Nvidia ConnectX-6 - Table of Contents

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Table of Contents
Introduction..................................................................................... 8
Product Overview ....................................................................................8
ConnectX-6 PCIe x8 Card .......................................................................9
ConnectX-6 PCIe x16 Card .................................................................... 10
ConnectX-6 DE PCIe x16 Card ................................................................ 11
ConnectX-6 for Liquid-Cooled Intel® Server System D50TNP Platforms............... 11
ConnectX-6 Socket Direct™ Cards ........................................................... 12
Package Contents .................................................................................. 15
ConnectX-6 PCIe x8/x16 Adapter Cards .................................................... 15
ConnectX-6 PCIe x16 Adapter Card for liquid-cooled Intel® Server System D50TNP
Platforms........................................................................................ 15
ConnectX-6 Socket Direct Cards (2x PCIe x16) ............................................ 15
Features and Benefits ............................................................................. 16
Operating Systems/Distributions ................................................................ 19
Connectivity ........................................................................................ 19
Manageability....................................................................................... 19
Interfaces ......................................................................................20
InfiniBand Interface ............................................................................... 20
Ethernet Interfaces................................................................................ 20
PCI Express Interface.............................................................................. 20
LED Interface ....................................................................................... 20
Heatsink Interface ................................................................................. 22
SMBus Interface .................................................................................... 22
Voltage Regulators ................................................................................. 22
Thermal Sensors.................................................................................... 23
Hardware Installation ........................................................................24
Safety Warnings .................................................................................... 24
Installation Procedure Overview................................................................. 25
System Requirements ............................................................................. 25
Hardware Requirements ...................................................................... 25
Airflow Requirements ............................................................................. 26
Software Requirements ....................................................................... 27