Integrating an ANIC Adapter

A common question we get is: How do I integrate an ANIC adapter into my appliance and with my host application?

The answer is fairly straightforward. The ANIC adapter or SmartNIC itself utilizes a standard PCIe slot so is compatible with any industry-standard Intel server. The adapters vary in size but as long as you have a full length PCIe slot available there is no problem accommodating any ANIC adapter from Gigabit Ethernet all the way up to 100 Gigabit. ANIC-200Kq

As for the host application (i.e. security or network monitoring), it must be able to communicate with the adapter via a well-defined API. The API is documented and provided as a software development kit (SDK) with various procedures to manipulate the adapter such as for setup, defining an action, or reading data from the adapter. The good news is that once a host application has been modified to interact with any Accolade adapter (e.g. 10G) then the exact same API calls can be used to interface with adapters of different speeds such as 1G, 40G or 100G. Customers often begin by utilizing a single adapter line and then over time offer appliances with adapters of all speeds.

I should note that if your application uses PF_RING or is Suricata-based then there are adapter interface options that don’t require direct use of the Accolade API.

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Host CPU Offload Product Features Summary

wdt_ID Speed 1G 10G 10G 10G 10G/40G 10G/40G 100G 100G 100G
1 Model 4Ku 20ku 40ku 40kq 80ku ATLAS-1100 Service Node ANIC-200KFlex ANIC-100Kq ANIC-200Kq
2 Port/Type 4X1G SFP 2X10G SFP+ 4X10G SFP+ 1X40G QSFP+ 4X10G SFP+ 2X40G QSFP+ 8X10G SFP+ 4x10G SFP+ 1x40G QSFP+ 2x100G QSFP28 2x40G QSFP28 1X100G QSFP28 2X100G QSFP28
3 PCIe Interface Gen3 x8 Gen3 x8 Gen3 x8 Gen3 x8 Gen3 x8 Gen3 x8 Gen3 x16 Gen3 x16 Gen3 x16
4 Dimensions(H x L inches) 4.25 x 6.5   4.25 x 6.25 4.25 x 6.25 4.25 x 6.25 4.25 x 6.25 1.75 x12.28x14 4.25 x 6.5 4.25 x 10.5 4.25 x 10.5
5 Memory 32MB 4G 4G 4G 4G 16/32G 8G 12G 12G
6 Timestamp 5.7 nS 5.7 nS 5.7 nS 5.7 nS 5.7 nS 5.7 nS 4 nS 4 nS 4 nS
7 100% Packet
Capture		 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
8 Gigamon, AristaTimestamp ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
9 Packet Merging ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
10 Packet Parsing ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

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