Introduction
Rev 2.6
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Mellanox Technologies
1
Introduction
This is the User Guide for Mellanox Technologies Ethernet adapter cards based on the Con-
nectX®-4 integrated circuit device. These adapters connectivity provide the highest performing
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 13
• Section 1.2, “Features and Benefits,” on page 14
•
Section 1.3, “Operating Systems/Distributions,” on page 15
•
Section 1.4, “Connectivity,” on page 15
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 and Dual-port EDR Adapter Cards
Ordering Part Number (OPN)
Single-port cards:
MCX413A-BCAT / MCX413A-GCAT / MCX415A-BCAT
MCX415A-GCAT / MCX415A-CCAT
Dual-port cards:
MCX414A-BCAT / MCX414A-GCAT / MCX416A-BCAT
MCX416A-GCAT / MCX416A-CCAT
Data Transmission Rate
MCX413A-BCAT / MCX414A-BCAT / MCX415A-BCAT /
MCX416A-BCAT-
1/10/25/40/56GbE
MCX413A-GCAT/ MCX414A-GCAT / MCX415A-GCAT /
MCX416A-GCAT-
1/10/25/40/50GbE
MCX415A-CCAT/MCX416A-CCAT -
1/10/25/40/50/100GbE
Network Connector Types
Single and dual-port QSFP2
PCI Express (PCIe) SerDes Speed
PCIe 3.0 x8 8GT/s:
MCX413A-BCAT / MCX414A-BCAT / MCX413A-GCAT /
MCX414A-GCAT
PCIe 3.0 x16 8GT/s
:
MCX415A-BCAT / MCX416A-BCAT / MCX415A-GCAT /
MCX416A-GCAT / MCX415A-CCAT / MCX416A-CCAT
RoHS
R6
Adapter IC Part Number
MT27708A0-FDCF-CE
Device ID
4115 for Physical Function (PF)
4116 for Virtual Function (VF)
