- One management network interface completely separate from the traffic shaping interfaces. Usually this would be the Ethernet interface built in to the motherboard.
- Dedicated Network Interface Card for Shaping Interfaces
- NIC must have 2 or more interfaces for traffic shaping.
- NIC must have multiple TX/RX transmit queues, greater than or equal to the number of CPU cores. Here's how to check from the command line.
- NIC must have XDP driver support
- Supported cards:
- Intel X520
- Intel X550
- Intel X710
- Intel XL710
- Intel XXV710
- NVIDIA Mellanox ConnectX-4 series
- NVIDIA Mellanox ConnectX-5 series
- NVIDIA Mellanox ConnectX-6 series
- NVIDIA Mellanox ConnectX-7 series
- Unsupported cards:
- Broadcom (all)
- NVIDIA Mellanox ConnectX-3 series
- Intel E810
- We will not provide support for any system using an unsupported NIC