01 SmartNIC provide full packet capture and analysis of network data at 4 Gbps with zero packet loss. The Napatech SmartNIC will capture all frames, including erroneous frames normally discarded by standard NICs. Also available in a NEBS level 3 compliant variant. Supported software packages:
C5010X SmartNIC
2×10/25G
The Silicom C5010X Data Center SmartNIC is a full-height, halflength 2×10/25GbE SFP28 PCIe card with an Intel® Stratix® 10DX FPGA and an Intel® Xeon® D SoC. The unique combination of FPGA and full fledged Xeon CPU on a PCI card allows for unique offload capabilities. Coupled with Napatech Link-Virtualization™ software, which provides cutting edge virtualization technology and data processing capabilities, the C5010X is the perfect solution for virtualized cloud, cloud-native or bare-metal server virtualization with tenant isolation within the Intel® Infrastructure Processing Unit (IPU) ecosystem.
Napatech software and hardware solutions
Link-Assure™ Professional Services
Napatech offer a comprehensive set of professional services to ensure that you get the most out of our Link™ SmartNIC hardware and software.