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Interfaces
InfiniBand Interface
The network ports of the ConnectX®-6 adapter cards are compliant with the
InfiniBand Architecture
Specification, Release 1.
3. InfiniBand traffic is transmitted through the cards' QSFP56 connectors.
Ethernet QSFP56 Interfaces
The network ports of the ConnectX®-6 adapter card are compliant with the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet
. Ethernet traffic is transmitted through the QSFP56
connectors on the adapter card.
PCI Express Interface
The table below describes the supported PCIe interface in ConnectX-6 adapter cards.
Supported PCIe Interface
Features
PCIe Gen 3.0/4.0 (1.1 and 3.0 compatible) through x16
edge connectors
Link Rates: 2.5. 5.0, 8.0GT/s or 16GT/s.
Auto Negotiation to: x16, x8, x4, x2 or x1.
Support for MSI/MSI-X mechanisms.
LED Interface
There are two I/O LEDs, LED0 and LED1, per port to indicate speed and link status. LED0 is bicolor
(yellow and green) LED and LED1 is a single color (green) LED.
Link Indications
LED and State
Description
1Hz blinking Yellow
Beacon command for locating the adapter card
The adapter card includes special circuits to protect from ESD shocks to the card/server when
plugging copper cables.
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