Windows Server 2016 RDMA and the Hyper-V vSwitch – Part II

Introduction In part I this article I demonstrated that some of the rules in regards to SMB Direct and the Hyper-V vSwitch as we know them for Windows Server 2012 R2 have changed with Windows Server 2016. We focused on … Continue reading

Windows Server 2016 RDMA and the Hyper-V vSwitch – Part I

Introduction With Windows Server 2012 R2, using both RDMA and the Hyper-V vSwitch on the same host required separate physical network adapters (pNICs). There are 2 reasons for this. First a vSwitch is generally created with a native Windows NIC … Continue reading