NVIDIA网卡系列之ConnectX-4用户手册

NVIDIA ConnectX-4 InfiniBand/Ethernet Adapter Cards

User Manual

Table of contents

Introduction 5

Interfaces 10

Hardware Installation 13

Driver Installation 30

Linux Driver Installation 30

Document Revision History 83

Table of contents

Introduction

Interfaces

Hardware Installation

Driver Installation

Linux Driver Installation

Document Revision History

About This Manual

This User Manual describes NVIDIA® ConnectX®-4 InfiniBand/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.

Ordering Part Numbers

The table below provides the ordering part numbers (OPN) for the available ConnectX-4

InfiniBand/Ethernet adapter cards.

NVIDIA

SKU

Legacy

OPN

0014-ST0

A-FCAT

40/56GbE, single-port QSFP28, PCIe3.0 x16, tall bracket

900-9X4AC-

0054-ST0

MCX456

A-FCAT

ConnectX®-4 InfiniBand/Ethernet adapter card, FDR IB and

40/56GbE, dual-port QSFP28, PCIe3.0 x16, tall bracket

900-9X4AC-

0016-ST0

MCX455

A-ECAT

ConnectX®-4 InfiniBand/Ethernet adapter card, EDR IB

(100Gb/s) and 100GbE, single-port QSFP28, PCIe3.0 x16, tall

bracket

900-9X4AC-

0056-ST3

MCX456

A-ECAT

Technical Support

Customers who purchased NVIDIA products directly from NVIDIA are invited to contact us

through the following methods:

URL: https://www.nvidia.com > Support

E-mail: enterprisesupport@nvidia.com

Customers who purchased NVIDIA Global Support Services, please see your contract for

details regarding Technical Support.

Customers who purchased NVIDIA products through an NVIDIA-approved reseller should

User Manual describing OFED features, performance, band

diagnostic, tools content and configuration. See MLNX_OFED for

Linux Documentation.

WinOF-2 for

Windows User

Manual and

Release Notes

User Manual describing WinOF-2 features, performance, Ethernet

diagnostic, tools content and configuration. See WinOF-2 for

Windows Documentation.

Release Notes

NVIDIA Firmware

Tools (MFT) User

Manual

User Manual describing the set of MFT firmware management tools

for a single node. See MFT User Manual.

InfiniBand

Architecture

Specification

Release 1.2.1

PCI Express 3.0

Specifications

Industry Standard PCI Express Base and Card Electromechanical

Specifications. Refer to PCI-SIG Specifications.

LinkX

Interconnect

Solutions

LinkX InfiniBand 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 portfolios of QDR/FDR10 (40Gb/s), FDR (56Gb/s),

Transceivers.

Document Conventions

When discussing memory sizes, MB and MBytes are used in this document to mean size

in mega Bytes. The use of Mb or Mbits (small b) indicates size in mega bits. IB is used in

this document to mean InfiniBand. In this document PCIe is used to mean PCI Express.