WHITE PAPER page 1 of 14 Netronome Systems, Inc. INTRODUCTION TO AGILIO SMARTNICS AND NETWORK FLOW PROCESSORS (NFP) The Agilio SmartNICs deliver high-performance server-based networking applications such as network virtualization, security, load balancing, quality of service, and telemetry. The Netronome Network Flow Processors (NFP-4000 and NFP-6000 family of devices) are used in the Agilio SmartNICs. Server-based networking deployments have become mainstream in COTS servers, and this includes implementations where networking functions are implemented inline between the network port on PCIe server adapters and host applications or virtual machines (VM) and contain- ers implemented in servers. It also includes networking functions implemented in VMs (as in virtual network functions

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