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Hardware Requirements
For proper operation and performance, please make sure to use a PCIe slot with a
corresponding bus width that can supply sufficient power to your card. Refer to the
Specifications section of the manual for more power requirements.
A system with a PCI Express x16 slot for OCP spec 3.0 is required for installing the card.
Airflow Requirements
ConnectX-6 Dx adapter cards are offered with two airflow patterns: from the heatsink to the
network ports and vice versa, as shown below.
Please refer to the "Specifications" chapter for airflow numbers for each specific card model.
All cards in the system should be planned with the same airflow direction.
Hot Aisle Cooling
Heatsink-to-port Airflow Direction
Software Requirements
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See Operating Systems/Distributions section under the Introduction section.
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Software Stacks - NVIDIA OpenFabric software package MLNX_OFED for Linux, WinOF-2 for
Windows, and VMware. See the Driver Installation section.
Cold Aisle Cooling
Port-to-heatsink Airflow Direction
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