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Form factor
Short, low-profile.
Attributes provided
Supports SSDs, HDDs, and tape drives.
Eight lanes of PCIe3 provides fast signaling for high bandwidth applications.
Supports 3.0 Gb/s, 6.0 Gb/s and 12 Gb/s SAS data transfer rates per lane.
Operating system or partition requirements
If you are installing a new feature, ensure that you have the software that is required to support the new
feature and that you determine whether any prerequisites must be met for this feature and attaching
devices. To check for operating system and partition requirements, see one of the following links:
• The latest version of enabling libraries and utilities can be downloaded from Fix Central (http://
www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/).
• IBM Prerequisite website (www14.software.ibm.com/support/customercare/iprt/home).
• IBM SSIC (System Storage Interoperation Center) (http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/support/storage/
ssic/interoperability.wss).
• The latest version of the device driver or the IBM Power RAID adapter utilities (iprutils) can be
downloaded from the IBM Service and Productivity Tools website (http://www14.software.ibm.com/
webapp/set2/sas/f/lopdiags/home.html).
• For more information, see the Linux Alert website (www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/
lopdiags/info/LinuxAlerts.html).
Mellanox MCX414A-BCAT ConnectX-4 EN dual-port 40/56 GbE QFSP28 PCIe3.0 x8 LP adapter (FC
EKF1)
Learn about the specifications and operating system requirements for the feature code (FC) EKF1 adapter.
Overview
The Mellanox MCX414A-BCAT ConnectX-4 EN dual-port 40/56GbE QFSP28 PCIe3.0 x8 LP adapter is a
PCI Express (PCIe) generation 3 (Gen3) x8 adapter. The adapter supports EDR 40/56 Gb/s Ethernet
connectivity. It also provides flexible solutions for high-performance, Web 2.0, cloud, data analytics,
database, and storage platforms.
Specifications
Item
Description
Adapter FRU number
01EM689 (AOC-MCX414A-BCAT-IB001) (Designed to comply with RoHS requirement).
I/O bus architecture
PCIe3 x8.
Slot requirement
For more information about slot priorities, maximums, and placement rules, see the PCIe adapter
placement rules for the 9006-12P (http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/POWER9/p9eip/
p9eip12p_pcie_slot_details.dita) or PCIe adapter placement rules for the 9006-22P (http://
www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/POWER9/p9eip/p9eip22p_pcie_slot_details.dita).
Form factor
Short, low-profile.
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