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ConnectX®-3 Ethernet Single and Dual SFP+
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
List of Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
List of Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Revision History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
About this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Intended Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Related Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Document Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Firmware and Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Chapter 1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.1 Supported Network Protocol Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.1.1 10 Gigabit Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.2 Adapter Cards Covered in this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.3 Finding the MAC and Serial Number on the Adapter Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.4 Safety Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 2 Adapter Card Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.1 I/O Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.1.1 Ethernet SFP+ Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.1.2 PCI Express Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.1.3 LED Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.1.4 I2C-compatible Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.2 Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.3 SFP+ Power Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.4 Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.4.1 System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.4.2 SPI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.4.3 EEPROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Chapter 3 Ethernet Adapter Card Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3.1 Hardware Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3.2 Installation Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3.3 Identify the Card in Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3.3.1 On Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3.3.2 On Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
3.4 Cables and Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3.4.1 Inserting the Optical Transceiver Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3.4.2 Cable Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Chapter 4 Driver Software and Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4.1 Driver Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4.1.1 Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4.1.2 Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4.2 FlexBoot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
4.3 RDMA over Converged Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
4.3.1 Hardware and Software Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
4.4 Updating Adapter Card Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Appendix A Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
A.1 MCX311A-XCAT Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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A.2 MCX312A-XCBT Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
A.3 Board Mechanical Drawing and Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
A.4 Regulatory Statements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Appendix B Interface Connectors Pinout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
B.1 I2C-compatible Connector Pinout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
B.2 PCI Express x8 Connector Pinout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
B.3 SFP+ Connector Pinout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Appendix C Replacing a Tall Bracket With a Short Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
C.1 Replacing a Bracket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
C.2 Removing the Existing Bracket from the Adapter Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
C.3 Installing the New Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Appendix D Avertissements de sécurité d’installation (Warnings in French) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Appendix E Sicherheitshinweise (Warnings in German). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Appendix F Advertencias de seguridad para la instalación (Warnings in Spanish) . . . . . . . . . 49
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List of Tables
Table 1: Revision History Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Table 2: Documents List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Table 3: Single and Dual-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Table 4: Physical and Logical Link Indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Table 5: Jumper Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Table 6: MCX312A-XCBT VPD Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Table 7: MCX311A-XCAT VPD Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Table 8: MCX311A-XCAT Specifications Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Table 9: MCX312A-XCBT Specifications Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Table 10: I2C-compatible Connector Pinout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Table 11: SFP+ Connector Pinout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
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Figure 1: Card Product Label (Example) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Figure 2: MCX312A-XCBT Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Figure 3: MCX311A-XCAT Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Figure 4: Dual-port Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Figure 5: Single-port Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Figure 6: I2C-compatible Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Figure 7: PCI Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Figure 8: Module With Locking Mechanism Closed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Figure 9: Module With Locking Mechanism Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Figure 10: Device Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Figure 11: Support Download Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Figure 12: Mechanical Drawing of the Dual-port MCX311A-XCAT Adapter Card . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Figure 13: Mechanical Drawing of the Dual-port MCX312A-XCBT Adapter Card . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Figure 14: Compatible Connector Plug and Pinout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Figure 15: PCIe Connector Pinout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Figure 16: Rear View of Module With Pin Placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Figure 17: Bracket Screws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Figure 18: Placing the Bracket on the Card (MCX312A-XCBT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Figure 19: Placing the Bracket on the Card (MCX311A-XCAT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
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Revision History
This document was printed on October 24, 2012.
Table 1 - Revision History Table
Date Rev
October 2012 1.6 • Added single-port SFP+ card to all necessary locations
October 2012 1.5 • Removed all references to 40 Gigabit Ethernet from the User
August 2012 1.4 • Added operational and non-operational temp
January 2012 1.2 • Minor edits
October 2011 1.1 Added new OPNs based on Conn
July 2011 1.0 Minor edits
July 2011 0.10 First Release
Comments/Changes
•Fixed Table 5, “Jumper Configuration,” on page 19
• Updated figures in Section 4.1.2, “Windows,” on page 28 by providing ConnectX-3 examples
Manual
erature and humid-
ity level to the following tables:
- Table 9, “MCX312A-XCBT Specifications T
• Updated LED functions in Section 2.1.3, “LED Assignment,” on
page 17
• Formatted specification tables in Appendix A, “Specifications,”
on page 34
ectX-3 Step A1 devices
able,” on page 35
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About this Manual
This User Manual describes Mellanox Technologies ConnectX®-3 10 Gigabit Ethernet Single and
Dual SFP+ port PCI Express x4 or x8 adapter cards. It provides details as to the interfaces of the
board, specifications, required software and firmware for operating the board, and relevant documentation.
Intended Audience
This manual is intended for the installer and user of these cards.
The manual assumes basic familiarity with E
Related Documentation
Table 2 -
Mellanox Firmware Tools (MFT) User Manual
Document no. 2204UG
IEEE Std 802.3 Specification This is the IEEE Ethernet specification
PCI Express 3.0 Specifications Industry Standard PCI Express 3.0 Base and C
Documents List
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. In this document PCIe is used
to mean PCI Express.
Technical Support
thernet networks and architecture specifications.
User Manual describing the set of MFT firmware management tools for a
single node.
See http://www
http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802
Specifications
.mellanox.com => Support => Download Firmware Tools
ard Electromechanical
Customers who purchased Mellanox products directly from Mellanox are invited to contact us
through the following methods.
•URL: http:/
• E-mail: su
/www.mellanox.com => Support
pport@mellanox.com
• Tel: +1.408.916.0055
Customers who purchased Mellanox M-1 Global Support Servic
es, please see your contract for
details regarding Technical Support.
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Customers who purchased Mellanox products through a Mellanox approved reseller should first
seek assistance through their reseller.
Firmware and Software Updates
The Mellanox support downloader contains software, firmware and knowledge database information for Mellanox products. Access the data base from the Mellanox Support web page,
http://www.mellanox.com => Support
or use the following link to go directly to the Mellanox Support Download Assistant page,
http://www.mellanox.com/supportdownloader/.
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1 Overview
This document is a User Manual for Mellanox Technologies Ethernet cards based on the ConnectX®-3 EN integrated circuit device. The cards described in this manual have the following
main features:
• IEEE Std. 802.3 compliant
• PCI Express 3.0 (1.1 and 2.0 compatible) through an x4 or x8 edge connector up to 8GT/s
• 10 Gb/s Ethernet
• Single and Dual SFP+ ports for connection Ethernet traffic
• RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE)
• End-to-end QoS and congestion control
• Hardware-based I/O virtualization
• TCP/UDP/IP stateless off-load
• RoHS-R6 compliant
• Two bracket heights: short and tall
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1.1 Supported Network Protocol Standards
1.1.1 10 Gigabit Ethernet
10 Gigabit Ethernet is an Ethernet network protocol standard for LANs specifying data transfer
rate of 10Gb/s. Mellanox adapters comply with the following IEEE 802.3* standards:
• IEEE Std 802.3-2008 Ethernet
• IEEE Std 802.3ae 10 Gigabit Ethernet
• IEEE Std 802.3ad Link Aggregation and Failover
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1.2 Adapter Cards Covered in this Manual
Table 3 lists the single and dual-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapter cards described in this manual.
Table 3 - Single and Dual-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Card
Ordering Part Number
(OPN)
MCX312A-XCAT
(Legacy product)
MCX311A-XCAT PCIe 3.0 x4
MCX312A-XCBT PCIe 3.0 x4/x8
PCI Express
SERDES Speed
PCIe 3.0 x4/x8
8GT/s
8GT/s
8GT/s
Data Transmis-
sion Rate/
# of ports
10 GigE dual-port
SFP+
10 GigE single-
P+
port SF
10 GigE dual-port
SFP+
RoHS
R-6 MT27518A0-FCCR-XE
R-6 MT27518A1-FCCR-XE
R-6 MT27518A1-FCCR-XE
IC
Part Number
1.3 Finding the MAC and Serial Number on the Adapter Card
Each Mellanox adapter card has a label on the print side that shows the card serial number and the
card MAC for the Ethernet protocol.
Device ID (decimal)
• 4099 for Physical
Function
• 4100 for Virtual
Function
• 4099 for non-virtu-
ed servers
aliz
• 4100 for virtual
machines
• 4099 for Physical
tion
Func
• 4100 for Virtual
Function
1.4 Safety Warnings
Below is a list of safety warnings in English. For safety warnings in other languages, please refer
to the appendices in this user manual.
Figure 1: Card Product Label (Example)
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1. Installation Instructions
Read all installation instructions before connecting the equipment to the power source.
2. Over-temperature
This equipment should not be operated in an area with an ambient temperature exceeding the maximum recommended: 55°C (131°F).
To guarantee proper air flow, allow at least 8cm (3 inches)
tilation openings.
3. During Lightning - Electrical Hazard
During periods of lightning activity, do not work on the equipment or connect or disconnect cables.
4. Copper Cable Connecting/Disconnecting
OverviewRev 1.6
of clearance around the ven-
Some copper cables are heavy and not flexible, as such they should be carefully
attached to or detached from the connectors. Refer to the cable manufacturer for special warnings and instructions.
5. Equipment Installation
This equipment should be installed, replaced, or serviced only by trained and qualified
personnel.
6.
Equipment Disposal
Disposal of this equipment should be in accordance to all national laws and regulations.
7.
Local and National Electrical Codes
This equipment should be installed in compliance with local and national electrical
codes.
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8. Hazardous Radiation Exposure
Caution – Use of controls or adjustment or performance of procedures other than
those specified herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure.
CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT and reference to the most recent laser standards:
IEC 60 825-1:1993 + A1:1997 + A2:2001 and EN 60825-1:1994+A1:1996+
:2001
A2
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2 Adapter Card Interfaces
2.1 I/O Interfaces
Each adapter card includes the following interfaces:
• SFP+ port(s)
• PCI Express (PCIe) x4 or x8 edge connector
• I/O panel LEDs
2
•I
C-compatible connector (for debug)
Figure 2: MCX312A-XCBT Card
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Figure 3: MCX311A-XCAT Card
The adapter cards include special circuits to protect from ESD shocks to the card/server when
plugging copper cables.
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