The Alveo™ U50 card is available in a passive cooling conguraon only and is designed for
installaon into a data center server where controlled air ow provides direct cooling to the card.
The following gure shows the Alveo U50 accelerator card with half-height bracket installed. The
card includes the following interfaces:
1. A PCI Express
®
card connector.
2. One QSFP interface.
Note: For ES3 cards, two SFP-DD interfaces are available.
3. Maintenance Connector.
Figure 1: Alveo U50 Data Center Accelerator Card
Maintenance Connector
QSFP28
Interface
PCIe Connector
X22929-101519
CAUTION! Alveo accelerator cards are designed to be installed into a data center server, where controlled air
ow provides direct cooling. If the cooling enclosure is removed from the card and the card is powered-up,
external fan cooling airow MUST be applied to prevent over-temperature shut-down and possible damage to
the card electronics. Removing the cooling enclosure voids the board warranty.
See Appendix C: Addional Resources and Legal Noces for references to documents, les, and
resources relevant to the Alveo U50 accelerator cards.
Chapter 1: Introduction
UG1371 (v1.2) December 18, 2019 www.xilinx.com
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