Mellanox MCX456A-ECAT ConnectX-4 VPI EDR InfiniBand 100 Gb/s and 100 GbE Dual-port QSFP28 PCIe3.0 x16 LP Adapter (FC EKAL)

Overview

The Mellanox MCX456A-ECAT ConnectX-4 VPI EDR InfiniBand 100 Gb/s and 100 GbE Dual-port QSFP28 PCIe3.0 x16 LP Adapter is a PCI Express (PCIe) generation 3 (Gen3) x16 adapter. The adapter can be used in either a x8 or x16 PCIe slot in the system. The adapter supports EDR 100 Gb/s InfiniBand and 100 Gb/s Ethernet connectivity. It also provides flexible solutions for high-performance, Web 2.0, cloud, data analytics, database, and storage platforms.

Specifications

Item

Description

Adapter FRU number

AOC-MCX456A-ECAT-IB001

I/O bus architecture

PCIe3 x16

Slot requirement

For more information about slot priorities, maximums, and placement rules, see the PCIe adapter placement rules for the 9006-12P or PCIe adapter placement rules for the 9006-22P

Voltage

3.3 V, 12 V.

Form factor

Short, with full-height tailstock

Attributes provided

EDR 100 Gb/s InfiniBand or 100 Gb/s Ethernet per port

Supports 2 physical NVMe Devices

Single and dual-port options available

Hardware-based I/O virtualization

Transceivers and cables

Mellanox LinkX 10, 25, 40, 50 and 100Gb/s Direct Attach Copper cables (DACs), Copper Splitter cables, Active Optical Cables (AOCs) and Transceivers. For information regarding Mellanox LinkX cables and transceivers, see LinkX™ InfiniBand Direct Attach Copper Cables

Operating system or partition requirements