Lenovo ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx 100GbE QSFP56 2-port PCIe 4 Ethernet Adapter

Mellanox equivalent MCX623106AN-CDAT ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx 100GbE QSFP56 2-port PCIe 4 Ethernet Adapter


The ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx 100GbE QSFP56 Ethernet Adapter is an advanced cloud Ethernet network adapter that accelerates mission-critical data-center applications such as security, virtualization, SDN/NFV, big data, machine learning, and storage.

Physical adapter:
   PCIe 4.0 x16 host interface
   Low profile form factor adapter (142mm x 69mm)
   Two QSFP56 cages

Ethernet:
   IEEE 802.3cd, 50, 100 Gigabit Ethernet
   IEEE 802.3bj, 802.3bm 100 Gigabit Ethernet
   IEEE 802.3by, 25, 50 Gigabit Ethernet supporting all FEC modes
   IEEE 802.3ba 40 Gigabit Ethernet
   IEEE 802.3ae 10 Gigabit Ethernet
   IEEE 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet (supports only “Fast-Wake” mode)
   IEEE 802.3ap based auto-negotiation and KR startup
   IEEE 802.3ad, 802.1AX Link Aggregation
   IEEE 802.1Q, 802.1P VLAN tags and priority
   IEEE 802.1Qaz (ETS)
   IEEE 802.1Qbb (PFC)
   IEEE 802.1Qbg
   25/50 Ethernet Consortium “Low Latency FEC” for 50GE/100GE PAM4 links
   Jumbo frame support (9600 byte)

Virtualization:
   VirtIO in-hardware
   Single Root IOV
       1K VFs per port
       64 PFs (16 per host)
   VMware NetQueue support
   Per VM QoS
   Hardware offloads
       Connection tracking
       Header rewrite
       Stateless offloads for overlay network tunneling protocols
       Encapsulation and decapsulation of VXLAN, NVGRE, GENEVE and more overlay networks

Cyber Security:
   Hardware root-of-trust for Secure Boot
   Secure firmware update

Networking Offloads:
   TCP/UDP/IP stateless offload
   LSO, LRO, checksum offload
   RSS (also on encapsulated packet), TSS, VLAN and MPLS tag insertion/stripping, Receive flow steering

Networking Accelerations:
   Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK)
   Hardware-based and software-enabled XDP acceleration

Storage:
   NVMe over Fabric offloads for target
   Storage protocols: SRP, iSER, NFSoRDMA, SMB Direct, NVMe-oF and more
   T10 DIF - signature handover
   CRC16, CRC32 and CRC64 signature offloads

Time Seventieths Networking (PTP):
   Clock synchronization accuracy better than 16ns
   Software controlled hardware clock
   Full wire-speed hardware time stamping
   Accurate package scheduling
   IEEE 1588v2 (PTP)
       Supports OC, SC, BC, MC PTP clocks
       One & two step sync methods
       E2E and P2P
       Integrated with any PTP daemon

RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE):
   Zero-touch Network configuration
   Selective Repeat
   Programmable congestion control mechanism
   Mellanox PeerDirect RDMA (GPUDirect)
   Dynamically Connected transport (DCT)
   Burst buffer offload
   RoCE over overlay networks

Management & Control:
   NC-SI, MCTP over SMBus and MCTP over PCIe - Baseboard Management Controller interface
   PLDM for Monitor and Control DSP0248
   PLDM for Firmware Update DSP026
   I2C interface for device control and configuration

Media & Entertainment:
   SMPTE 2110 streaming offload
       2110-10, 20, 21N, 30, 40, 50
       ST2022-6/7
       SMPTE ST-2059-2 PTP profile
       Windows and Linux OS support

Remote Boot:
   Remote boot over Ethernet
   Remote boot over iSCSI
   UEFI support
   PXE Boot