Mellanox ConnectX-5 Ex EN - Network adapter - PCIe 4.0 x16 - 100 Gigabit QSFP28 x 2 - for P/N: HXAF-E-225M6S-NEW, HX-C240-M6L, HX-C240-M6N, HX-C240-M6S, HX-C240-M6SN, HX-C240-M6SX
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High-speed connectivity
Equipped with a 100 Gigabit QSFP28 port, this network adapter ensures ultra-fast data transfer rates up to 100 Gbps, making it ideal for high-performance computing and intensive data applications.
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Advanced networking features
Supports a wide range of networking protocols including 10/25/40/50/100 Gigabit Ethernet and features such as RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE), Quality of Service (QoS), and Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) to enhance data transmission reliability and efficiency.
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Energy-efficient design
Incorporates ENERGY STAR technology, reducing power consumption during periods of low data activity, making it an environmentally friendly choice for your networking needs.
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Comprehensive virtualization support
Offers extensive virtualization capabilities with features like Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV), Network Function Virtualization (NFV), and NIC Partitioning (NPAR), enabling efficient resource utilization and improved network management.
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Robust security and management features
Features secure JTAG and advanced error reporting (AER) for enhanced security and reliability. The adapter also supports PXE boot, allowing for remote system management and configuration.
ConnectX-5 Ethernet adapter cards provide high performance and flexible solutions. For storage workloads, ConnectX-5 delivers a range of innovative accelerations, such as Signature Handover in hardware, an embedded PCIe switch, and NVMe over fabric target offloads. ConnectX-5 adapter cards also bring advanced open vSwitch offloads to telecommunications and cloud data centers to drive extremely high packet rates and throughput with reduced CPU resource consumption, thus boosting data center infrastructure efficiency.
- Tag matching and rendezvous offloads
- Adaptive routing on reliable transport
- Burst buffer offloads for background check-pointing
- NVMe over Fabric offloads
- Backend switch elimination by host chaining
- Embedded PCIe switch
- Enhanced vSwitch/vRouter offloads
- Flexible pipeline
- RoCE for overlay networks