Chapter 2 I/O Card Interfaces; I/O Interfaces; Infiniband Interface; Ethernet Interface - Dell ConnectX MCQH29-XDR User Manual

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2 I/O Card Interfaces
2.1

I/O Interfaces

The ConnectX-2 I/O card is VPI-capable, supporting InfiniBand or Ethernet on either port. The
following table shows the supported configurations.
Table 4 - VPI Support
Port 1
IB
IB
EN
EN

2.1.1 InfiniBand Interface

The ConnectX-2 VPI adapter card is compliant with the InfiniBand Architecture Specification,
Release 1.2.1. It has two compliant QSFP InfiniBand ports, with four Tx/Rx pairs of SerDes con-
nected to QSFP connectors.

2.1.2 Ethernet Interface

®
The ConnectX
can be connected to a 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch through the use of QSFP to SFP+ hybrid cables.
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Figure 2: PCI Connection

Port 2
IB
EN
IB
EN
-2 VPI adapter card is compliant with the
Supported
supported
supported
not supported
supported
IEEE Std 802.3ae Specification
I/O Card Interfaces
. Each port