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Introduction:
Broadcom CryptoNetX SSL Accelerator Adapter User Guide
Functional Description
• Using
Multiple Adapters • Items Included in Your
Shipment •
Features •
Software Support
Glossary of Terms and Acronyms
Functional
Description
| Figure 1. Broadcom CryptoNetX SSL Accelerator
Adapter |
The Broadcom BCM95820 CryptoNetX SSL Accelerator adapter is a high-performance
PCI-based single-chip adapter for use in virtually any PCI-based system. It
is used to accelerate the public-key operations involved in Secure Sockets Layer
(SSL) server transactions.
Using Multiple Adapters
You can install multiple Broadcom CryptoNetX SSL Accelerator adapters in your
system to balance the traffic among the adapters (load balancing) and to ensure
continued hardware acceleration if an adapter is removed via Hot Plug, fails
(failover), or is disabled.
Items
Included in Your Shipment
The following items are included in your shipment:
- Broadcom CryptoNetX SSL Accelerator adapter
- Installation CD-ROM with CryptoNetX SSL Accelerator adapter driver software
and documentation
Keep the adapter in its packaging until you are ready to install the adapter.
Features
The Broadcom CryptoNetX SSL Accelerator adapter has the following features for
all supported operating systems:
- PCI version 2.2, 32/64-bit, 33/66-MHz bus interface
- PCI Power Management Interface, version 1.1
- Hot-Plug PCI functionality
- 3.3V/2.5V CMOS
- 512-bit, 768-bit, 1024-bit, 1536-bit, and 2048-bit RSA public-key and private-key
processing
- 512-bit, 768-bit, 1024-bit, 1536-bit, and 2048-bit Diffie-Hellman session-key
generation
- 512-bit, 768-bit, and 1024-bit DSA signing and verification
- SSL-MAC-MD5/SHA-1 and TLS-HMAC-MD5/SHA-1 authentication capability
- DES bulk encryption capability with HMAC-MD5/SHA-1
Software
Support
Windows 2000 Server Family
The following options are supported under Windows 2000 Server family. See Windows
2000 Server Family Operating System for additional information.
Failover and Load Balance
- Failover support for Broadcom CryptoNetX SSL Accelerator adapter devices.
This allows the automatic switching of traffic to redundant adapters in the
case of an adapter failure.
- SSL Request load-balancing support across all Broadcom CryptoNetX SSL Accelerator
adapter devices within the system. This balances the traffic among all operational
adapters.
Acceleration
- Hardware acceleration support for CryptoAPI (CAPI) via the OffloadModExpo()
function
Hot-Plug PCI
- Support for Hot-Plug PCI functionality as supported by your system
Manageability
- SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)
- CIM (Common Information Model)
Linux
The following options are supported under Linux. See Linux
Operating System for additional information.
Failover and Load Balance
- Failover support for Broadcom CryptoNetX SSL Accelerator adapter devices.
This allows traffic to be shifted to remaining adapters that are operational.
- SSL Request load-balancing support across all Broadcom CryptoNetX SSL Accelerator
adapter devices. This balances the traffic among all operational adapters.
Acceleration
- Complete OpenSSL engine offload support
Manageability
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