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Abstract
The ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx 10/25GbE SFP28 Ethernet Adapters are high performance 25Gb Ethernet network adapters that offer multiple network offloads including RoCE v2, NVMe over Ethernet and Open vSwitch.
This product guide provides essential presales information to understand the adapter and its key features, specifications, and compatibility. This guide is intended for technical specialists, sales specialists, sales engineers, IT architects, and other IT professionals who want to learn more about the ConnectX-6 Lx adapters and consider their use in IT solutions.
Change History
Changes in the January 13, 2023 update:
- Indicated the speeds that each 25Gb transceiver supports - Supported transceivers and cables section
Introduction
The ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx 10/25GbE SFP28 Ethernet Adapters from NVIDIA Networking are high performance 25Gb Ethernet network adapters that offer multiple network offloads including RoCE v2, NVMe over Ethernet and Open vSwitch.
The following figure shows the ConnectX-6 Lx 10/25GbE SFP28 2-Port OCP Ethernet Adapter (the standard heat sink has been removed in this photo).
Figure 1. ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx 10/25GbE SFP28 2-Port OCP Ethernet Adapter (with heatsink removed)
Did you know?
NVMe storage devices are gaining popularity by offering very fast storage access. The evolving NVMe over Fabric (NVMe-oF) protocol leverages the RDMA connectivity for remote access. ConnectX-6 offers further enhancements by providing NVMe-oF target offloads, enabling very efficient NVMe storage access with no CPU intervention, and thus improving performance and reducing latency.
Part number information
The following table shows the part numbers for the adapters.
| Part number | Feature code | Mellanox part number |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4XC7A62580 | BE4U | MCX631102AS-ADAT | ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx 10/25GbE SFP28 2-Port PCIe Ethernet Adapter |
| 4XC7A62582 | BE4T | MCX631432AS-ADAB | ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx 10/25GbE SFP28 2-Port OCP Ethernet Adapter |
| CTO only | BMHD | MCX631432AS-ADAB | ThinkSystem SE450 Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx 10/25GbE SFP28 2-Port OCP Ethernet Adapter |
The part numbers include the following:
- One adapter
- For the PCIe adapter: Low-profile (2U) and full-height (3U) adapter brackets
- Documentation
The following figure shows the ConnectX-6 Lx 10/25GbE SFP28 2-Port PCIe Ethernet Adapter (the standard heat sink has been removed in this photo).
Figure 2. ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx 10/25GbE SFP28 2-Port PCIe Ethernet Adapter (with heatsink removed)
Supported transceivers and cables
This section lists the supported transceivers and cables.
| Part number | Feature code | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1Gb transceivers | ||
| 00FE333 | A5DL | SFP 1000Base-T (RJ-45) Transceiver |
| 10Gb transceivers | ||
| 46C3447 | 5053 | SFP+ SR Transceiver |
| 4TC7A78615 | BNDR | Accelink SFP+ SR Transceiver |
| 25Gb transceivers | ||
| 7G17A03537 | AV1B | Lenovo 25GBase-SR SFP28 Transceiver (supports 10Gb and 25Gb) |
| 4M27A67041 | BFH2 | 25Gb Ethernet SFP28 Optic/Transceiver Gen 2 (only operates at 25Gb) |
25Gb transceivers: When installed in this 25Gb Ethernet adapter, certain supported 25Gb transceivers (as listed in the above table) are designed to operate at either 25 Gb/s or 10 Gb/s speeds, depending on the negotiation with the connected switch. In most configurations, this negotiation is automatic, however in some configurations you may have to manually set the link speed or FEC mode.
The following table lists the supported fiber optic cables and Active Optical Cables.
| Part number | Feature code | Description |
|---|---|---|
| LC-LC OM3 Fiber Optic Cables (these cables require a 10 GbE SFP+ SR or 25 GbE SFP28 SR transceiver) | ||
| 00MN499 | ASR5 | Lenovo 0.5m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable |
| 00MN502 | ASR6 | Lenovo 1m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable |
| 00MN505 | ASR7 | Lenovo 3m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable |
| 00MN508 | ASR8 | Lenovo 5m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable |
| 00MN511 | ASR9 | Lenovo 10m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable |
| 00MN514 | ASRA | Lenovo 15m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable |
| 00MN517 | ASRB | Lenovo 25m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable |
| 00MN520 | ASRC | Lenovo 30m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable |
| MTP-4xLC OM3 MMF Breakout Cables (these cables require a transceiver) | ||
| 00FM412 | A5UA | Lenovo 1m MPO-4xLC OM3 MMF Breakout Cable |
| 00FM413 | A5UB | Lenovo 3m MPO-4xLC OM3 MMF Breakout Cable |
| 00FM414 | A5UC | Lenovo 5m MPO-4xLC OM3 MMF Breakout Cable |
| SFP+ 10Gb Active Optical Cables | ||
| 00YL634 | ATYX | Lenovo 1M SFP+ to SFP+ Active Optical Cable |
| 00YL637 | ATYY | Lenovo 3M SFP+ to SFP+ Active Optical Cable |
| 00YL640 | ATYZ | Lenovo 5M SFP+ to SFP+ Active Optical Cable |
| 00YL643 | ATZ0 | Lenovo 7M SFP+ to SFP+ Active Optical Cable |
| 00YL646 | ATZ1 | Lenovo 15M SFP+ to SFP+ Active Optical Cable |
| 00YL649 | ATZ2 | Lenovo 20M SFP+ to SFP+ Active Optical Cable |
| SFP28 25Gb Active Optical Cables | ||
| 7Z57A03541 | AV1F | Lenovo 3m 25G SFP28 Active Optical Cable |
| 7Z57A03542 | AV1G | Lenovo 5m 25G SFP28 Active Optical Cable |
| 7Z57A03543 | AV1H | Lenovo 10m 25G SFP28 Active Optical Cable |
| 7Z57A03544 | AV1J | Lenovo 15m 25G SFP28 Active Optical Cable |
| 7Z57A03545 | AV1K | Lenovo 20m 25G SFP28 Active Optical Cable |
| QSFP28 100Gb Breakout Active Optical Cables | ||
| 7Z57A03551 | AV1R | Lenovo 3m 100G to 4x25G Breakout Active Optical Cable |
| 7Z57A03552 | AV1S | Lenovo 5m 100G to 4x25G Breakout Active Optical Cable |
| 7Z57A03553 | AV1T | Lenovo 10m 100G to 4x25G Breakout Active Optical Cable |
| 7Z57A03554 | AV1U | Lenovo 15m 100G to 4x25G Breakout Active Optical Cable |
| 7Z57A03555 | AV1V | Lenovo 20m 100G to 4x25G Breakout Active Optical Cable |
| OM4 LC to LC Cables (these cables require a transceiver) | ||
| 4Z57A10845 | B2P9 | Lenovo 0.5m LC-LC OM4 MMF Cable |
| 4Z57A10846 | B2PA | Lenovo 1m LC-LC OM4 MMF Cable |
| 4Z57A10847 | B2PB | Lenovo 3m LC-LC OM4 MMF Cable |
| 4Z57A10848 | B2PC | Lenovo 5m LC-LC OM4 MMF Cable |
| 4Z57A10849 | B2PD | Lenovo 10m LC-LC OM4 MMF Cable |
| 4Z57A10850 | B2PE | Lenovo 15m LC-LC OM4 MMF Cable |
| 4Z57A10851 | B2PF | Lenovo 25m LC-LC OM4 MMF Cable |
| 4Z57A10852 | B2PG | Lenovo 30m LC-LC OM4 MMF Cable |
The following table lists the supported direct-attach copper (DAC) cables.
| Part number | Feature code | Description |
|---|---|---|
| SFP+ 10Gb Passive DAC Cables | ||
| 00D6288 | A3RG | 0.5m Passive DAC SFP+ Cable |
| 90Y9427 | A1PH | 1m Passive DAC SFP+ Cable |
| 00AY764 | A51N | 1.5m Passive DAC SFP+ Cable |
| 00AY765 | A51P | 2m Passive DAC SFP+ Cable |
| 90Y9430 | A1PJ | 3m Passive DAC SFP+ Cable |
| 90Y9433 | A1PK | 5m Passive DAC SFP+ Cable |
| 00D6151 | A3RH | 7m Passive DAC SFP+ Cable |
| SFP28 25Gb Passive DAC Cables | ||
| 7Z57A03557 | AV1W | Lenovo 1m Passive 25G SFP28 DAC Cable |
| 7Z57A03558 | AV1X | Lenovo 3m Passive 25G SFP28 DAC Cable |
| 7Z57A03559 | AV1Y | Lenovo 5m Passive 25G SFP28 DAC Cable |
| QSFP28 100G-to-4x25G Breakout Cables | ||
| 7Z57A03564 | AV22 | Lenovo 1m 100G QSFP28 to 4x25G SFP28 Breakout DAC Cable |
| 4Z57A85043 | BS32 | Lenovo 1.5m 100G to 4x25G Breakout SFP28 Breakout DAC Cable |
| 4Z57A85044 | BS33 | Lenovo 2m 100G to 4x25G Breakout SFP28 Breakout DAC Cable |
| 7Z57A03565 | AV23 | Lenovo 3m 100G QSFP28 to 4x25G SFP28 Breakout DAC Cable |
| 7Z57A03566 | AV24 | Lenovo 5m 100G QSFP28 to 4x25G SFP28 Breakout DAC Cable |
Features
Suitable solutions include: Enterprise data centers, Cloud-native, Web 2.0, hyperscale, Secured infrastructure, Telco and Network Function Virtualization (NFV)
Highlights
- High performance with line speed message rate of 75Mpps
- Advanced RoCE
- ASAP2 - Accelerated Switching and Packet Processing
- Overlay tunneling accelerations
- Stateful rule checking for connection tracking
- Hardware Root-of-Trust and secure firmware update
- Best-in-class PTP performance
- ODCC compatible
Performance and security
ConnectX-6 Lx adapters deliver scalability, high-performance, advanced security capabilities and accelerated networking with the best total cost of ownership for 25GbE deployments in cloud, telco, and enterprise data centers. The adapters provide two ports of 25GbE, PCIe Gen4 and Gen3 x8 host connectivity, and are available either as a low-profile PCIe or OCP 3.0 form factor.
Best-in-Class SDN acceleration
Mellanox’s ASAP2 - Accelerated Switch and Packet Processing technology offloads the Software-Defined Networking (SDN) data plane to the adapter, accelerating performance and offloading the CPU in virtualized or containerized cloud data centers. Customers can accelerate their data centers with an SR-IOV or VirtIO interface while continuing to enjoy their SDN protocol of choice.
ConnectX-6 Lx ASAP2 rich feature set accelerates public and on-premises enterprise clouds, and boosts communication service providers (CSP) transition to NFV. ASAP2 supports these communication service providers by enabling packet encapsulations, such as MPLS and GTP, along side cloud encapsulations, such as VXLAN, GENEVE and others.
Industry-leading RoCE
Following the Mellanox ConnectX tradition of industry-leading RoCE capabilities, ConnectX-6 Lx enables more scalable, resilient, and easy-to-deploy RoCE solutions – Zero Touch RoCE. ConnectX-6 Lx allows RoCE payloads to run seamlessly on existing networks without requiring network configuration (no PFC, no ECN) for simplified RoCE deployments. ConnectX-6 Lx ensures RoCE resiliency and efficiency at scale.
Secure your infrastructure
The adapters support ASAP2 connection-tracking hardware offload to improve L4 firewall performance.
ConnectX-6 Lx also delivers supply chain protection with hardware Root-of-Trust (RoT) for Secure Boot as well as Secure Firmware Update using RSA cryptography and cloning-protection, via a device-unique key, to guarantee firmware authenticity.
Technical specifications
Physical adapter:
- Available in two form factors, Low profile PCIe adapter or OCP 3.0 SFF
- PCIe 4.0 x8 host interface (backward compatible with PCIe 3.0)
- Two SFP28 cages
Virtualization / Cloud Native:
- Single Root IOV (SR-IOV) and VirtIO acceleration, Up to 512 VFs per port and 8 PFs
- Support VXLAN, NVGRE, GENEVE
- Stateless offloads for overlay tunnels
Mellanox ASAP2:
- SDN acceleration for Bare metal, Virtualization, Containers
- Full hardware offload for OVS data plane
- Flow update through RTE_Flow or TC_Flower
- OpenStack support
- Kubernetes support
- Rich classification engine (L2 to L4)
- Flex-Parser: user defined classification
- Hardware offload for:
- Connection tracking (L4 firewall)
- NAT
- Header rewrite
- Mirroring
- Sampling
- Flow aging
- Hierarchal QoS
- Flow-based statistics
Cyber Security:
- Hardware root-of-trust
- Secure firmware update
- ASAP2 connection-tracking hardware offload
Note: These adapters do not offer IPsec encryption & decryption offload
Stateless Offloads:
- TCP/UDP/IP stateless offload
- LSO, LRO, checksum offload
- Received Side Scaling (RSS) also on encapsulated packet
- Transmit Side Scaling (TSS)
- VLAN and MPLS tag insertion/stripping
- Receive flow steering
Advanced Timing & Synchronization:
- Advanced PTP
- IEEE 1588v2 (any profile)
- PTP Hardware Clock (PHC) (UTC format)
- Line rate hardware timestamp (UTC format)
- Time triggered scheduling
- PTP based packet pacing
- Time based SDN acceleration (ASAP2)
Storage Accelerations:
- NVMe over Fabric offloads for target
- Storage protocols: iSER, NFSoRDMA, SMB Direct, NVMe-oF, and more
RDMA over Converged Ethernet:
- RoCE v1
- RoCE v2
- Zero-Touch RoCE: no ECN, no PFC
- RoCE over overlay networks
- Selective repeat
- GPUDirect
- Dynamically Connected Transport (DCT)
- Burst buffer offload
Management and Control:
- SMBus 2.0
- Network Controller Sideband Interface (NC-SI)
- NC-SI, MCTP over SMBus and MCTP over PCIe - Baseboard Management Controller interface
- PLDM for Monitor and Control DSP0248
- PLDM for Firmware Update DSP026
Remote Boot:
- Remote boot over Ethernet
- Remote boot over iSCSI
- UEFI support for x86 and Arm servers
- PXE boot
IEEE standards:
- IEEE 802.3ae 10 Gigabit Ethernet
- 25/50 Ethernet Consortium 25G and 50G supporting all FEC modes
- IEEE 802.3by 25G supporting all FEC modes
- IEEE 802.3ad, 802.1AX Link Aggregation
- IEEE 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet (supports only “Fast-Wake” mode)
- IEEE 802.3ap based auto-negotiation and KR startup
- IEEE 802.1Q, 802.1P VLAN tags and priority
- IEEE 802.1Qaz (ETS)
- IEEE 802.1Qbb (PFC)
- IEEE 802.1Qbg
- IEEE 1588v2
- IEEE 1149.1 and IEEE 1149.6 JTAG
- PCI Express Gen 3.0 and 4.0
- IPv4 (RFQ 791)
- IPv6 (RFC 2460)
Server support
The following tables list the ThinkSystem servers that are compatible.
| Part Number | Description | Edge | 1S Intel V2 | AMD V3 | Intel V3 | Dense V3 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SE350 (7Z46 / 7D1X) |
SE450 (7D8T) |
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) |
SD665 V3 (7D9P) |
SD665-N V3 (7DAZ) |
SD650 V3 (7D7M) |
SD650-I V3 (7D7L) |
||
| 4XC7A62580 | ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx 10/25GbE SFP28 2-Port PCIe Ethernet Adapter | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N |
| 4XC7A62582 | ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx 10/25GbE SFP28 2-Port OCP Ethernet Adapter | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N |
| BMHD | ThinkEdge SE450 Mellanox CX6 Lx 10/25GbE SFP28 2-Port OCP Ethernet Adapter | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Part Number | Description | 2S Intel V2 | AMD V1 | Dense V2 | 4S V2 | 8S | 4S V1 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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) |
SR850 (7X18 / 7X19) |
SR850P (7D2F / 2D2G) |
SR860 (7X69 / 7X70) |
||
| 4XC7A62580 | ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx 10/25GbE SFP28 2-Port PCIe Ethernet Adapter | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N |
| 4XC7A62582 | ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx 10/25GbE SFP28 2-Port OCP Ethernet Adapter | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N |
| BMHD | ThinkEdge SE450 Mellanox CX6 Lx 10/25GbE SFP28 2-Port OCP Ethernet Adapter | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Part Number | Description | 1S Intel V1 | 2S Intel V1 | Dense V1 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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) |
||
| 4XC7A62580 | ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx 10/25GbE SFP28 2-Port PCIe Ethernet Adapter | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
| 4XC7A62582 | ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx 10/25GbE SFP28 2-Port OCP Ethernet Adapter | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| BMHD | ThinkEdge SE450 Mellanox CX6 Lx 10/25GbE SFP28 2-Port OCP Ethernet Adapter | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
Operating system support
The adapters support the operating systems listed in the following tables:
- ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx 10/25GbE SFP28 2-port OCP Ethernet Adapter, 4XC7A62582
- ThinkSystem Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx 10/25GbE SFP28 2-port PCIe Ethernet Adapter, 4XC7A62580
Tip: These tables are automatically generated based on data from Lenovo ServerProven.
| Operating systems | SR630 V3 |
SR635 V3 |
SR645 V3 |
SR650 V3 |
SR655 V3 |
SR665 V3 |
SR850 V3 |
SR860 V3 |
SR630 V2 |
SR650 V2 |
SR670 V2 |
SR850 V2 |
SR860 V2 |
SR635 |
SR645 |
SR655 |
SR665 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Windows 10 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y 3 | N |
| Microsoft Windows 11 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2022 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y 2 | Y 2 | Y 2 | Y 2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y 2 | Y 2 | Y 2 | Y 2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y 2 | Y 2 | Y 2 | Y 2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y 2 | Y 2 | Y 2 | Y 2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y 2 | N | Y 2 | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y 2 | Y 2 | Y 2 | Y 2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y 2 | Y 2 | Y 2 | Y 2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.7 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | 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 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y 2 | N | Y 2 | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y 2 | Y 2 | Y 2 | Y 2 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | 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 | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.5 U3 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y 2 | N | N | N |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 U3 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y 2 | Y 2 | Y 2 | Y 2 |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 U1 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y 2 | Y | Y 2 | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 U2 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 U3 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0 U1 | Y 1 | Y | N | Y 1 | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
1 For limitation, please refer Support TIP 104278
2 The OS is not supported with EPYC 7003 processors.
3 ISG will not sell/preload this OS, but compatibility and cert only.
| Operating systems | SE450 |
SR630 V3 |
SR635 V3 |
SR645 V3 |
SR650 V3 |
SR655 V3 |
SR665 V3 |
SR850 V3 |
SR860 V3 |
ST650 V3 |
SR630 V2 |
SR650 V2 |
SR670 V2 |
SR850 V2 |
SR860 V2 |
ST650 V2 |
SR635 |
SR645 |
SR655 |
SR665 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Windows 10 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y 2 | N |
| Microsoft Windows 11 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2022 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | N | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y 1 | N | Y 1 | N |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5 | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.7 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | 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 | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | 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 | N | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y 1 | N | Y 1 | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | 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 | N | N |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | 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 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N |
| Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS | Y | N | N | 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 | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS | Y | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.5 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.5 U1 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.5 U2 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.5 U3 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y 1 | N | Y 1 | 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 | 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 | 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 | N | N |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 U3 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 | Y 1 |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 U1 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y 1 | Y | Y 1 | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 U2 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 U3 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0 U1 | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N | 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.
| Operating systems | SR630 (Gen 2) |
SR650 (Gen 2) |
SR850P |
SR950 (Gen 2) |
SR630 (Gen 1) |
SR650 (Gen 1) |
SR950 (Gen 1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Windows 10 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows 11 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2022 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server version 1709 | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y |
| Microsoft Windows Server version 1803 | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10 | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.7 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.5 | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.5 U1 | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.5 U2 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.5 U3 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 U1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 U2 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 U3 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 U1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 U2 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 U3 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0 U1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Regulatory approvals
- Safety: CB / cTUVus / CE
- EMC: CE / FCC / VCCI / ICES / RCM
- RoHS compliant
Physical specifications
Low profile PCIe adapter:
- Width: 96mm (3.8 inches)
- Height (without PCIe bracket): 69 mm (2.7 inches)
OCP 3.0 SFF adapter:
- Width: 76 mm (3 inches)
- Depth: 115 mm (4.5 inches)
Operating environment
Power consumption:
- Typical power (passive cables):
- PCIe 4.0: 11.53 W
- PCIe 3.0: 10.73 W
- Maximum power (passive cables):
- PCIe 4.0: 12.94 W
- PCIe 3.0: 12.14 W
Temperature:
- Operational: 0°C to 55°C
- Non-operational: -40°C to 70°C
Humidity: 90% relative humidity
Warranty
One year limited warranty. When installed in a Lenovo server, this adapter assumes the server’s base warranty and any warranty upgrades.
Related publications
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 Lx
https://www.mellanox.com/products/ethernet-adapters/connectx-6-lx - User Manual for ConnectX-6 Lx adapter
https://docs.mellanox.com/display/ConnectX6LxEN/
Related product families
Product families related to this document are the following:
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Full Change History
Changes in the January 13, 2023 update:
- Indicated the speeds that each 25Gb transceiver supports - Supported transceivers and cables section
Changes in the November 8, 2022 update:
- Added the following breakout cables - Supported transceivers and cables section:
- Lenovo 1.5m 100G to 4x25G Breakout SFP28 Breakout DAC Cable, 4Z57A85043
- Lenovo 2m 100G to 4x25G Breakout SFP28 Breakout DAC Cable, 4Z57A85044
Changes in the June 27, 2022 update:
- Added the following adapter
- ThinkSystem SE450 Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx 10/25GbE SFP28 2-Port OCP Ethernet Adapter, BMHD
- Added support for the following transceiver - Supported transceivers and cables section:
- SFP 1000Base-T (RJ-45) Transceiver, 00FE333
Changes in the December 14, 2021 update:
- Added support for the following transceivers - Supported transceivers and cables section:
- ThinkSystem Accelink 10G SR SFP+ Ethernet transceiver, 4TC7A78615
- Lenovo 25Gb SR SFP28 Ethernet Transceiver, 4M27A67041
Changes in the October 20, 2021 update:
- Added a note that the 25GbE transceivers can operate at 25 Gb/s or 10 Gb/s speeds when installed in a 25GbE adapter - Supported transceivers and cables section
Changes in the February 15, 2021 update:
- The server support tables are now automatically updated - Server support section
Changes in the November 6, 2020 update:
- Added OS support tables for the adapters - Operating system support section
First published: 13 October 2020
