Lenovo QSFP56 Ethernet Adapter User Guide

: May 15, 2024
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Table of Contents

Part number information
Supported transceivers and cables
Features
Advanced virtualization
Industry-leading RoCE
Technical specifications
Server support
Operating system support
Regulatory approvals
Warranty
Related publications
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Lenovo QSFP56 Ethernet Adapter User Guide

The ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx 100GbE QSFP56 Ethernet Adapter is an advanced cloud Ethernet network adapter that accelerates mission-critical data-center applications such as security, virtualization, SDN/NFV, big data, machine learning, and storage.
The following figure shows the ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx 100GbE QSFP56 2-port PCIe 4 Ethernet Adapter (the standard heat sink has been removed in this photo).

Figure 1. ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx 100GbE QSFP56 2-port PCIe 4 Ethernet Adapter Did you know?

The ConnectX-6 Dx adapter offers a range of advanced built-in capabilities that bring security down to the end-points with performance and scalability, including stateful firewall acceleration powered by Open vSwitch connection tracking, embedded HW root-of-trust, secure FW update, and secure boot.
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ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx 100GbE QSFP56 Ethernet Adapter 1

Part number information

The following table shows the part number for the adapter.
Table 1. Ordering information

Part number

| Feature code| Mellanox equivalent| Description
---|---|---|---
4XC7A08248| B8PP| MCX623106AN- CDAT| ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx 100GbE QSFP56 2-port PCIe 4 Ethernet Adapter

The part numbers include the following: One Mellanox adapter

Low-profile (2U) and full-height (3U) adapter brackets Documentation

Supported transceivers and cables

The following table lists the supported transceivers.

Table 2. Transceivers

Part number	Feature code	Description

100Gb Transceivers
4M27A67042| BFH1| Lenovo 100Gb SR4 QSFP28 Ethernet Transceiver
7G17A03539| AV1D| Lenovo 100GBase-SR4 QSFP28 Transceiver
4TC7A86257| BVA4| Lenovo 100GBase-SR4 QSFP28 Transceiver
4TC7A90143| BWG7| QSFP28 100G SR Transceiver PRC only (for China only)

Configuration notes:

Transceiver AV1D also supports 40Gb when installed in a Mellanox adapter. The following table lists the supported fiber optic cables and Active Optical Cables.

Table 3. Optical cables

Part number	Feature code	Description

QSFP 40Gb Optical Cables (these cables require a transceiver)
00VX003| AT2U| Lenovo 10m QSFP+ MPO-MPO OM3 MMF Cable
00VX005| AT2V| Lenovo 30m QSFP+ MPO-MPO OM3 MMF Cable
QSFP28 100Gb Active Optical Cables
4Z57A10844| B2UZ| Lenovo 1m 100G QSFP28 Active Optical Cable
7Z57A03547| AV1M| Lenovo 5m 100G QSFP28 Active Optical Cable
100G MPO OM4 MMF Cables (these cables require a transceiver)
7Z57A03567| AV25| Lenovo 5m MPO-MPO OM4 MMF Cable
7Z57A03568| AV26| Lenovo 7m MPO-MPO OM4 MMF Cable
7Z57A03569| AV27| Lenovo 10m MPO-MPO OM4 MMF Cable
7Z57A03570| AV28| Lenovo 15m MPO-MPO OM4 MMF Cable
7Z57A03571| AV29| Lenovo 20m MPO-MPO OM4 MMF Cable
7Z57A03572| AV2A| Lenovo 30m MPO-MPO OM4 MMF Cable

The following table lists the supported direct-attach copper (DAC) cables.
Table 4. Copper cables

Part number	Feature code	Description

QSFP-to-QSFP Cables
49Y7890| A1DP| 1m QSFP to QSFP+ Cable
49Y7891| A1DQ| 3m QSFP+ to QSFP+ Cable
00D5810| A2X8| 5m QSFP+ to QSFP+ Cable
00D5813| A2X9| 7m QSFP+ to QSFP+ Cable
QSFP28 100Gb Passive DAC Cables
7Z57A03561| AV1Z| Lenovo 1m Passive 100G QSFP28 DAC Cable
7Z57A03562| AV20| Lenovo 3m Passive 100G QSFP28 DAC Cable
7Z57A03563| AV21| Lenovo 5m Passive 100G QSFP28 DAC Cable

Features

The Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx 100GbE QSFP56 Ethernet Adapter offers a number of features, including the following:

Security to every end-point
In an era where privacy of information is key and zero trust is the rule, ConnectX-6 Dx adapters offer a range of advanced built-in capabilities that bring security down to the end-points with unprecedented performance and scalability, including:

Probes & DoS Attacks Protection – ConnectX-6 Dx enables a hardware-based L4 firewall by ASAP2 offloading of stateful connection tracking.
NIC Security – Hardware Root-of-Trust (RoT) Secure Boot and secure firmware update using RSA cryptography, and cloning-protection, via a device-unique secret key.

Advanced virtualization

ConnectX-6 Dx delivers another level of innovation to enable building highly efficient virtualized cloud data centers:

Virtualization – Mellanox ASAP2 – Accelerated Switch and Packet Processing® technology for
vSwitch/vRouter hardware offload, delivers orders of magnitude higher performance vs. softwarebased solutions. ConnectX-6 Dx ASAP2 offers both SR- IOV and VirtIO in-hardware offload capabilities, and supports up to 8 million rules.
Advanced Quality of Service – Includes traffic shaping, and classification-based data policing.

Industry-leading RoCE

Following the Mellanox ConnectX tradition of industry-leading RoCE capabilities, ConnectX-6 Dx adds another layer of innovation to enable more scalable, resilient and easy-to-deploy RoCE solutions.

Zero Touch RoCE – Simplifying RoCE deployments ConnectX-6 Dx allows RoCE payloads to run seamlessly on existing networks without requiring special configuration on the network (no PFC, no ECN). ConnectX-6 Dx’s features ensure resiliency and efficiency at scale of such deployments.
Configurable Congestion Control – API to build user-defined congestion control algorithms, best serving various environments and RoCE and TCP/IP traffic patterns.

Efficient storage solutions
With its NVMe-oF target and initiator offloads, ConnectX-6 Dx brings further optimization to NVMe-oF, enhancing CPU utilization and scalability. Additionally, ConnectX-6 Dx supports hardware offload for ingress/egress of T10-DIF/PI/CRC32/CRC64 signatures thereby enabling user-based key management and a one-time-FIPS-certification approach.

Technical specifications

Physical adapter:

PCIe 4.0 x16 host interface
Low profile form factor adapter (142mm x 69mm)
Two QSFP56 cages

Ethernet:

IEEE 802.3cd, 50, 100 Gigabit Ethernet
IEEE 802.3bj, 802.3bm 100 Gigabit Ethernet
IEEE 802.3by, 25, 50 Gigabit Ethernet supporting all FEC modes
IEEE 802.3ba 40 Gigabit Ethernet
IEEE 802.3ae 10 Gigabit Ethernet
IEEE 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet (supports only “Fast-Wake” mode)
IEEE 802.3ap based auto-negotiation and KR startup
IEEE 802.3ad, 802.1AX Link Aggregation
IEEE 802.1Q, 802.1P VLAN tags and priority
IEEE 802.1Qaz (ETS)
IEEE 802.1Qbb (PFC)
IEEE 802.1Qbg
25/50 Ethernet Consortium “Low Latency FEC” for 50GE/100GE PAM4 links
Jumbo frame support (9600 byte)
IPv4 (RFQ 791)
IPv6 (RFC 2460)

Virtualization:

VirtIO in-hardware
Single Root IOV
1K VFs per port
64 PFs (16 per host)
VMware NetQueue support
Per VM QoS
Hardware offloads
- Connection tracking
- Header rewrite
- Stateless offloads for overlay network tunneling protocols
- Encapsulation and decapsulation of VXLAN, NVGRE, GENEVE and more overlay networks

Cyber Security:

Hardware root-of-trust for Secure Boot
Secure firmware update

Networking Offloads:

TCP/UDP/IP stateless offload
LSO, LRO, checksum offload
RSS (also on encapsulated packet), TSS, VLAN and MPLS tag insertion/stripping, Receive flow steering

Networking Accelerations:

Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK)
Hardware-based and software-enabled XDP acceleration

Storage:

NVMe over Fabric offloads for target
Storage protocols: SRP, iSER, NFSoRDMA, SMB Direct, NVMe-oF and more
T10 DIF – signature handover
CRC16, CRC32 and CRC64 signature offloads

Time Seventieths Networking (PTP):

Clock synchronization accuracy better than 16ns
Software controlled hardware clock
Full wire-speed hardware time stamping
Accurate package scheduling
IEEE 1588v2 (PTP)
- Supports OC, SC, BC, MC PTP clocks
- One & two step sync methods
- E2E and P2P
- Integrated with any PTP daemon

RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE):

Zero-touch Network configuration
Selective Repeat
Programmable congestion control mechanism
Mellanox PeerDirect RDMA (GPUDirect)
Dynamically Connected transport (DCT)
Burst buffer offload
RoCE over overlay networks

Management & Control:

NC-SI, MCTP over SMBus and MCTP over PCIe – Baseboard Management Controller interface
PLDM for Monitor and Control DSP0248
PLDM for Firmware Update DSP026
I2C interface for device control and configuration

Media & Entertainment:

SMPTE 2110 streaming offload
- 2110-10, 20, 21N, 30, 40, 50
- ST2022-6/7
- SMPTE ST-2059-2 PTP profile
- Windows and Linux OS support

Remote Boot:

Remote boot over Ethernet
Remote boot over iSCSI
UEFI support
PXE Boot

Server support

The following tables list the ThinkSystem servers that are compatible.

Table 5. Server support (Part 1 of 3)

Part Number| Description| Edge| 1S Intel V2| AMD V3| Intel V3
---|---|---|---|---|---
SE350 (7Z46 / 7D1X)| SE350 V2 (7DA9)| SE360 V2 (7DAM)| SE450 (7D8T)| SE455 V3 (7DBY)| ST50 V2 (7D8K / 7D8J)| ST250 V2 (7D8G / 7D8F)| SR250 V2 (7D7R / 7D7Q)| SR635 V3 (7D9H / 7D9G)| SR655 V3 (7D9F / 7D9E)| SR645 V3 (7D9D / 7D9C)| SR665 V3 (7D9B / 7D9A)| SR675 V3 (7D9Q / 7D9R)| ST650 V3 (7D7B / 7D7A)| SR630 V3 (7D72 / 7D73)| SR650 V3 (7D75 / 7D76)| SR850 V3 (7D97 / 7D96)| SR860 V3 (7D94 / 7D93)| SR950 V3 (7DC5 / 7DC4)
4XC7A08248| ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx 100GbE QSFP56 2-port PCIe 4Ethernet Adapter| N| N| N| Y| Y| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y

Table 6. Server support (Part 2 of 3)

Part Number| Description| Dense V3| 2S Intel V2| AMD V1| Dense V2| 4S V2| 8S
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---
SD665 V3 (7D9P)| SD665-N V3 (7DAZ)| SD650 V3 (7D7M)| SD650-I V3 (7D7L)| ST650 V2 (7Z75 / 7Z74)| SR630 V2 (7Z70 / 7Z71)| SR650 V2 (7Z72 / 7Z73)| SR670 V2 (7Z22 / 7Z23)| SR635 (7Y98 / 7Y99)| SR655 (7Y00 / 7Z01)| SR655 Client OS| SR645 (7D2Y / 7D2X)| SR665 (7D2W / 7D2V)| SD630 V2 (7D1K)| SD650 V2 (7D1M)| SD650-N V2 (7D1N)| SN550 V2 (7Z69)| SR850 V2 (7D31 / 7D32)| SR860 V2 (7Z59 / 7Z60)| SR950 (7X11 / 7X12)
4XC7A08248| ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx 100GbE QSFP56 2-port PCIe 4 Ethernet Adapter| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| N| Y| Y| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y

Table 7. Server support (Part 3 of 3)

Part Number| Description| 4S V1| 1S Intel V1| 2S Intel V1| Dense V1
---|---|---|---|---|---
SR850 (7X18 / 7X19)| SR850P (7D2F / 2D2G)| SR860 (7X69 / 7X70)| ST50 (7Y48 / 7Y50)| ST250 (7Y45 / 7Y46)| SR150 (7Y54)| SR250 (7Y52 / 7Y51)| ST550 (7X09 / 7X10)| SR530 (7X07 / 7X08)| SR550 (7X03 / 7X04)| SR570 (7Y02 / 7Y03)| SR590 (7X98 / 7X99)| SR630 (7X01 / 7X02)| SR650 (7X05 / 7X06)| SR670 (7Y36 / 7Y37)| SD530 (7X21)| SD650 (7X58)| SN550 (7X16)| SN850 (7X15)
4XC7A08248| ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx 100GbE QSFP56 2-port PCIe 4Ethernet Adapter| N| Y| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| N| N| N| N

Operating system support

The adapter supports the operating systems listed in the following table.
Tip : This table is automatically generated based on data from Lenovo ServerProven.
Table 8. Operating system support for ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx 100GbE QSFP56 2-port PCIe Ethernet Adapter, 4XC7A08248 (Part 1 of 2)

Operating systems| SE450| SE455 V3| SR630 V3| SR635 V3| SR645 V3| SR650 V3| SR655 V3| SR665 V3| SR675 V3| SR850 V3| SR860 V3| SR950 V3| SR630 V2| SR650 V2| SR670 V2| SR850 V2| SR860 V2| ST650 V2
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---
Microsoft Windows 10| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N
Microsoft Windows 11| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N
Microsoft Windows Server 2016| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Microsoft Windows Server 2019| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Operating systems| SE450| SE455 V3| SR630 V3| SR635 V3| SR645 V3| SR650 V3| SR655 V3| SR665 V3| SR675 V3| SR850 V3| SR860 V3| SR950 V3| SR630 V2| SR650 V2| SR670 V2| SR850 V2| SR860 V2| ST650 V2
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---
Microsoft Windows Server 2022| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Microsoft Windows Server version 1709| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N
Microsoft Windows Server version 1803| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9| Y| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4| Y| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5| Y| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.7| Y| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9| Y| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1| Y| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.3| Y| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| N| N| Y
Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS| Y| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| N| N| N| N
Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS| Y| Y| N| Y| Y| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| N| N| N| N| N| N| N
Operating systems| SE450| SE455 V3| SR630 V3| SR635 V3| SR645 V3| SR650 V3| SR655 V3| SR665 V3| SR675 V3| SR850 V3| SR860 V3| SR950 V3| SR630 V2| SR650 V2| SR670 V2| SR850 V2| SR860 V2| ST650 V2
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS| Y| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS| N| Y| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 U1| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 U2| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 U3| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| N| N| Y
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 U1| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| N
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 U2| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 U3| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0| Y| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0 U1| Y| Y| Y 1| Y| Y| Y 1| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0 U2| Y| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y

For limitation, please refer Support Tip 104278

Table 9. Operating system support for ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx 100GbE QSFP56 2-port PCIe Ethernet Adapter, 4XC7A08248 (Part 2 of 2)

Operating systems

| SR635| SR645| SR655| SR665| SR630 (Xeon Gen 2)| SR650 (Xeon Gen 2)| SR670 (Xeon Gen 2)| SR850P (Xeon Gen 2)| SR950 (Xeon Gen 2)| SR630 (Xeon Gen 1)| SR650 (Xeon Gen 1)| SR670 (Xeon Gen 1)| SR950 (Xeon Gen 1)
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---
Microsoft Windows 10| N| N| Y 2| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N|

N

Microsoft Windows 11

| N| N| Y| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N
Microsoft Windows Server 2016| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| N|

Y

Microsoft Windows Server 2019

| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| N| Y
Microsoft Windows Server 2022| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y|

Y

Microsoft Windows Server version 1709

| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| Y| N| N| Y
Microsoft Windows Server version 1803| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| Y| N| N|

Y

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10

| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| N| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| N|

Y

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3

| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| N| Y

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4

| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| N|

Y

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5

| N| N| N| N| N| N| Y| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6

| Y 1| Y 1| Y 1| Y 1| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7| Y 1| Y 1| Y 1| Y 1| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y|

Y

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8

| Y 1| Y 1| Y 1| Y 1| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y|

Y

Operating systems

| SR635| SR645| SR655| SR665| SR630 (Xeon Gen 2)| SR650 (Xeon Gen 2)| SR670 (Xeon Gen 2)| SR850P (Xeon Gen 2)| SR950 (Xeon Gen 2)| SR630 (Xeon Gen 1)| SR650 (Xeon Gen 1)| SR670 (Xeon Gen 1)| SR950 (Xeon Gen 1)
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9| Y 1| Y 1| Y 1| Y 1| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y|

Y

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0

| Y 1| N| Y 1| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1| Y 1| Y 1| Y 1| Y 1| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y|

Y

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2

| Y 1| Y 1| Y 1| Y 1| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y|

Y

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4

| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y|

Y

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6

| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.7| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y|

Y

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8

| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9

| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| N| N| N| N
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y|

Y

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1

| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2

| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.3| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| N| N| N|

N

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3

| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| Y| N| Y| Y| N| Y
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4| Y 1| N| Y 1| N| Y| Y| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| N|

Y

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5

| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| N|

Y

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1

| Y 1| Y 1| Y 1| Y 1| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y|

Y

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3

| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y|

Y

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5

| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N|

N

Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS

| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N|

N

Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS

| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y|

Y

Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS

| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| N|

Y

VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 U1

| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| N| Y
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 U2| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| N|

Y

VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 U3

| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0| Y 1| Y 1| Y 1| Y 1| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y

Operating systems

| SR635| SR645| SR655| SR665| SR630 (Xeon Gen 2)| SR650 (Xeon Gen 2)| SR670 (Xeon Gen 2)| SR850P (Xeon Gen 2)| SR950 (Xeon Gen 2)| SR630 (Xeon Gen 1)| SR650 (Xeon Gen 1)| SR670 (Xeon Gen 1)| SR950 (Xeon Gen 1)
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 U1| Y 1| Y| Y 1| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y|

Y

VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 U2

| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 U3| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y|

Y

VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0

| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0 U1| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y|

Y

VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0 U2

| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y|

Y

1 The OS is not supported with EPYC 7003 processors.

2 ISG will not sell/preload this OS, but compatibility and cert only.

Regulatory approvals

Safety : CB / cTUVus / CE
EMC: CE / FCC / VCCI / ICES / RCM
RoHS compliant

Warranty

One year limited warranty. When installed in a Lenovo server, this adapter assumes the server’s base warranty and any warranty upgrades.

For more information, refer to these documents:
Networking Options for ThinkSystem Servers: https://lenovopress.com/lp0765-networking-options-for-thinksystem-servers
ServerProven compatibility http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/serverproven
Mellanox product page for ConnectX-6 Dx https://www.mellanox.com/products/ethernet-adapters/connectx-6-dx
User Manual for ConnectX-6 Dx https://docs.mellanox.com/display/ConnectX6DxEN

Product families related to this document are the following:

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