Mellanox MCX415A-CCAT ConnectX-4 EN 100GbE Single-port QSFP28 PCIe3.0 x16 LP Adapter (FC EKAM)
Learn about the specifications and operating system requirements for the feature code (FC) EKAM adapter.
Overview
The Mellanox MCX415A-CCAT ConnectX-4 EN 100GbE single-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 100 Gb/s Ethernet per port and provides flexible solutions for high-performance, Web 2.0, cloud, data analytics, database, and storage platforms.
Specifications
- Item
- Description
- Adapter FRU number
- 01EM687 (AOC-MCX415A-CCAT-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.
- 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
If you are installing a new feature, ensure that you have the software that is
required to support the new feature and that you determine whether any prerequisites must be met for
this feature and attaching devices. To check for operating system and partition requirements,
see one of the following links:
- The latest version of enabling libraries and utilities can be downloaded from the Fix Central website.
- IBM® Prerequisite website.
- IBM System Storage Interoperation Center (SSIC)
- The latest version of the device driver or the IBM Power® RAID adapter utilities (iprutils) can be downloaded from the IBM Service and Productivity Tools website.
- For information about important notices for Linux on IBM Power Systems, see the Linux® on IBM website.
Important: For a list of known Linux operating system issues that can affect this
adapter, see the IBM Power LC readme.