Mellanox MCX415A-CCAT ConnectX-4 EN 100 GbE Single-port QSFP28 PCIe3.0 x16 LP (FC EKAM)

Overview

The Mellanox MCX415A-CCAT ConnectX-4 EN 100 GbE Single-port QSFP28 PCIe3.0 x16 LP 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.

Figure 1. Mellanox MCX415A-CCAT ConnectX-4 EN 100 GbE Single-port QSFP28 PCIe3.0 x16 LP

Specifications

Item

Description

Adapter FRU number

01EM687 (AOC-MCX415A-CCAT-IB001) (Designed to comply with RoHS requirement)

I/O bus architecture

PCIe3 x16

Slot requirement

For details about slot priorities and placement rules, see PCIe adapter placement rules and slot priorities and select the system you are working on.

Supported Systems

POWER8® processor-based systems

• 8001-12C and 8001-22C

Voltage

12 V

Form factor

Short, with full-height tailstock

Maximum number

For details about the maximum number of adapters that are supported, see PCIe adapter placement rules and slot priorities and select the system you are working on.

Attributes provided

100 Gb/s Ethernet per port

Supports two physical NVMe devices

Single and dual-port options available

Hardware-based I/O virtualization

Cables

Mellanox LinkX 10, 25, 40, 50 and 100 Gb/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 the prerequisites, see IBM® Prerequisite website.