Achieving Fast , Scalable I / O for Virtualized Servers With Intel ® Virtualization Technology and the PCI-SIG * Single Root I / O Virtualization and Sharing Specification

Introduction IT organizations are taking advantage of virtualization to consolidate server infrastructure, reduce power, cooling and management costs, and provide simpler and more affordable solutions for high availability, load balancing and disaster recovery. Servers based on multi-core Intel® Xeon® processors with Intel® Virtualization Technology† (Intel® VT) help to magnify the benefits of virtualization, by enabling higher consolidation ratios and better application performance.