PCI-Express host interface specification v3.0 x8 and higher Complete with PCIe2.0 and 1.1

Connecter interface: Open Compute Project Intel Motherboard spec V2.0

Two 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports

Low-profile form factor adapter with 2u bracket

SR-IOV support;16 virtual functions supported by KVM and Hyper-V (OS dependent) up to a maximum 127 virtual functions supports by the adapter

Enables low latency RDMA over Ethernet (supported with both non-virtualized and SR-IOV enable virtualized servers)latency as low as 1us

TCP/UDP/IP stateless offload in hardware

Traffic steering across multiple cores

Intelligent interrupt coalescence

Industry-leading throughput and latency performance

Software compatible with standard TCP/UDP/IP stacks

Legacy and UEFI PXE network boot support

Supports iSCSI as a software iSCSI initiator in NIC mode with NIC driver

Supports Operation Systems: FreeBSD, Linux5.x and above, VMware5.5/6.0/6.5/6.7, Windows server2008/2012/2016/2019,win7/win8/win8.1/win10 32 or 64bit

Package content

1 x OCP2.0 Mellanox Connectx-3 Dual-Port 10G SFP+ adapter

1 x Users Manual

1 x CD Driver

1 x Low profile bracket

Accessories

System Requirements

FreeBSD, Linux , VMWare ESXi

Win-server2008 R2/ Win-server2012 R2/ Win-server2016/Win-server2019

Windows: 7/8/8.1/10 32/64bit

One available Open Compute Project Intel Motherboard slot

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Hardware installation

1.Turn off the computer and unplug the power cord

2.Remove the computer cover and the adapter slot cover from the slot that matches your adapter

3.Insert the adapter edge connector into the slot and secure the bracket to the chassis

4.Replace the computer cover ,then plug in the power cord

5.Power on the computer

Install Drivers and software

Windows Operating Systems

You must have administrative rights to the operating system to install the drivers.

1.insert the CD driver bound with Mellanox network driver into your CD-ROM drive(also you can download the latest drivers from support website):

2.if the Found New Hardware Wizard screen is displayed, click Cancel

3.select a driver based on the system type

for Windows Server type: (Assume that D):

D:\NIC Drivers\Mellanox\ConnectionX-3\Windows Server

for Windows type: (Assume that D):

D:\NIC Drivers\Mellanox\ConnectionX-3\Windows Client

4.Double click the driver corresponding to the system.

5.Follow the instructions in the install wizard to finish it.

Installing Linux Drivers from Source Code

1.Download and expand the base driver tar file.

2.Compile the driver module.

3.Install the module using the modprobe command.

4.Assign an IP address using the ifconfig command.

Support

More information and settings, please refer to the Adapter User Guides or you can contact us.