NVIDIA ConnectX-6 Ethernet Adapter Cards User Manual

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About This Manual

This User Manual describes NVIDIA® ConnectX®-6 Ethernet adapter cards. It provides details as to the interfaces of the board, specifications, required software and firmware for operating the board, and relevant documentation.

Legacy (EOL) Ordering Part Numbers

NVIDIA SKU

Legacy OPN

Marketing Description


900-9X6B4-0056-DT1

MCX614106A-CCAT

ConnectX®-6 EN adapter card, 100GbE, dual-port QSFP56, Socket Direct 2x PCIe3.0 x16, tall bracket

900-9X6B4-0018-DT1

MCX614105A-VCAT

ConnectX®-6 EN adapter card, 200GbE, single-port QSFP56, Socket Direct 2x PCIe3.0 x16, tall bracket

900-9X6B4-0058-DT1

MCX614106A-VCAT

ConnectX®-6 EN adapter card, 200GbE, dual-port QSFP56, Socket Direct 2x PCIe3.0 x16, tall bracket

900-9X6AF-0058-MT1

MCX613106A-VDAT

ConnectX®-6 EN adapter card, 200GbE, dual-port QSFP56, PCIe4.0 x16, tall bracket

Intended Audience

This manual is intended for the installer and user of these cards. The manual assumes basic familiarity with Ethernet network and architecture specifications.

Technical Support

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IEEE Ethernet Specifications

PCI Express Specifications

Industry Standard PCI Express Base and Card Electromechanical Specifications. Refer to PCI-SIG Specifications.

LinkX Interconnect Solutions

NVIDIA LinkX Ethernet cables and transceivers are designed to maximize the performance of High-Performance Computing networks, requiring high-bandwidth, low-latency connections between compute nodes and switch nodes. NVIDIA offers one of the industry’s broadest portfolio of 40Gb/s, 56Gb/s, 100Gb/s, and 200Gb/s cables, including Direct Attach Copper cables (DACs), copper splitter cables, Active Optical Cables (AOCs), and transceivers in a wide range of lengths from 0.5m to 10km. In addition to meeting Ethernet standards, NVIDIA tests every product in an end-to-end environment ensuring a Bit Error Rate of less than 1E-15. Read more at LinkX Cables and Transceivers.

Document Conventions

When discussing memory sizes, MB and MBytes are used in this document to mean size in MegaBytes. The use of Mb or Mbits (small b) indicates the size in megabits. In this document, PCIe is used to mean PCI Express.

Revision History

A list of the changes made to this document is provided in Document Revision History.

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