ConnectX®-3 Pro Ethernet Single and Dual QSFP+ Port Adapter Card User Manual Rev 1.7
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1.3 Operating Systems/Distributions
• Citrix XenServer 6.1
• RHEL/CentOS 5.X and 6.X, Novell SLES10 SP
4;
•
SLES11 SP1, SLES 11 SP2, OEL, Fedora 14,15,17, Ubuntu 12.04
• Windows Server 2008/2012
• FreeBSD
• OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
• OpenFabrics Windows Distribution (WinOF)
• VMware ESXi 4.x and 5.x
1.4 Connectivity
• Interoperable with 10/40 GbE switches
•
Interoperable with 56GbE Mellanox switches
• Passive copper cable with ESD protection
• Powered connectors for optical and active cable support
• QSFP+ to SFP+ connectivity through QSA module
• Passive copper cable with ESD protection
Storage Acceleration
A consolidated compute and storage network achieves significant cost-perfor-
mance advantages over multi-fabric networks. Standard block and
file access protocols can leverage RDMA for high-performance storage access.
Table 4 - Features