Nvidia Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx Series - Connectx-6 DX IC Interface; Encryption; PCI Express Interface; Networking Ports Leds Interface

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ConnectX-6 Dx IC Interface
The ConnectX®-6 Dx EN family of adapter IC devicesdelivers two ports of 10/25/40/50/100Gb/s or a
single-port of 200Gb/s Ethernet connectivity paired with best-in-class hardware capabilities that
accelerate and secure cloud and data-center workloads.
Encryption
ConnectX-6 Dx brings security to every end-point, including:
Purpose-built inline acceleration engines that offload IPsec and TLS data-in-motion and XTS-
AES data-at-rest cryptographic operations.
Stateful firewall solution acceleration, powered by Open vSwitch connection tracking and
Mellanox’s ASAP2 technology.
Embedded hardware root-of-trust and support for RSA-based secure firmware update and
secure boot, providing guaranteed integrity of the network adapter.
Ethernet SFP28 / SFP56 / QSFP56 Interfaces
The network ports of the ConnectX-6 Dx adapter card are compliant with the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet
standards listed in Features and Benefits. Ethernet traffic is transmitted through the SFP28 / SFP56 /
QSFP56connector on the adaptercard.
PCI Express Interface
ConnectX-6 Dx adapter cards support PCI Express Gen 3.0/4.0 (1.1 and 2.0 compatible) through x8/16
edge connectors. The device can be either a master initiating the PCI Express bus operations, or a
slave responding to PCI bus operations.
The following lists PCIe interface features:
PCIe Gen 4.0 and 3.0 compliant, 2.0 and 1.1 compatible
2.5, 5.0, 8.0, or 16.0 GT/s link rate x8 or x16 lanes
Auto-negotiates to x16, x8, x4, x2, or x1
Support for MSI/MSI-X mechanisms
Networking Ports LEDs Interface
For the networking ports LEDs description, follow the below table depending on the OPN you have
purchased.
Applies to Crypto OPNs only.
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The adapter card includes special circuits to protect from ESD shocks to the card/server when
plugging copper cables.
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