Darrin Johnson's Weblog: Need for speed...

Just want to give you a quick preview of some of the networking features that you can expect in next Solaris 10 update when it releases:

• Nemo – GLD v3 high performance and feature rich NIC driver framework (S10U1)
• 10 Gig Networking – Chelsio 10 Gig Driver, enhanced Intel 10 Gig Driver, etc.
• 1 Gig Networking – Significant enhancements to Broadcom, Intel and Nvidia drivers
• Yosemite – Enhanced high performance UDP/IP Stack
• CrossBow SoftRings – Enhanced interrupt distribution especially for CMT architectures (e.g. Coolthreads)
• Greyhound – Enhanced SSL cache accelerator (replaces NCAS)
• IPv6 IPfilter – Added IPv6 support in IPfilter
• Policy Based Routing (PBR) - Support an application to set a routing policy of individual TCP connections, taking precedence over the routing tables
• Transparent Proxy Interface – API for user applications to interact with IPFilter so it can be used by ISVs

As you can see that we haven't "rested on our laurels" after delivering the enhanced TCP/IP FireEngine stack in Solaris 10 or even the new GLD v3 (aka Nemo) driver framework in S10 Update 1. The great news is that the roadmap of future updates even looks more promising.