Nvidia ConnectX-6 Dx User Manual

17•••••••EncryptionConnectX-6 Dx brings security to every end-point, including:Purpose-built inline acceleration engines that offload IPsec and TLS data-in-motion and XTS-AES data-at-rest cryptographic operations.Stateful firewall solution acceleration, powered by Open vSwitch connection tracking andNVIDIA’s ASAP2 technology.Embedded hardware root-of-trust and support for RSA-based secure firmware update andsecure boot, providing guaranteed integrity of the network adapter.Ethernet SFP28 / SFP56 / QSFP56 InterfacesThe network ports of the ConnectX-6 Dx adapter card are compliant with the IEEE 802.3 Ethernetstandards listed in Features and Benefits. Ethernet traffic is transmitted through the SFP28 /SFP56 / QSFP56 connector on the adapter card.PCI Express InterfaceConnectX-6 Dx adapter cards support PCI Express Gen 3.0/4.0 (1.1 and 2.0 compatible) throughx8/16 edge connectors. The device can be either a master initiating the PCI Express bus operations,or a slave responding to PCI bus operations.The following lists PCIe interface features:PCIe Gen 4.0 and 3.0 compliant, 2.0 and 1.1 compatible2.5, 5.0, 8.0, or 16.0 GT/s link rate x8 or x16 lanesAuto-negotiates to x16, x8, x4, x2, or x1Support for MSI/MSI-X mechanismsNetworking Ports LEDs InterfaceFor the networking ports LEDs description, follow the below table depending on the OPN you havepurchased.OPN LEDs SchemeMCX621102A[C/N/E]-ADAT, MCX621202A(C/S)-ADAT Scheme 1: One Bi-Color LEDMCX623102A[C/N]-ADAT, MCX623102A[C/N]-GDAT, MCX623102A[S/E/N/C]-GDATMCX623105A[N/E]-CDAT, MCX623106A[C/N/S/E]-CDAT, MCX623106P[C/N/E]-CDAT,MCX623105A[C/N/S/E]-VDATScheme 2: One Bi-Color LED and one Single ColorLEDApplies to Crypto OPNs only.The adapter card includes special circuits to protect from ESD shocks to the card/serverwhen plugging copper cables.Downloaded from Arrow.com.Downloaded from Arrow.com.Downloaded from Arrow.com.Downloaded from Arrow.com.Downloaded from Arrow.com.Downloaded from Arrow.com.Downloaded from Arrow.com.Downloaded from Arrow.com.Downloaded from Arrow.com.Downloaded from Arrow.com.Downloaded from Arrow.com.Downloaded from Arrow.com.Downloaded from Arrow.com.Downloaded from Arrow.com.Downloaded from Arrow.com.Downloaded from Arrow.com.Downloaded from Arrow.com.