NVIDIA ConnectX-5 EN 25GbE Network Adapter Card (Part MCX512A-ACAT)

The NVIDIA ConnectX-5 EN 25GbE network adapter card delivers high-performance Ethernet connectivity optimized for data centers, cloud environments, and telecommunications platforms. Designed with advanced RDMA capabilities and support for up to two 25GbE ports, this PCIe plug-in card offers low latency, high throughput, and efficient application offloading. It supports PCIe Gen 4.0 and PCIe Gen 3.0 servers, ensuring compatibility with a broad range of hardware configurations. With features like embedded PCIe switch, NVMe over Fabric offloads, and enhanced vSwitch/vRouter support, the ConnectX-5 EN enhances network performance while reducing CPU load and power consumption. This makes it an ideal choice for deploying virtualized environments, overlay networks, and high-throughput storage solutions. The card's support for SR-IOV, hardware offloads, and network function virtualization enables flexible, scalable, and secure network architectures in modern data centers.

Designed with environmental considerations in mind, the NVIDIA ConnectX-5 EN complies with RoHS standards and is environmentally friendly. Its dual-color green design integrates seamlessly into server racks, and the OCP 2.0 bracket ensures easy installation in compatible servers. The adapter's versatile architecture supports a range of features including tag matching and rendezvous offloads, adaptive routing on reliable transport, burst buffer offloads for checkpointing, and backend switch elimination by host chaining. These features collectively optimize network efficiency, reduce latency, and facilitate complex network configurations. Whether supporting overlay networks like VXLAN or NVGRE, or accelerating storage workflows with NVMe over Fabric offloads, this adapter card provides robust, scalable, and future-proof network connectivity for demanding enterprise applications.

Trusted by professionals for its reliability and performance, the NVIDIA ConnectX-5 EN 25GbE adapter is suitable for various server environments, including data centers, cloud platforms, and telco infrastructure. Its advanced offloading capabilities, combined with flexible pipeline architecture and RoCE support for overlay networks, ensure that your network infrastructure remains resilient, scalable, and ready for next-generation workloads. With a comprehensive set of features that enhance virtual machine isolation, network virtualization, and traffic management, this network adapter is a vital component for organizations seeking to optimize their network performance and efficiency.

Features:

• Tag matching and rendezvous offloads

• Adaptive routing on reliable transport

• Burst buffer offloads for background checkpointing

• NVMe over Fabric offloads

• Backend switch elimination by host chaining

• Embedded PCIe switch

• Enhanced vSwitch/vRouter offloads

• Flexible pipeline architecture

• RoCE support for overlay networks

• PCIe Gen 4.0 support for high-speed data transfer