Network tuning and offload
- Performance Tuning Guidelines for Windows Server 2012 (DOC)
- Network Subsystem Performance Tuning
- Networking Adapter Performance Guidelines (on Windows Server 2008 R2, but still good)
Specific technologies
- Registered I/O Networking Extensions (RIO): Microsoft site, alternative site
- Virtual Machine Queue (VMQ)
- IPsec Task Offload
- Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV): Overview of Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV), What is SR-IOV? (Scott Lowe’s Blog), PCI SIG Specifications
- Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V & Data Centre Bridging (DCB)
