Scalable Networking Pack

Scalable Networking Pack (SNP) is a set of additions that adds new features to Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 or later with architectural enhancements and APIs to support the new capabilities of network acceleration and hardware-based offload technologies.

Features

TCP chimney offload – provides seamlessly integrated support for network adapters with TCP offload engines (TOE)
Receive-side scaling – dynamically load-balances inbound network connections across multiple processors or cores
NetDMA – enables support for advanced direct memory access technologies, such as Intel I/O Acceleration Technology (Intel I/OAT)

References

↑ "Scalable Networking". 23 July 2014.
↑ "The Cable Guy: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Scalable Networking Pack Overview". Microsoft. June 2006. Retrieved 23 September 2026.
↑ "Microsoft tweaking OS to boost networking performance, scalability". Network World. 29 May 2006. Retrieved 23 September 2026.

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[1] "Scalable Networking". 23 July 2014.

[2] "The Cable Guy: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Scalable Networking Pack Overview". Microsoft. June 2006. Retrieved 23 September 2026.

[3] "Microsoft tweaking OS to boost networking performance, scalability". Network World. 29 May 2006. Retrieved 23 September 2026.