NVIDIA ConnectX-6 Infiniband/Ethernet Host Bus Adapter

This is the user guide for InfiniBand/Ethernet adapter cards based on the ConnectX-6 integrated circuit device. ConnectX-6 connectivity provides the highest performing low latency and most flexible interconnect solution for PCI Express Gen 3.0/4.0 servers used in enterprise datacenters and highperformance computing environments.

ConnectX-6 Virtual Protocol Interconnect® adapter cards provide up to two ports of 200Gb/s for InfiniBand and Ethernet connectivity, sub-600ns latency and 200 million messages per second, enabling the highest performance and most flexible solution for the most demanding High-Performance Computing (HPC), storage, and datacenter applications.

ConnectX-6 is a groundbreaking addition to the NVIDIA ConnectX series of industry-leading adapter cards. In addition to all the existing innovative features of past ConnectX versions, ConnectX-6 offers a number of enhancements that further improve the performance and scalability of datacenter applications. In addition, specific PCIe stand-up cards are available with a cold plate for insertion into liquid-cooled Intel® Server System D50TNP platforms.

ConnectX-6 is available in two form factors: low-profile stand-up PCIe and Open Compute Project (OCP) Spec 3.0 cards with QSFP connectors. Single-port, HDR, stand-up PCIe adapters are available based on either ConnectX-6 or ConnectX-6 DE (ConnectX-6 Dx enhanced for HPC applications).