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- Page 1 ® InfiniHost III Lx PCI Express x4 Adapter Card User’s Manual P/N: MHES14-XTC, MHES14-XSC Rev 1.05 Mellanox Technologies...
- Page 2 © Copyright 2008. Mellanox Technologies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Mellanox Technologies, InfiniHost ® , and ConnectX ® are registered trademarks for Mellanox Technologies, Inc. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. ® MHES14-X[TS]C InfiniHost...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
B.2 InfiniBand Connector Pinout B.3 PCI Express x4 Connector Pinout Appendix C Replacing a Tall Bracket With a Short Bracket on HCA Cards C.1 Removing Tall Bracket C.2 Replacing a Bracket Appendix D Avertissements de sécurité d’installation Mellanox Technologies Rev 1.05... -
Page 4: List Of Tables
Table 7: Jumper Configuration Table 8: MHES14X[ST]C VPD Layout Table 9: HCA Cards Certification Status Table 10: Specifications for MHES14-XSC/-XTC Table 11: I2C-compatible Connector Pinout Table 12: Connector Pin Name and Number to Signal Name Correspondence Rev 1.05 Mellanox Technologies... -
Page 5: List Of Figures
Figure 10: Connector Retention Clip Figure 11: Extracting Connector Clip Figure 12: Unscrew Bracket Screws Figure 13: Rotate the Bracket to Detach it From the Card Figure 14: Sliding Connector Clip Evenly Figure 15: Assembled Short Bracket View Mellanox Technologies Rev 1.05... -
Page 6: Revision History
Added French Translation of Safety Warnings Removed Watermark and Confidential from footer. February 0.70 Updated the document for the XTC and XSC versions of the Tiger. 2008 July 2005 0.60 Updated the power number in Appendix A Specifications April 2005 0.50 First published version Rev 1.05 Mellanox Technologies... -
Page 7: About This Manual
ConnectX IB Dual Port InfiniBand Adapter Cards With PCI Express x8 User’s Manual About this Manual This User’s Manual describes Mellanox Technologies MHES14-X[TS]C InfiniHost III Lx PCI Express x4 HCA Adapter card. It provides details as to the interfaces of the board, specifications, required software and firmware for operating the board, and relevant documentation. -
Page 8: Document Conventions
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. Rev 1.05 Mellanox Technologies... -
Page 9: Chapter 1 Overview
ConnectX IB Dual Port InfiniBand Adapter Cards With PCI Express x8 User’s Manual 1 Overview This document is a User’s Manual for Mellanox Technologies host channel adapter (HCA) cards based on the ® MT25408 InfiniHost III Lx HCA integrated circuit device. The cards described in this manual have the following main features: •... -
Page 10: Adapter Cards
Support for InfiniBand transport mechanisms (UC, UD, RC, RAW) • EEPROM used for storing Vital Product Data (VPD) 1.3 Key Mellanox Features • Embedded InfiniRISC Processors for Management and Subnet Management Agent (SMA) • Integrated Physical Layer SerDes Rev 1.05 Mellanox Technologies... -
Page 11: Operating Systems Support
MemFree InfiniHost III Lx PCI Express Adapter Card as well as from Code Releases / InfiniHost III Lx / in Mellanox’s Document Distribution System (DDS) at docs.mellanox.com (requires a customer login account). 1.5 Mellanox Part Numbering Legend Table 4 describes the Mellanox Technologies adapter cards part numbering legend. Table 4- Mellanox HCA Cards Part Numbering Key HCA Card OPN... - Page 12 <blank> = non RoHS, C = RoHS w/ Exemption, R = RoHS Lead-Free For example, the part number MHES14-XSC describes Mellanox Technologies’ InfiniHost III™ IB HCA card with single CX4 port, a PCIe2.0 x4 2.5GT/s interface, no on-board memory (mem-free), a short PCI bracket, and RoHS R5 compliance.
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Page 13: Finding The Guid And Serial Number On The Adapter Cards
1.6 Finding the GUID and Serial Number on the Adapter Cards All mellanox HCA adapter cards have a label on the printed side of the adapter card that has the card serial number and the card GUID. Figure 1: Card Product Label Mellanox Technologies Rev 1.05... -
Page 14: Hca Card Installation
The adapter cards listed in Table 3 on page 10 are standard PCI Express 4 cards each with a standard x4 edge connec- tor. Please consult the host machine documentation for instructions on how to install a PCI Express card. Rev 1.05 Mellanox Technologies... -
Page 15: Safety Warnings
Equipment Disposal Disposal of this equipment should be in accordance to all national laws and regula- tions. Local and National Electrical Codes This equipment should be installed in compliance with local and national electrical codes. Mellanox Technologies Rev 1.05... -
Page 16: Chapter 3 Driver Software And Firmware
IB stack distributions such as IB Gold and OFED available via http://www.mellanox.com. See ‘Firmware Downloads’ under the same webpage for cluster update instructions. 1. Currently, only the Linux distributions support updating firmware for an entire InfiniBand cluster. Rev 1.05 Mellanox Technologies... -
Page 17: Chapter 4 Adapter Card Interfaces
(listed in Table 3 on page 10) based on this device provides access to this port by means of an InfiniBand con- nectorfor external InfiniBand copper cables. These cards are also compliant with the IBTA specification 1.2. Figure 2: InfiniHost III CX4 interface Mellanox Technologies Rev 1.05... -
Page 18: Table 6: Leds
4.1.4 I C Compatible Interface A three-pin header on the HCA card is provided as the I C compatible interface. See Figure 6 on page 22 for the loca- tion on the board. Figure 4: Connector Rev 1.05 Mellanox Technologies... -
Page 19: Power
Each board incorporates an EEPROM that is accessible through the I2C-compatible interface. The EEPROM is used for storing the Vital Product Data (VPD). The VPD format adheres to the PCI Local Bus specification rev 2.3 VPD definition. The EEPROM capacity is 512 bytes. Mellanox Technologies Rev 1.05... -
Page 20: Vpds
4.4 VPDs ® The PCI VPD (Vital Product Data) layout, for each of the described Mellanox Technologies InfiniHost III Lx cards, complies with the format defined in the PCI 2.3 Specification, Appendix I. All InfiniHost III Lx cards share the same PCI VPD layout. - Page 21 ConnectX IB Dual Port InfiniBand Adapter Cards With PCI Express x8 User’s Manual Table 8- MHES14X[ST]C VPD Layout Offset Item Value Format Description (Decimal) Mellanox Read/Write Mask 0x1...1 Numbers Mellanox Read Only Mask Numbers Mellanox Technologies Rev 1.05...
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Page 22: Appendix A: Specifications
Figure 6. Note: All dimensions are in millimeters. Figure 6: Schematic of the MHES14-X[ST]C HCA Cards 84.15 53.91 49.41 12.75 15.00 3.65 33.35 1.90 43.18 57.15 79.35 J1 – I2C Connector J2 – Flash Jumper Rev 1.05 Mellanox Technologies... -
Page 23: Emc Certification Statements
Statement Warning! Changes or modifications to this equipment not expressly approved by the party responsi- ble for compliance (Mellanox Technologies) could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. §15.105(a) Statement NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. -
Page 24: Ices Statements (Canada)
(Translation - "This is a Class A product based on the standard of the Voluntary Control Council for Interference by Information Technology Equipment (VCCI). If this equipment is used in a domestic environment, radio interference may occur, in which case the user may be required to take corrective actions.") Rev 1.05 Mellanox Technologies... -
Page 25: Mhes14-Xsc And Mhes14-Xtc Specifications
(10 +10Gb/s Full Duplex) Interface standards harmonized under EMC Direc- tive 89/336/EEC; FCC47 CFR part 15:2005, subpart B, class A; ICES-003:2004 issue 4, class A; VCCI V-3/2005.04 class A. AS/NZS 3548 Safety: IEC/EN60950-1:2001 Environmental: RoHS 2002/95/EC Directive RoHS: Mellanox Technologies Rev 1.05... -
Page 26: Appendix B: Interface Connectors Pinout
HCA Signal Name SPSDA SPSCL 5 1 2 3 4 B.2 InfiniBand Connector Pinout Figure 8: InfiniBand CX4 Connector Pinout Conn 4X IBtxOp(3) IBtxIp(3) IBtxOn(3) IBtxIn(3) IBtxOp(2) IBtxIp(2) IBtxOn(2) IBtxIn(2) IBtxOp(1) IBtxIp(1) IBtxOn(1) IBtxIn(1) IBtxOp(0) IBtxIp(0) IBtxOn(0) IBtxIn(0) Rev 1.05 Mellanox Technologies... -
Page 27: Pci Express X4 Connector Pinout
(G8) used to provide power to the active media adapter. B.3 PCI Express x4 Connector Pinout These cards use a standard PCI Express x4 edge connector and the PCI Express x4 standard pinout according to the PCI Express 1.0a specification. specification. Mellanox Technologies Rev 1.05... -
Page 28: Appendix C: Replacing A Tall Bracket With A Short Bracket On Hca Cards
Appendix C: Replacing a Tall Bracket With a Short Bracket on HCA Cards This appendix provides instructions on how to remove the tall bracket of a standard Mellanox Technologies HCA card and replace it with a short one. It includes the following sections: •... -
Page 29: Figure 11: Extracting Connector Clip
In a rotating move toward the component side of the card, slide the bracket out of the connector (Figure 13 (b)). Gently hold your thumb on the LED component. At the same time extract the bracket as shown in Figure 13 b, (Make sure to protect the LED while extracting the bracket). Mellanox Technologies Rev 1.05... -
Page 30: Replacing A Bracket
Use a torque screwdriver to apply up to 2 lbs-in torque on each screw. Gently push the clip onto the connector. Make sure to slide both clip hooks (sides) around the connector evenly as shown in Figure 14. Figure 14: Sliding Connector Clip Evenly Rev 1.05 Mellanox Technologies... -
Page 31: Figure 15: Assembled Short Bracket View
ConnectX IB Dual Port InfiniBand Adapter Cards With PCI Express x8 User’s Manual Use a small flat head screwdriver to gently slide the clip hooks towards the connector's base side as shown in Figure 14. Figure 15: Assembled Short Bracket View Mellanox Technologies Rev 1.05... -
Page 32: Appendix D: Avertissements De Sécurité D'installation
L’élimination de ce matériel doit s’effectuer dans le respect de toutes les législations et réglementations nationales en vigueur. Codes électriques locaux et nationaux Ce matériel doit être installé dans le respect des codes électriques locaux et nationaux. Rev 1.05 Mellanox Technologies...
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