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