ExpEther (Express Ethernet）Consortium

Highly Scalable

ExpEther technology enables PCI Express to reach external a box over standard Ethernet LAN.Connect arbitary hosts and devices with hot plug capability.

High Performance

High throughput and low latency data tranmission by DMA (Direct Memory Access) through Ethernet. Enjoy alomost the same performance of original boxed machine even in the distributed system configuration.

Highly Reliable

ExpEther gurantees reliable path between host and device by congestion control and retranmission mechanism. Multiple paths through multiple disjoint network supply N x throughput and redanduncy.

Interoperability, Migration

Migration from the conventional system is very easy. You can use commercially available standard PCI Express devices driver, OSes, and standard Ethernet switch without any modification. ExpEther passed the PCI-SIG's interoperability test and then, is included in the integrators list.