1.1
Product Overview
The following section provides the ordering part number, port speed, number of ports, and PCI
Express speed. Each adapter comes with two bracket heights - short and tall.
Table 4 - ConnectX-5 Ex Ethernet Adapter Cards
Model
Part Number
Dimensions
Ethernet Data Rate
Network Connector Type
PCI Express Connectors
RoHS
IC Part Number
a. Note: PCIe 4.0 x16 bus can supply a maximum bandwidth of 256Gb/s (=16 *16GT/s, including overhead), and can
support 200Gb/s when both network ports of the card run at 100Gb/s.
Table 5 - ConnectX-5 Ethernet Adapter Cards
Model
Part Number
Dimensions
Ethernet Data
Rate
Network
Connector Type
PCI Express
Edge Connectors
RoHS
IC Part Number
1.2
Package Content
Table 6 - ConnectX-5 Package Contents
Quantity
1
1
1
Rev 1.7
MCX516A-BDAT
1/10/25/40 Gb/s
MCX512A-
MCX512F-
ACAT
ACAT
2.71 in. x 5.6 in. (68.90mm x 142.24 mm) – low profile
1/10/25 Gb/s
Dual-port SFP28
PCIe Gen 3.0 x8
SERDES @
8.0GT/s
ConnectX-5 Adapter Card
Adapter card tall bracket (shipped assembled on the card)
Adapter card short bracket
Mellanox Technologies
ConnectX-5 Ex Ethernet Adapter Cards
a
2.71 in. x 5.6 in. (68.90mm x 142.24 mm) – low profile
Dual-port QSFP28
PCIe Gen 3.0/4.0 x16
SERDES @ 8.0GT/s / 16.0GT/s
RoHS Compliant
MT28808A0-FCCF-EV
ConnectX-5 Ethernet Adapter Cards
MCX515A-
MCX516A-
GCAT
GCAT
10/25/40/50 Gb/s
Single-port
Dual-port
QSFP28
QSFP28
PCIe Gen 3.0 x16
SERDES @ 8.0GT/s
RoHS Compliant
MT27808A0-FCCF-EV
Description
Introduction
a
MCX516A-CDAT
10/25/40/50/100 Gb/s
MCX515A-
MCX516A-
CCAT
CCAT
10/25/40/50/100 Gb/s
Single-port
Dual-port
QSFP28
QSFP28
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