This is a Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx EN Single-Port 25GbE SFP28 Network Adapter (P/N: MCX4111A-ACAT). This PCIe 3.0 card is an efficient and high-performance solution for providing 25-gigabit Ethernet connectivity to enterprise servers. It is engineered to deliver high bandwidth and low latency for demanding data center, cloud, and storage applications, with advanced offload engines to reduce CPU overhead.
Key Features
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High-Speed 25GbE Connectivity: Features a single 25GbE SFP28 port, providing a significant performance upgrade over 10GbE for modern enterprise and cloud workloads.
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RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE): Supports RoCE for direct memory access between servers, bypassing the CPU to deliver low-latency and high-efficiency data transfers, ideal for storage and HPC applications.
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Advanced Offloads: The ConnectX-4 Lx chipset provides numerous hardware offloads for TCP/IP, iSCSI, and FCoE protocols, freeing up CPU cycles for application processing.
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Mellanox Performance: Built on the proven and widely-supported Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx architecture, known for its robust performance and stability.
