ConnectX®-2 VPI Single and Dual Port QSFP InfiniBand and Ethernet Adapter Card User Manual Rev 1.6
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2.1.2 Ethernet Interface
The ConnectX-2 adapter card is compliant with the IEEE Std 802.3. The VPI adapter cards listed
above, based on this device, provide access to the Ethernet ports by means of QSFP connec-
tors.The Mellanox QSA (QSFP to SFP+) adapter modules can be ordered through Mellanox T
ech-
nologies authorized dealers.
2.1.3 VPI Port Configuration
VPI ports are auto-sensing but can be manually configured using a script.
Table 6 lists the configuration
s supported by dual-port VPI adapter cards.
Table 6 - Supported Port Configurations
Port 1 Port 2
Ethernet Ethernet
IB IB
auto-sensing auto-sensing
IB Ethernet
IB auto-sensing
auto-sensing Ethernet
Table 7 lists the configurations not supported by dual-port VPI adapter cards.
Table 7 - Unsupported Port Configurations
Port 1 Port 2
Ethernet IB
Ethernet auto-sensing
auto-sensing IB
For port type configuration instructions please refer to Section 4.2, “Port Type Management Via
Driver SW,” on page 36.
2.1.4 PCI Express Interface
The ConnectX®-2 adapter cards support PCI Express 2.0 (1.1 compatible) through an x8 edge
connector. The device can be either a master initiating the PCI Express bus operations or a slave
responding to PCI bus operations.
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