NVIDIA ConnectX-5 EX 100GbE PCIe Network Adapter Card - High Performance Dual-Port Ethernet for Data Centers

The NVIDIA ConnectX-5 EX MCX516A-CDAT is a high-performance 100GbE PCIe network adapter designed for demanding server environments. Featuring advanced RDMA-enabled capabilities, this plug-in card supports up to two ports of 100GbE connectivity, enabling data centers to achieve exceptional throughput and low latency. With a latency of just 750 nanoseconds and the ability to process up to 200 million messages per second, this adapter is ideal for cloud, storage, Web 2.0, and telecommunications platforms. It leverages PCIe Gen 4.0 technology for maximum bandwidth and efficiency, providing support for a range of speeds from 1GbE to 100GbE across various server form factors, including OCP 2.0 and OCP 3.0. The embedded PCIe switch and support for multi-host configurations make it a versatile solution for modern data center architectures.

This adapter offers a comprehensive suite of features aimed at optimizing network performance and resource utilization. Features include tag matching and rendezvous offloads, adaptive routing for reliable transport, burst buffer offloads for background checkpointing, and NVMe over Fabric offloads to accelerate storage workloads. The adapter also provides backend switch elimination through host chaining, enhanced vSwitch and vRouter offloads, and RoCE support for overlay networks. These capabilities enable efficient virtual machine and container deployment, reduce CPU load, and improve overall network throughput. Support for SR-IOV ensures dedicated resources and isolation for virtualized environments, while the embedded PCIe switch facilitates streamlined connectivity.

Designed with environmentally conscious practices, this product is RoHS compliant and features a green color scheme. Its robust design and advanced features make the NVIDIA ConnectX-5 EX 100GbE PCIe network adapter an essential component for high-performance data centers seeking scalable, low-latency networking solutions with extensive offload capabilities.

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