The card offers features like tag matching and rendezvous offloads, adaptive routing, and burst buffer offloads for checkpointing. It includes NVMe over Fabric offloads and backend switch elimination by host chaining. The card supports RoCE for overlay networks and PCIe Gen 4.0. It is RoHS compliant and ODCC compatible, available in various form factors.

The ConnectX-5 adapter card supports a range of Ethernet speeds including 1, 10, 25, 40, 50, and 100 GbE. It is designed to provide flexibility for different network requirements and is compatible with both PCIe Gen 3.0 and Gen 4.0 servers.

The MCX512A-ACAT ConnectX-5 EN network interface card comes with a tall bracket. This design helps in accommodating the card in various server setups, ensuring compatibility with different chassis types.

The card enhances data center efficiency by providing advanced Open vSwitch offloads, reducing CPU resource consumption. It supports high packet rates and throughput, enabling better infrastructure efficiency in telecommunications and cloud data centers.

ConnectX-5 supports virtualized networks with cutting-edge performance, including Network Function Virtualization capabilities. It enables efficient service chaining and intelligent network adaptation, supporting flexible pipeline programmability.

The innovative rack design based on Host Chaining technology makes the card suitable for storage and machine learning applications. It provides smart interconnects for x86, Power, Arm, and GPU-based compute and storage platforms.

The ConnectX-5 adapter