The new Cavium FastLinQ 41000 series is being launched aimed at general purpose compute and storage server. The FastLinQ 41000 series supports traditional 10GbE but also SFP28 25GbE networking. One of the unique features of the Cavium FastLinQ 41000 series is its ability to support both RoCE and iWARP RDMA networking. That is a big deal. Some higher-end fabrics we are about to see explode only support one or another. For example, Intel is pushing Omni-Path which uses iWARP RDMA. If you are looking for a 25GbE solution, this is a new entry in the market.

Cavium FastLinQ 41000 Series Overview

Here is an excerpt about the Cavium FastLinQ 41000 series from the company’s site:

The FastLinQ 41000 Series Intelligent Ethernet family includes 25GbE and 10GbE adapters with SFP/SFP28 optical or direct attach copper (DAC) and 10GBASE-T RJ45 connections that support LAN (TCP/IP) traffic at full line-rate speeds and key features for enterprise-class data centers and private/public cloud deployments: