Mellanox MCX414A-BCAT ConnectX-3 Pro EN Dual-port 40/56 GbE PCIe3.0 x8 LP Adapter (FC EKAW)

Learn about the specifications and operating system requirements for the feature code (FC) EKAW adapter.

Overview

The Mellanox MCX414A-BCAT ConnectX-3 Pro EN Dual-port 40/56 GbE PCIe3.0 x8 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 provides a combination of 1, 10, 25, 40, and 50 GbE bandwidth, sub-microsecond latency and a 75 million packets per second message rate. It includes native hardware support for RDMA over Converged Ethernet, Ethernet stateless offload engines, Overlay Networks, and GPUDirect® Technology.

Specifications

Item: Description
Adapter FRU number: MCX414A-BCAT-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: Single and dual-port options available; Low latency RDMA over Converged Ethernet; Connectivity to up to 4 independent hosts (specific OPNs); Hardware-based I/O virtualization

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 may affect this adapter, see the IBM Power LC readme .