Lenovo 00D9550 User Manual
Mellanox ConnectX-3 and ConnectX-3 Pro Adapters
Product Guide
High-performance computing (HPC) solutions require high bandwidth, low latency components with CPU
offloads to get the highest server efficiency and application productivity. The Mellanox ConnectX-3 and
ConnectX-3 Pro network adapters for System x® servers deliver the I/O performance that meets these
requirements.
Mellanox's ConnectX-3 and ConnectX-3 Pro ASIC delivers low latency, high bandwidth, and computing
efficiency for performance-driven server applications. Efficient computing is achieved by offloading from
the CPU routine activities, which makes more processor power available for the application. Network
protocol processing and data movement impacts, such as InfiniBand RDMA and Send/Receive semantics,
are completed in the adapter without CPU intervention. RDMA support extends to virtual servers when SRIOV is enabled. Mellanox's ConnectX-3 advanced acceleration technology enables higher cluster
efficiency and scalability of up to tens of thousands of nodes.
Figure 1. Mellanox Connect X-3 10GbE Adapter for System x (3U bracket shown)
Did you know?
Mellanox Ethernet and InfiniBand network server adapters provide a high-performing interconnect solution
for enterprise data centers, Web 2.0, cloud computing, and HPC environments, where low latency and
interconnect efficiency is paramount. In additiona, Virtual Protocol Interconnect (VPI) offers flexibility in
InfiniBand and Ethernet port designations.
With the new ConnectX-3 Pro adapter, you can implement VXLAN and NVGRE offload engines to
accelerate virtual LAN ID processing, ideal for public and private cloud configurations.
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Part number information
Table 1 shows the part numbers and feature codes for the adapters.
Table 1. Ordering part numbers and feature codes
Part number Feature code Description
00D9690 A3PM Mellanox ConnectX-3 10 GbE Adapter
00D9550 A3PN Mellanox ConnectX-3 40GbE / FDR IB VPI Adapter
00FP650 A5RK Mellanox ConnectX-3 Pro ML2 2x40GbE/FDR VPI Adapter
7ZT7A00501 AUKR ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-3 Pro ML2 FDR 2-Port QSFP VPI Adapter
The part numbers include the following:
One adapter with a full-height (3U) bracket attached
Additional low-profile (2U) bracket included in the box
Documentation
Figure 2 shows the Mellanox ConnectX-3 40GbE / FDR IB VPI Adapter (the shipping adapter includes a
heatsink over the ASIC but the figure does not show this heatsink)
Figure 2. Mellanox ConnectX-3 40GbE / FDR IB VPI Adapter for System x with 3U bracket (attached
heatsink removed)
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Supported cables and transceivers
The 10GbE Adapter (00D9690) supports the direct-attach copper (DAC) twin-ax cables, transceivers, and
optical cables that are listed in the following table.
Table 2. Supported transceivers and DAC cables - 10GbE adapter
Part number Feature code Description
Direct Attach Copper (DAC) cables
00D6288 A3RG .5 m Passive DAC SFP+ Cable
90Y9427 A1PH 1 m Passive DAC SFP+ Cable
90Y9430 A1PJ 3 m Passive DAC SFP+ Cable
90Y9433 A1PK 5 m Passive DAC SFP+ Cable
00D6151 A3RH 7 m Passive DAC SFP+ Cable
95Y0323 A25A 1M Active DAC SFP+ Cable
95Y0326 A25B 3m Active DAC SFP+ Cable
95Y0329 A25C 5m Active DAC SFP+ Cable
SFP+ Transceivers
46C3447 5053 SFP+ SR Transceiver
49Y4216 0069 Brocade 10Gb SFP+ SR Optical Transceiver
49Y4218 0064 QLogic 10Gb SFP+ SR Optical Transceiver
Optical Cables
00MN499 ASR5 Lenovo 0.5m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable
00MN502 ASR6 Lenovo 1m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable
00MN505 ASR7 Lenovo 3m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable
00MN508 ASR8 Lenovo 5m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable
00MN511 ASR9 Lenovo 10m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable
00MN514 ASRA Lenovo 15m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable
00MN517 ASRB Lenovo 25m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable
00MN520 ASRC Lenovo 30m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable
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The FDR adapters (00D9550, 00FP650 and 7ZT7A00501) support the direct-attach copper (DAC) twin-ax
cables, transceivers, and optical cables that are listed in the following table.
Table 3. Supported transceivers and DAC cables - 40GbE adapters
Part number Feature code Description
Direct attach copper (DAC) cables - InfiniBand
44T1364 ARZA 0.5m Mellanox QSFP Passive DAC Cable
00KF002 ARZB 0.75m Mellanox QSFP Passive DAC Cable
00KF003 ARZC 1m Mellanox QSFP Passive DAC Cable
00KF004 ARZD 1.25m Mellanox QSFP Passive DAC Cable
00KF005 ARZE 1.5m Mellanox QSFP Passive DAC Cable
00KF006 ARZF 3m Mellanox QSFP Passive DAC Cable
Optical cables - InfiniBand
00KF007 ARYC 3m Mellanox Active IB FDR Optical Fiber Cable
00KF008 ARYD 5m Mellanox Active IB FDR Optical Fiber Cable
00KF009 ARYE 10m Mellanox Active IB FDR Optical Fiber Cable
00KF010 ARYF 15m Mellanox Active IB FDR Optical Fiber Cable
00KF011 ARYG 20m Mellanox Active IB FDR Optical Fiber Cable
00KF012 ARYH 30m Mellanox Active IB FDR Optical Fiber Cable
40Gb Ethernet (QSFP) to 10Gb Ethernet (SFP+) Conversion
00KF013 ARZG 3m Mellanox QSFP Passive DAC Hybrid Cable
00D9676 ARZH Mellanox QSFP to SFP+ adapter
40Gb Ethernet (QSFP) - 40GbE copper uses the QSFP+ to QSFP+ cables directly
49Y7890 A1DP 1 m QSFP+ to QSFP+ Cable
49Y7891 A1DQ 3 m QSFP+ to QSFP+ Cable
00D5810 A2X8 5m QSFP-to-QSFP cable
00D5813 A2X9 7m QSFP-to-QSFP cable
40Gb Ethernet (QSFP) - 40GbE optical uses QSFP+ transceiver with MTP optical cables
49Y7884 A1DR QSFP+ 40GBASE-SR4 Transceiver
00VX003 AT2U Lenovo 10m QSFP+ MTP-MTP OM3 MMF Cable
00VX005 AT2V Lenovo 30m QSFP+ MTP-MTP OM3 MMF Cable
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The following figure shows the Mellanox ConnectX-3 Pro ML2 2x40GbE/FDR VPI Adapter.
Figure 3. Mellanox ConnectX-3 Pro ML2 2x40GbE/FDR VPI Adapter
Features
The Mellanox Connect X-3 10GbE Adapter has the following features:
Two 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports
Low-profile form factor adapter with 2U bracket (3U bracket available for CTO orders)
PCI Express 3.0 x8 host-interface (PCIe 2.0 and 1.1 compatible)
SR-IOV support; 16 virtual functions supported by KVM and Hyper-V (OS dependant) up to a
maximum of 127 virtual functions supported by the adapter
Enables Low Latency RDMA over Ethernet (supported with both non-virtualized and SR-IOV
enabled virtualized servers) -- latency as low as 1 µs
TCP/UDP/IP stateless offload in hardware
Traffic steering across multiple cores
Intelligent interrupt coalescence
Industry-leading throughput and latency performance
Software compatible with standard TCP/UDP/IP stacks
Microsoft VMQ / VMware NetQueue support
Legacy and UEFI PXE network boot support
Supports iSCSI as a software iSCSI initiator in NIC mode with NIC driver
The Mellanox ConnectX-3 40GbE / FDR IB VPI Adapter has the following features:
Two QSFP ports supporting FDR-14 InfiniBand or 40 Gb Ethernet
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