Windows Server 2012R2 Network Offload History lesson

December 7, 2020 Alice AUSTIN

Windows Server 2012R2 Network Offload History lesson
Demo from year 2013/2014 with Windows Server 2012R2 and the use of Network Offload features (Synthetic Accelerations).

The recording was finished in 2014 and some links in the Video is no longer active, please use the one below…

Demo:
02:30 Agenda Part 1
– Hitachi compute blade 500
– 2×10 Gigabit LBFO/LACP with RSS – Part 1
– VMQ and the use of LP0 – Part 1
– VMs performance Demo with VMQ/vRSS – Part 1
47:39 Agenda Part 2
– Base processor configuration – Part 2
01:04:30 +15Gigabit in the VM Guest with VMQ/vRSS the packet distribution (RSS spreading) was performed in software and incurred CPU processing.

Notes for the “old” Demos:
The Network Offload feature VMQ have change overtime and the Demo only applies for Windows Server 2012R2
vRSS is now Default enabled in Windows Server 2016, 2019 or newer. Please review the four blog post for Synthetic Accelerations in a Nutshell, links below…

LBFO/LACP Network Team in Windows Server 2012R2
Don’t use load balancing and failover (LBFO) with Virtual Switch for 2016, 2019 or newer
http://aka.ms/DownWithLBFO

Convert-LBFO2SET was written by Microsoft PG and CSS Support to assist customers in their migration of load balancing and failover (LBFO) teams to Switch Embedded Teams (SET).
https://aka.ms/Convert-LBFO2SET

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Synthetic Accelerations in a Nutshell – Windows Server 2012
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/networking-blog/synthetic-accelerations-in-a-nutshell-windows-server-2012/ba-p/447792

Synthetic Accelerations in a Nutshell – Windows Server 2012 R2
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/networking-blog/synthetic-accelerations-in-a-nutshell-windows-server-2012-r2/ba-p/481428

Synthetic Accelerations in a Nutshell – Windows Server 2016
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/networking-blog/synthetic-accelerations-in-a-nutshell-windows-server-2016/ba-p/535571

Synthetic Accelerations in a Nutshell – Windows Server 2019
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/networking-blog/synthetic-accelerations-in-a-nutshell-windows-server-2019/ba-p/653976

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Note: This video contains hardware and software provided by the manufacturers for the recording. The recording don’t include paid product placements
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