ConnectX® -5 EN Card Up to 100Gb/s Ethernet Adapter Cards
MCX515A-CCAT ConnectX-5 EN Adapter Card 100GbE Single-Port QSFP28
PCIe 3.0 x16 Tall Bracket ROHS R6
ConnectX-5 Ethernet network interface cards provide high
performance and flexible solutions with up to two ports of 100GbE
connectivity, 750ns latency, up to 200 million messages per second
(Mpps), and a record setting 197Mpps when running an open source
Data Path Development Kit (DPDK) PCIe (Gen 4.0). For storage
workloads, ConnectX-5 delivers a range of innovative accelerations,
such as Signature Handover (T10-DIF) in hardware, an embedded PCIe
Switch, and NVMe over Fabric target offloads. ConnectX-5 adapter
cards also bring advanced Open vSwitch offloads to
telecommunications and cloud data centers to drive extremely high
packet rates and throughput with reduced CPU resource consumption,
thus boosting data center infrastructure efficiency.
ConnectX-5 adapter cards are available for PCIe Gen 3.0 and Gen 4.0
servers and provide support for 1, 10, 25, 40, 50 and 100 GbE
speeds in stand-up PCIe cards, OCP 2.0, and OCP 3.0 form factors.
ConnectX-5 cards also offer advanced Multi-Host and Socket Direct
technologies.
Cloud and Web 2.0 Environments
ConnectX-5 adapter cards enable data center administrators to
benefit from better server utilization and reduced costs, power
usage, and cable complexity, allowing for more virtual appliances,
virtual machines (VMs) and tenants to co-exist on the same
hardware. Supported vSwitch/vRouter offload functions include:
• Overlay Networks (e.g., VXLAN, NVGRE, MPLS, GENEVE, and NSH)
header encapsulation & decapsulation.
• Stateless offloads of inner packets and packet headers’ re-write,
enabling NAT functionality and more.
• Flexible and programmable parser and match-action tables, which
enable hardware offloads for future protocols.
• SR-IOV technology, providing dedicated adapter resources,
guaranteed isolation and protection for virtual machines (VMs)
within the server.
• Network Function Virtualization (NFV), enabling a VM to be used
as a virtual appliance. The full datapath operation offloads,
hairpin hardware capability and service chaining enables data to be
handled by the virtual appliance, with minimum CPU utilization.
Features
- Tag matching and rendezvous offloads
- Adaptive routing on reliable transport
- Burst buffer offloads for background checkpointing
- NVMe over Fabric offloads
- Backend switch elimination by host chaining
- Embedded PCIe switch
- Enhanced vSwitch/vRouter offloads
- Flexible pipeline
- RoCE for overlay networks
- PCIe Gen 4.0 support
- RoHS compliant
- ODCC compatible
- Various form factors available
Benefits
- Up to 100Gb/s connectivity per port
- Industry-leading throughput, low latency, low CPU utilization and
high message rate
- Innovative rack design for storage and Machine Learning based on
Host Chaining technology
- Smart interconnect for x86, Power, Arm, and GPU-based compute &
storage platforms
- Advanced storage capabilities including NVMe over Fabric offloads
- Intelligent network adapter supporting flexible pipeline
programmability
- Cutting-edge performance in virtualized networks including Network
Function Virtualization (NFV)
- Enabler for efficient service chaining capabilities
- Efficient I/O consolidation, lowering data center costs and
complexity
Compatibility
| PCI Express Interface | – PCIe switch Downstream Port | Operating Systems/Distributions* | Connectivity |
| PCIe Gen 4.0 | Containment (DPC) enablement for PCIe hot-plug | RHEL/CentOS | Interoperability with Ethernet switches (up to 100GbE) |
| 2.5, 5.0, 8.0, 16.0 GT/s link rate | Access Control Service (ACS) for peer-to-peer secure communication | FreeBSD | Passive copper cable with ESD protection |
| Auto-negotiates to x16, x8, x4, x2, or x1 lane(s) | Advance Error Reporting (AER) | VMware | |
| PCIe Atomic | Process Address Space ID (PASID) Address Translation Services (ATS) | OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) | – Powered connectors for optical and active cable support |
| TLP (Transaction Layer Packet) Processing Hints (TPH) | IBM CAPI v2 support (Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface) | OpenFabrics Windows Distribution (WinOF-2) | |
| Embedded PCIe Switch: Up to 8 bifurcations | Support for MSI/MSI-X mechanisms | | |
Storage Environments
NVMe storage devices are gaining popularity by offering very fast
storage access. The evolving NVMe over Fabric (NVMe-oF) protocol
leverages the RDMA connectivity for remote access. ConnectX-5
offers further enhancements by providing NVMe-oF target offloads,
enabling very efficient NVMe storage access with no CPU
intervention, and thus improving performance and reducing latency.
FAQ
Q1.What can you buy from us?
A:Mellanox, Aruba, Rukus, Extreme brand products, including
switches, network cards, cables, Access Point, etc.
Q2.How about the delivery date?
A:It usually takes 3-5 working days. For specific models, please
contact us to check the stock. In the end, the actual consultation
shall prevail. We will do our best to deliver as soon as possible.
Q3.What's your warranty terms?
A: We supply 12 months warranty time.
Q4.How about the Shipping Method?
A: We use Fedex/DHL/UPS/TNT and other air shipments,sea shipments
are also workable. In one words, we could do any shipments that you
wanted.
Q5.Can I get some samples?
A:Yes, sample order is available for quality check and market test.
You only need to pay the sample cost and express cost.
Q6.What are your core strengths?
A:First-hand supply, Original and new products with the favorable
price and perfect after-sales service.
