InfiniBand / VPI

Mellanox InfiniBand Host Channel Adapters (HCA)

Mellanox InfiniBand Host Channel Adapters (HCAs) provide the highest performing interconnect solution for Enterprise Data Centers, Web 2.0, Cloud Computing, High-Performance Computing, and embedded environments. Clustered data bases, parallelized applications, transactional services and high-performance embedded I/O applications will achieve significant performance improvements resulting in reduced completion time and lower cost per operation.

World-Class Performance

Mellanox InfiniBand adapters deliver industry-leading bandwidth with ultra low-latency and efficient computing for performance-driven server and storage clustering applications. Network protocol processing and data movement overhead such as RDMA and Send/Receive semantics are completed in the adapter without CPU intervention. Application acceleration with CORE-Direct and GPU communication acceleration brings further levels of performance improvement. Mellanox InfiniBand adapters' advanced acceleration technology enables higher cluster efficiency and large scalability to tens-of-thousands of nodes.

Virtual Protocol Interconnect (VPI)

VPI flexibility enables any standard networking, clustering, storage, and management protocol to seamlessly operate over any converged network leveraging a consolidated software stack. Each port can operate on InfiniBand, Ethernet, or Data Center Bridging (DCB) fabrics, and supports Ethernet over InfiniBand (EoIB) and Fibre Channel over InfiniBand (FCoIB) as well as Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE). VPI simplifies I/O system design and makes it easier for IT managers to deploy infrastructure that meets the challenges of a dynamic data center.

Flex Systems

Product		Part No.	FC	Details
	Lenovo Flex System IB6132 2-port FDR Infiniband Adapter ConnectX-3 PCI-e Gen 3.0 Max 56Gb/s Note: RDMA (RoCE)	90Y3454	A1QZ	More Info

Intelligent Clusters

Product		Part No.	FC	Details
	Mellanox ConnectX-4 EDR IB VPI Single-port x16 PCIe 3.0 HCA	00KH924	ASWQ	More Info
	Mellanox Dual-Port EDR ConnectX-4 for WCT NeXtScale nx360 M5	00YK811	AUAQ	More Info
	Mellanox ConnectX-3 Pro ML2 2x40GbE/FDR VPI Adapter, PCI-e Gen 3.0 x8 Max 56Gb/s Note: Embedded Adapter Half Height	00FP650	A5RK	More Info
	Water-Cooled Single Port Connect-IB adapter	00D1862	AS96	More Info
	Mellanox Single Port Connect-IB adapter	00D1773	AS97	More Info
	Mellanox Connect-IB Dual-port QSFP FDR HCA PCI-3.0 x16 Max 56Gb/s per port	46W0571	A4AE	More Info
	Mellanox ConnectX-3 VPI Single-port QSFP FDR IB HCA	00W0037	A2YE	More Info
	Mellanox ConnectX-3 VPI Dual-port QSFP FDR IB HCA	00W0041	A2YF	More Info

System x Options

Product		Part No.	FC	Details
	Mellanox ConnectX-3 Pro ML2 2x40GbE/FDR VPI Adapter, PCI-e Gen 3.0 x8 Max 56Gb/s Note: Embedded Adapter Half Height	00FP650	A5RK	More Info