Nvidia Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx User Manual

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Customers who purchased Mellanox products through a Mellanox approved reseller should first
seek assistance through their reseller.
Related Documentation
Mellanox OFED for
Linux User Manual
and Release Notes
User Manual describing OFED features, performance, band diagnostic, tools content
and configuration. See Mellanox OFED for Linux Documentation.
WinOF-2 for
Windows User
Manual and
Release Notes
User Manual describing WinOF-2 features, performance, Ethernet diagnostic, tools
content and configuration. See WinOF-2 for Windows Documentation.
Mellanox VMware
for Ethernet User
Manual and
Release Notes
User Manual describing the various components of the Mellanox ConnectX® NATIVE
ESXi stack. See http://www.mellanox.com Products > Software > Ethernet Drivers >
VMware Driver
Mellanox
Firmware Utility
(mlxup) User
Manual and
Release Notes
Mellanox firmware update and query utility used to update the firmware. See http://
www.mellanox.com > Products > Software > Firmware Tools >mlxup Firmware Utility
Mellanox
Firmware Tools
(MFT) User Manual
User Manual describing the set of MFT firmware management tools for a single node.
See MFT User Manual.
IEEE Std 802.3
Specification
IEEE Ethernet specification at http://standards.ieee.org/
PCI Express
Specifications
Industry Standard PCI Express Base and Card Electromechanical Specifications at
https://pcisig.com/specifications
Mellanox LinkX
Interconnect
Solutions
Mellanox LinkX InfiniBand cables and transceivers are designed to maximize the
performance of High-Performance Computing networks, requiring high-bandwidth,
low-latency connections between compute nodes and switch nodes. Mellanox offers
one of industry’s broadest portfolio of QDR/FDR10 (40Gb/s), FDR (56Gb/s), EDR/
HDR100 (100Gb/s) and HDR (200Gb/s) cables, including Direct Attach Copper cables
(DACs), copper splitter cables, Active Optical Cables (AOCs) and transceivers in a wide
range of lengths from 0.5m to 10km. In addition to meeting IBTA standards, Mellanox
tests every product in an end-to-end environment ensuring a Bit Error Rate of less
than 1E-15. Read more at https://www.mellanox.com/products/interconnect/
infiniband-overview.php
Document Conventions
When discussing memory sizes, MB and MBytes are used in this document to mean size in mega
Bytes. The use of Mb or Mbits (small b) indicates size in mega bits. In this document PCIe is used to
mean PCI Express.

Nvidia Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx Specifications

General

Brand	Nvidia
Model	Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx
Category	Adapter
Language	English