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:
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Section 1.1, “Product Overview,” on page 12
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Section 1.2, “Operating Systems/Distributions,” on page 14
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Section 1.3, “Connectivity,” on page 15
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Section 1.4, “Features and Benefits,” on page 16
1.1
Product Overview
The following section provides the ordering part number, port speed, number of ports, and PCI
Express speed.
Table 3 - Dual Port 10Gb/s Ethernet Adapter Card
Ordering Part Number (OPN)
MCX4421A-XCQN - Dual-port card with Host Management
support complying with OCP type1 stacking height
a
.
a. See
Section 1.1.1, “OCP 2.0 Spec Stacking Height,” on page 14
Data Transmission Rate
Ethernet: 1/10 Gb/s
Network Connector Types
Dual-port SFP28
PCI Express (PCIe) SerDes Speed
PCIe 3.0 x8 8GT/s
RoHS
R6
Adapter IC Part Number
MT27712A0-FDCF-XE
Device ID (decimal)
4117 for Physical Function (PF)
4118 for Virtual Function (VF)