Introduction
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Mellanox Technologies
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Introduction
This is the User Guide for Mellanox Technologies Ethernet adapter cards based on the Con-
nectX®-4 Lx integrated circuit device. These adapters connectivity provide the highest perform-
ing and most flexible interconnect solution for PCI Express Gen3 servers used in Enterprise Data
Centers, High-Performance Computing, and Embedded environments.
This chapter covers the following topics:
• Section 1.1, “Product Overview,” on page 11
• Section 1.2, “Operating Systems/Distributions,” on page 11
• Section 1.3, “Connectivity,” on page 12
• Section 1.4, “Features and Benefits,” on page 13
1.1
Product Overview
The following section provides the ordering part number, port speed, number of ports, and PCI
Express speed.Each adapter comes with two bracket heights - short and tall.
Table 3 - Single-port 40/50 Gb/s Ethernet Adapter Card
1.2
Operating Systems/Distributions
• RHEL/CentOS
• FreeBSD
• VMware
• OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
• OpenFabrics Windows Distribution (WinOF-2)
Ordering Part Number (OPN)
MCX4131A-BCAT - single-port
MCX4131A-GCAT - single-port
Data Transmission Rate
MCX4131A-BCAT
- 1/10/25/40 Gb/s Ethernet
MCX4131A-GCAT
- 1/10/25/40/50 Gb/s Ethernet
Network Connector Types
Single-port QSFP28
PCI Express (PCIe) SerDes Speed
PCIe 3.0 x8 8GT/s
RoHS
R6
Adapter IC Part Number
MCX4131A-BCAT
- MT27711A0-FDCF-BE
MCX4131A-GCAT
- MT27711A0-FDCF-GE
Device ID (decimal)
4117 for Physical Function (PF)
4118 for Virtual Function (VF)
