Configuration Guide for NVM Express* over Fabrics for Intel® Ethernet Products with RDMA

NVM Express* (NVMe*) drives are high-speed, low-latency solid-state drives (SSDs) that connect over the server Peripheral Component Interconnect Express* (PCIe*) bus.

The development of these high-performance drives has spurred new innovation in storage over networking protocols, which takes full advantage of the drive capabilities in data center and cloud environments.

NVMe* over Fabrics provides networked storage at a latency level close to locally mounted storage through a re-architected storage protocol that combines the use of low-latency/high-efficiency fabric technologies such as Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) or Fibre Channel (FC) with these high-speed NVMe* drives.

Intel supports NVMe* over Fabrics on two Intel® Ethernet product lines with RDMA technology:

• Intel® Ethernet 800 Series
• Intel® Ethernet Connection X722/Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter X722

NVM Express* over Fabrics for Intel® Ethernet Products with RDMA Configuration Guide