Scalable Networking Pack

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Scalable Networking Pack (SNP) is a set of additions that adds new features to Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 or later with architectural enhancements and APIs to support the new capabilities of network acceleration and hardware-based offload technologies.[1]

## Features

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* TCP chimney offload – provides seamlessly integrated support for network adapters with TCP offload engines (TOE)
* Receive-side scaling – dynamically load-balances inbound network connections across multiple processors or cores
* NetDMA – enables support for advanced direct memory access technologies, such as Intel I/O Acceleration Technology (Intel I/OAT)

## References

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1. ^ "Scalable Networking". 23 July 2014.

## External links

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* Microsoft Scalable Networking
* Introduction to the Windows Server 2003 Scalable Networking Pack
* Scalable Networking Pack: Frequently Asked Questions

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