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Abstract
The ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx 100GbE QSFP56 Ethernet Adapter is an advanced cloud Ethernet network adapter that accelerates mission-critical data-center applications such as security, virtualization, SDN/NFV, big data, machine learning, and storage.
This product guide provides essential presales information to understand the adapter and its key features, specifications, and compatibility. This guide is intended for technical specialists, sales specialists, sales engineers, IT architects, and other IT professionals who want to learn more about the ConnectX-6 Dx adapter and consider its use in IT solutions.
Change History
Changes in the September 15, 2023 update:
- Withdrawn cables are now hidden; click Show Withdrawn Products to view them - Supported transceivers and cables section
Introduction
The ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx 100GbE QSFP56 Ethernet Adapter is an advanced cloud Ethernet network adapter that accelerates mission-critical data-center applications such as security, virtualization, SDN/NFV, big data, machine learning, and storage.
The following figure shows the ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx 100GbE QSFP56 2-port PCIe 4 Ethernet Adapter (the standard heat sink has been removed in this photo).
Figure 1. ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx 100GbE QSFP56 2-port PCIe 4 Ethernet Adapter
Did you know?
The ConnectX-6 Dx adapter offers a range of advanced built-in capabilities that bring security down to the end-points with performance and scalability, including stateful firewall acceleration powered by Open vSwitch connection tracking, embedded HW root-of-trust, secure FW update, and secure boot.
Part number information
The following table shows the part number for the adapter.
| Part number | Feature code | Mellanox equivalent |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4XC7A08248 | B8PP | MCX623106AN-CDAT | ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx 100GbE QSFP56 2-port PCIe 4 Ethernet Adapter |
The part numbers include the following:
- One Mellanox adapter
- Low-profile (2U) and full-height (3U) adapter brackets
- Documentation
Supported transceivers and cables
The following table lists the supported transceivers.
| Part number | Feature code | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 100Gb Transceivers | ||
| 4M27A67042 | BFH1 | Lenovo 100Gb SR4 QSFP28 Ethernet Transceiver |
| 7G17A03539 | AV1D | Lenovo 100GBase-SR4 QSFP28 Transceiver |
| 4TC7A86257 | BVA4 | Lenovo 100GBase-SR4 QSFP28 Transceiver |
| 4TC7A90143 | BWG7 | QSFP28 100G SR Transceiver PRC only (for China only) |
Configuration notes:
- Transceiver AV1D also supports 40Gb when installed in a Mellanox adapter.
The following table lists the supported fiber optic cables and Active Optical Cables.
| Part number | Feature code | Description |
|---|---|---|
| QSFP OM3 Optical Cables (these cables require a transceiver) | ||
| 00VX003 | AT2U | Lenovo 10m QSFP+ MPO-MPO OM3 MMF Cable |
| 00VX005 | AT2V | Lenovo 30m QSFP+ MPO-MPO OM3 MMF Cable |
| QSFP28 100Gb Ethernet Active Optical Cables | ||
| 4X97A94703 | B2UZ | Lenovo 1m 100G QSFP28 Active Optical Cable |
| 4X97A94014 | AV1L | Lenovo 3m 100G QSFP28 Active Optical Cable |
| 4X97A94015 | AV1M | Lenovo 5m 100G QSFP28 Active Optical Cable |
| 4X97A94016 | AV1N | Lenovo 10m 100G QSFP28 Active Optical Cable |
| 4X97A94704 | AV1P | Lenovo 15m 100G QSFP28 Active Optical Cable |
| 4X97A94705 | AV1Q | Lenovo 20m 100G QSFP28 Active Optical Cable |
| 4Z57A10844 | C1MC | Lenovo 1m 100G QSFP28 Active Optical Cable |
| 7Z57A03546 | C10P | Lenovo 3m 100G QSFP28 Active Optical Cable |
| 7Z57A03547 | C10Q | Lenovo 5m 100G QSFP28 Active Optical Cable |
| 7Z57A03548 | C10M | Lenovo 10m 100G QSFP28 Active Optical Cable |
| 7Z57A03549 | C1MD | Lenovo 15m 100G QSFP28 Active Optical Cable |
| 7Z57A03550 | C1ME | Lenovo 20m 100G QSFP28 Active Optical Cable |
| 100G MPO OM4 MMF Cables (these cables require a transceiver) | ||
| 7Z57A03567 | AV25 | Lenovo 5m MPO-MPO OM4 MMF Cable |
| 7Z57A03568 | AV26 | Lenovo 7m MPO-MPO OM4 MMF Cable |
| 7Z57A03569 | AV27 | Lenovo 10m MPO-MPO OM4 MMF Cable |
| 7Z57A03570 | AV28 | Lenovo 15m MPO-MPO OM4 MMF Cable |
| 7Z57A03571 | AV29 | Lenovo 20m MPO-MPO OM4 MMF Cable |
| 7Z57A03572 | AV2A | Lenovo 30m MPO-MPO OM4 MMF Cable |
The following table lists the supported direct-attach copper (DAC) cables.
| Part number | Feature code | Description |
|---|---|---|
| QSFP-to-QSFP 40Gb Cables | ||
| 49Y7890 | A1DP | 1m QSFP to QSFP+ Cable |
| 49Y7891 | A1DQ | 3m QSFP+ to QSFP+ Cable |
| 00D5810 | A2X8 | 5m QSFP+ to QSFP+ Cable |
| 00D5813 | A2X9 | 7m QSFP+ to QSFP+ Cable |
| QSFP28 100Gb Ethernet Passive DAC Cables | ||
| 7Z57A03561 | AV1Z | Lenovo 1m Passive 100G QSFP28 DAC Cable |
| 7Z57A03562 | AV20 | Lenovo 3m Passive 100G QSFP28 DAC Cable |
| 7Z57A03563 | AV21 | Lenovo 5m Passive 100G QSFP28 DAC Cable |
Features
The Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx 100GbE QSFP56 Ethernet Adapter offers a number of features, including the following:
Security to every end-point
In an era where privacy of information is key and zero trust is the rule, ConnectX-6 Dx adapters offer a range of advanced built-in capabilities that bring security down to the end-points with unprecedented performance and scalability, including:
- Probes & DoS Attacks Protection – ConnectX-6 Dx enables a hardware-based L4 firewall by ASAP2 offloading of stateful connection tracking.
- NIC Security – Hardware Root-of-Trust (RoT) Secure Boot and secure firmware update using RSA cryptography, and cloning-protection, via a device-unique secret key.
Advanced virtualization
ConnectX-6 Dx delivers another level of innovation to enable building highly efficient virtualized cloud data centers:
- Virtualization – Mellanox ASAP2 - Accelerated Switch and Packet Processing® technology for vSwitch/vRouter hardware offload, delivers orders of magnitude higher performance vs. software-based solutions. ConnectX-6 Dx ASAP2 offers both SR-IOV and VirtIO in-hardware offload capabilities, and supports up to 8 million rules.
- Advanced Quality of Service – Includes traffic shaping, and classification-based data policing.
Industry-leading RoCE
Following the Mellanox ConnectX tradition of industry-leading RoCE capabilities, ConnectX-6 Dx adds another layer of innovation to enable more scalable, resilient and easy-to-deploy RoCE solutions.
- Zero Touch RoCE – Simplifying RoCE deployments ConnectX-6 Dx allows RoCE payloads to run seamlessly on existing networks without requiring special configuration on the network (no PFC, no ECN). ConnectX-6 Dx’s features ensure resiliency and efficiency at scale of such deployments.
- Configurable Congestion Control – API to build user-defined congestion control algorithms, best serving various environments and RoCE and TCP/IP traffic patterns.
Efficient storage solutions
With its NVMe-oF target and initiator offloads, ConnectX-6 Dx brings further optimization to NVMe-oF, enhancing CPU utilization and scalability. Additionally, ConnectX-6 Dx supports hardware offload for ingress/egress of T10-DIF/PI/CRC32/CRC64 signatures thereby enabling user-based key management and a one-time-FIPS-certification approach.
Technical specifications
Physical adapter:
- PCIe 4.0 x16 host interface
- Low profile form factor adapter (142mm x 69mm)
- Two QSFP56 cages
Ethernet:
- IEEE 802.3cd, 50, 100 Gigabit Ethernet
- IEEE 802.3bj, 802.3bm 100 Gigabit Ethernet
- IEEE 802.3by, 25, 50 Gigabit Ethernet supporting all FEC modes
- IEEE 802.3ba 40 Gigabit Ethernet
- IEEE 802.3ae 10 Gigabit Ethernet
- IEEE 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet (supports only “Fast-Wake” mode)
- IEEE 802.3ap based auto-negotiation and KR startup
- IEEE 802.3ad, 802.1AX Link Aggregation
- IEEE 802.1Q, 802.1P VLAN tags and priority
- IEEE 802.1Qaz (ETS)
- IEEE 802.1Qbb (PFC)
- IEEE 802.1Qbg
- 25/50 Ethernet Consortium “Low Latency FEC” for 50GE/100GE PAM4 links
- Jumbo frame support (9600 byte)
- IPv4 (RFQ 791)
- IPv6 (RFC 2460)
Virtualization:
- VirtIO in-hardware
- Single Root IOV
- 1K VFs per port
- 64 PFs (16 per host)
- VMware NetQueue support
- Per VM QoS
- Hardware offloads
- Connection tracking
- Header rewrite
- Stateless offloads for overlay network tunneling protocols
- Encapsulation and decapsulation of VXLAN, NVGRE, GENEVE and more overlay networks
Cyber Security:
- Hardware root-of-trust for Secure Boot
- Secure firmware update
Networking Offloads:
- TCP/UDP/IP stateless offload
- LSO, LRO, checksum offload
- RSS (also on encapsulated packet), TSS, VLAN and MPLS tag insertion/stripping, Receive flow steering
Networking Accelerations:
- Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK)
- Hardware-based and software-enabled XDP acceleration
Storage:
- NVMe over Fabric offloads for target
- Storage protocols: SRP, iSER, NFSoRDMA, SMB Direct, NVMe-oF and more
- T10 DIF - signature handover
- CRC16, CRC32 and CRC64 signature offloads
Time Seventieths Networking (PTP):
- Clock synchronization accuracy better than 16ns
- Software controlled hardware clock
- Full wire-speed hardware time stamping
- Accurate package scheduling
- IEEE 1588v2 (PTP)
- Supports OC, SC, BC, MC PTP clocks
- One & two step sync methods
- E2E and P2P
- Integrated with any PTP daemon
RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE):
- Zero-touch Network configuration
- Selective Repeat
- Programmable congestion control mechanism
- Mellanox PeerDirect RDMA (GPUDirect)
- Dynamically Connected transport (DCT)
- Burst buffer offload
- RoCE over overlay networks
Management & Control:
- NC-SI, MCTP over SMBus and MCTP over PCIe - Baseboard Management Controller interface
- PLDM for Monitor and Control DSP0248
- PLDM for Firmware Update DSP026
- I2C interface for device control and configuration
Media & Entertainment:
- SMPTE 2110 streaming offload
- 2110-10, 20, 21N, 30, 40, 50
- ST2022-6/7
- SMPTE ST-2059-2 PTP profile
- Windows and Linux OS support
Remote Boot:
- Remote boot over Ethernet
- Remote boot over iSCSI
- UEFI support
- PXE Boot
Server support
The following tables list the ThinkSystem servers that are compatible.
| Part Number | Description | 2S AMD V3 | 2S Intel V3 | 4S 8S Intel V3 | Multi Node | GPU Rich | 1S V3 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SR635 V3 (7D9H / 7D9G) |
SR655 V3 (7D9F / 7D9E) |
SR645 V3 (7D9D / 7D9C) |
SR665 V3 (7D9B / 7D9A) |
ST650 V3 (7D7B / 7D7A) |
SR630 V3 (7D72 / 7D73) |
SR650 V3 (7D75 / 7D76) |
SR850 V3 (7D97 / 7D96) |
SR860 V3 (7D94 / 7D93) |
SR950 V3 (7DC5 / 7DC4) |
SD535 V3 (7DD8 / 7DD1) |
SD530 V3 (7DDA / 7DD3) |
SD550 V3 (7DD9 / 7DD2) |
SR670 V2 (7Z22 / 7Z23) |
SR675 V3 (7D9Q / 7D9R) |
ST250 V3 (7DCF / 7DCE) |
SR250 V3 (7DCM / 7DCL) |
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| 4XC7A08248 | ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx 100GbE QSFP56 2-port PCIe 4 Ethernet Adapter | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| Part Number | Description | Edge | Super Computing | 1S Intel V2 | 2S Intel V2 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SE350 (7Z46 / 7D1X) |
SE350 V2 (7DA9) |
SE360 V2 (7DAM) |
SE450 (7D8T) |
SE455 V3 (7DBY) |
SD665 V3 (7D9P) |
SD665-N V3 (7DAZ) |
SD650 V3 (7D7M) |
SD650-I V3 (7D7L) |
SD650-N V3 (7D7N) |
ST50 V2 (7D8K / 7D8J) |
ST250 V2 (7D8G / 7D8F) |
SR250 V2 (7D7R / 7D7Q) |
ST650 V2 (7Z75 / 7Z74) |
SR630 V2 (7Z70 / 7Z71) |
SR650 V2 (7Z72 / 7Z73) |
||
| 4XC7A08248 | ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx 100GbE QSFP56 2-port PCIe 4 Ethernet Adapter | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Part Number | Description | AMD V1 | Dense V2 | 4S V2 | 8S | 4S V1 | 1S Intel V1 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SR635 (7Y98 / 7Y99) |
SR655 (7Y00 / 7Z01) |
SR655 Client OS |
SR645 (7D2Y / 7D2X) |
SR665 (7D2W / 7D2V) |
SD630 V2 (7D1K) |
SD650 V2 (7D1M) |
SD650-N V2 (7D1N) |
SN550 V2 (7Z69) |
SR850 V2 (7D31 / 7D32) |
SR860 V2 (7Z59 / 7Z60) |
SR950 (7X11 / 7X12) |
SR850 (7X18 / 7X19) |
SR850P (7D2F / 2D2G) |
SR860 (7X69 / 7X70) |
ST50 (7Y48 / 7Y50) |
ST250 (7Y45 / 7Y46) |
SR150 (7Y54) |
SR250 (7Y52 / 7Y51) |
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| 4XC7A08248 | ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx 100GbE QSFP56 2-port PCIe 4 Ethernet Adapter | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
| Part Number | Description | 2S Intel V1 | Dense V1 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ST550 (7X09 / 7X10) |
SR530 (7X07 / 7X08) |
SR550 (7X03 / 7X04) |
SR570 (7Y02 / 7Y03) |
SR590 (7X98 / 7X99) |
SR630 (7X01 / 7X02) |
SR650 (7X05 / 7X06) |
SR670 (7Y36 / 7Y37) |
SD530 (7X21) |
SD650 (7X58) |
SN550 (7X16) |
SN850 (7X15) |
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| 4XC7A08248 | ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx 100GbE QSFP56 2-port PCIe 4 Ethernet Adapter | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N |
Operating system support
The adapter supports the operating systems listed in the following table.
Tip: This table is automatically generated based on data from Lenovo ServerProven.
| Operating systems | SE450 |
SE455 V3 |
SD530 V3 |
SD550 V3 |
SR630 V3 (4th Gen Xeon) |
SR630 V3 (5th Gen Xeon) |
SR635 V3 |
SR645 V3 |
SR650 V3 (4th Gen Xeon) |
SR650 V3 (5th Gen Xeon) |
SR655 V3 |
SR665 V3 |
SR675 V3 |
SR850 V3 |
SR860 V3 |
SR950 V3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Windows 10 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows 11 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y 2 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2022 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y 2 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server version 1709 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server version 1803 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5 | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 | Y | Y | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.7 | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 | Y | Y | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.3 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 | Y | Y | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N |
| Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 U1 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 U2 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 U3 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 U1 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 U2 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 U3 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0 | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0 U1 | Y | Y | N | N | Y 1 | N | Y | Y | Y 1 | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0 U2 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
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| Operating systems | SR630 V2 |
SR650 V2 |
SR670 V2 |
SR850 V2 |
SR860 V2 |
ST650 V2 |
SR635 |
SR645 |
SR655 |
SR665 |
SR630 (Xeon Gen 2) |
SR650 (Xeon Gen 2) |
SR670 (Xeon Gen 2) |
SR850P (Xeon Gen 2) |
SR950 (Xeon Gen 2) |
SR630 (Xeon Gen 1) |
SR650 (Xeon Gen 1) |
SR670 (Xeon Gen 1) |
SR950 (Xeon Gen 1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Windows 10 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y 2 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows 11 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2022 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server version 1709 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server version 1803 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8 | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y 1 | N | Y 1 | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.7 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.3 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | N | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y 1 | N | Y 1 | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 U1 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 U2 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 U3 | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 U1 | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y 1 | Y | Y 1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 U2 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 U3 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0 U1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0 U2 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
1 The OS is not supported with EPYC 7003 processors.
2 ISG will not sell/preload this OS, but compatibility and cert only.
Regulatory approvals
- Safety: CB / cTUVus / CE
- EMC: CE / FCC / VCCI / ICES / RCM
- RoHS compliant
Warranty
One year limited warranty. When installed in a Lenovo server, this adapter assumes the server’s base warranty and any warranty upgrades.
Related publications
For more information, refer to these documents:
- Networking Options for ThinkSystem Servers:
https://lenovopress.com/lp0765-networking-options-for-thinksystem-servers - ServerProven compatibility
http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/serverproven - Mellanox product page for ConnectX-6 Dx
https://www.mellanox.com/products/ethernet-adapters/connectx-6-dx - User Manual for ConnectX-6 Dx
https://docs.mellanox.com/display/ConnectX6DxEN
Related product families
Product families related to this document are the following:
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Full Change History
Changes in the September 15, 2023 update:
- Withdrawn cables are now hidden; click Show Withdrawn Products to view them - Supported transceivers and cables section
Changes in the July 5, 2023 update:
- Added the following transceiver - Supported transceivers and cables section:
- Lenovo 100GBase-SR4 QSFP28 Transceiver, 4TC7A86257
Changes in the May 3, 2022 update:
- Updated the Did you know section - the adapter does not offer inline acceleration for offloading IPsec and TLS data-in-motion
Changes in the January 16, 2021 update:
- 100Gb transceiver 7G17A03539 also supports 40Gb when installed in a Mellanox adapter. - Supported transceivers and cables section
Changes in the June 16, 2021 update:
- Added 100Gb transceiver - Supported cables and transceivers section:
- Lenovo 100Gb SR4 QSFP28 Ethernet Transceiver, 4M27A67042
Changes in the March 26, 2021 update:
- The adapter does not support certain cryptographic features such as IPsec and TLS data-in-motion inline encryption/decryption offload, and AES-XTS block-level data-at-rest encryption/decryption offload. It also does not support the high precision oscillator features.
Changes in the February 15, 2021 update:
- The server support tables are now automatically updated - Server support section
Changes in the October 13, 2020 update:
- Added the SR850 V2 and SR860 V2 servers - Server support section (no support)
Changes in the September 2, 2020 update:
- Added detailed OS support information - Operating system support section
First published: 25 August 2020
