Datasheet

Mellanox 2-port 10Gb Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFh) for IBM BladeCente
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Additional CPU offloads:
RDMA over Converged Ethernet support
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FC checksum offload
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VMDirect Path support
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Traffic steering across multiple cores
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Intelligent interrupt coalescence
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Compliant to Microsoft RSS and NetDMA
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Hardware-based I/O virtualization:
Address translation and protection
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Dedicated adapter resources and guaranteed isolation
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Multiple queues per virtual machine
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Hardware switching between guest OSs
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Enhanced QoS for vNICs
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VMware NetQueue support
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Storage support:
Compliant with T11.3 FC-BB-5 FCoE frame format
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Operating environment
This card is supported in the following environment:
Temperature: 0° C to 55° C (32° F to 131° F)
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Operating power: Approximately 6.4 watts
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Dimensions: Approximately 15.9 cm x 12.5 cm (6.26 in. x 4.92 in.)
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Warranty
One-year limited warranty: When installed in a BladeCenter server, the card assumes the system’s base
warranty and any IBM ServicePac® upgrade.
Supported servers
The Mellanox 2-port 10Gb Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFh) is supported in the IBM BladeCenter servers
listed in Table 2.
Table 2. Supported servers
Expansion card
Part
number
Mellanox 2-port 10Gb Ethernet
Expansion Card (CFFh)
90Y3570 N N N Y Y Y N N N N N N