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Table of Contents
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
List of Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
List of Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Revision History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
About this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Intended Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Related Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Online Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Document Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Chapter 1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.1 Cards Covered in this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.2 Finding the GUID/MAC and Serial Number on the Mezzanine Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Chapter 2 Card Interfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.1 I/O Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.1.1 InfiniBand Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.1.2 PCI Express Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.1.3 I2C-compatible Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.2 Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.3 Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.3.1 System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.3.2 SPI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.3.3 EEPROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Chapter 3 Card Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.1 Hardware Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBD 18
3.2 Installation Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.3 Safety Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Chapter 4 Driver Software and Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
4.1 Driver Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
4.1.1 Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
4.1.2 Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
4.2 FlexBoot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
4.3 Updating Mezzanine Card Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Appendix A Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
AppendixB Avertissements de sécurité d’installation (French). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
AppendixC Installation - Sicherheitshinweise (German). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
AppendixD Advertencias de seguridad para la instalación (Warnings in Spanish) . . . . . . . . . 33
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Table 1: Revision History Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Table 2: Documents List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Table 3: ConnectX-3 Mezzanine Card Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Table 4: Jumper Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Table 5: 0J05YT VPD Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Table 6: 0K6V3V VPD Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Table 7: Jumper Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Table 8: ConnectX-3 0J05YT/0K6V3V Specifications Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
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Figure 1: 0J05YT Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Figure 2: Board Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Figure 3: 0K6V3V Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Figure 4: Board Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Figure 5: 0J05YT/0K6V3V Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Figure 6: I2C Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Figure 7: Grounding Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Figure 8: Blade Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Figure 9: Protective Cover in Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Figure 10: Remove the Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Figure 11: Press on the Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Figure 12: Single Card in Slot C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Figure 13: Two Cards Installed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Figure 14: Device Manager (example) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Figure 15: Support Download Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Figure 16: Mechanical Drawing of 0J05YT/0K6V3V Mezzanine Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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Revision History
This document was first printed on February 14, 2012
Table 1 - Revision History Table
Date Rev Comments/Changes
February
2012
1.0 Initial Release
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About this Manual
This User Manual describes ConnectX®-3 Dual QSFP Port mezzanine card for the Dell Blade
Servers. It provides details as to the interfaces of the board, specifications, required software and
firmware for operating the cards, installation instructions, and relevant documentation.
Intended Audience
This manual is intended for the installer and user of the mezzanine cards.
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The manual assumes basic familiarity with the InfiniBand
tions.
Related Documentation
(IB) network architecture specifica-
Table 2 -
IBTA Specification Release 1.2.1 InfiniBand Architecture Specification
PCI Express 3.0 Specifications Industry Standard PCI Express 3.0 Base and Card Electromechanical
Documents List
Online Resources
• Mellanox Technologies Web pages: http://www.mellanox.com
• Dell Support Web pages: http://support.dell.com
Document Conventions
When discussing memory sizes, MB and MBytes are used in this document to mean size in mega
bytes. The use of Mb or Mbits (small b) indicates size in mega bits.
Specifications
These symbols indicate a situation, status, or condition that may cause harm
to people or damage to the equipment.
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1 Overview
This document is a User Manual for the Mellanox Technologies ConnectX®-3 40Gb/s and 56Gb/
s InfiniBand dual-port mezzanine cards for the Dell Blade Servers. The cards described in this
manual have the following main features:
• InfiniBand Architecture Specifications v1.2.1 compliant
• PCI Express 3.0 (1.1 and 2.0 compatible) through an x8 connector up to 8GT/s
•1s MPI ping latency
• Up to 56Gb/s InfiniBand per port
• CPU off-load of transport operations
• Application Offload
• End-to-end QoS and congestion control
• Hardware-based I/O virtualization
• TCP/UDP/IP stateless offload
• RoHS-R6 compliant
1.1 Cards Covered in this Manual
Table 3 - ConnectX-3 Mezzanine Card Details
Ordering Part
Number (OPN)
0J05YT PCIe 3.0 x8 8GT/s / InfiniBand 40Gb/s QDR R-6 MT27508A1-FCCR-QV
0K6V3V PCIe 3.0 x8 8GT/s / InfiniBand 56Gb/s FDR R-6 MT27508A1-FCCR-FV
PCI Express SERDES
Speed
InfiniBand Data
Transmission Rate
RoHS Adapter IC Part Number
1.2 Finding the GUID/MAC and Serial Number on the Mezzanine Cards
All cards include a label that has the card serial number and the card GUID for InfiniBand protocol
on the print side of the card.
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Figure 1: 0J05YT Label
Figure 2: Board Label
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Figure 3: 0K6V3V Label
Figure 4: Board Label
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