Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx 2x25GbE SFP28 Adapter

Introduction

ConnectX-4 from Mellanox is a family of high-performance and low-latency Ethernet and InfiniBand adapters. The ConnectX-4 Lx EN adapters are available in 40 Gb and 25 Gb Ethernet speeds and the ConnectX-4 Virtual Protocol Interconnect (VPI) adapters support either InfiniBand or Ethernet.

These adapters address virtualized infrastructure challenges, delivering best-in-class performance to various demanding markets and applications. Providing true hardware-based I/O isolation with unmatched scalability and efficiency, achieving the most cost-effective and flexible solution for Web 2.0, Cloud, data analytics, database, and storage platforms.

The following figure shows the Mellanox ConnectX-4 2x100GbE/EDR IB QSFP28 VPI Adapter (the standard heat sink has been removed in this photo).

Ports & interfaces

Connectivity technology

Wired

Host interface

PCI Express

Interface

Fiber

Fiber ports quantity

2

Fiber optic connector

SFP28

PCI version

3.0

PCI Card form factor

Full-height (low-profile)

Network

Maximum data transfer rate

25000 Mbit/s

Networking standards

IEEE 802.1AX,IEEE 802.1Q,IEEE 802.1Qau,IEEE 802.1Qaz,IEEE 802.1Qbb,IEEE 802.1Qbg,IEEE 802.3ad,IEEE 802.3az

Design

Component for

Server

Product colour

Green

Internal

N

Safety

CB, cTUVus, CE

Certification

CE, FCC, VCCI, ICES, RCM

System requirements

Compatible operating systems

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (no SR-IOV support) Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server x64 Edition, U7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, U2 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64/EM64T, SP4** SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 12, SP1** VMware ESXi 5.5, U3* VMware ESXi 6.0, U2*

Operational conditions

Operating temperature (T-T)

0 - 55 °C

Storage temperature (T-T)

-40 - 70 °C

Sustainability

Sustainability certificates

RoHS

Packaging data

Quantity

1