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- In Stock: 3
- Manufacturer: Dell
- Model or Part: 540-BCIX
- Condition: Refurbished
- Weight: 3.00lb
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Overview
The Dell Mellanox ConnectX-5 EX 40/100GB LP (model 540-BCIX) is a high performance low profile network adapter designed for data center servers and hyper-converged infrastructure. It delivers up to 100 gigabits per second of Ethernet bandwidth while maintaining a compact form factor that fits easily into standard rackmount chassis. Built on Mellanox'' proven ConnectX-5 architecture, this adapter provides ultra low latency, hardware offload capabilities and advanced virtualization support for demanding cloud, AI and HPC workloads.
Key Features
- Dual port 40GbE or single port 100GbE connectivity options
- Low profile (LP) form factor for space constrained servers
- Hardware acceleration for RDMA, RoCE v2 and NVMe over Fabrics
- Support for iWARP, TCP/IP offload and receive side scaling
- Integrated FPGA based crypto engine for IPsec and MACsec security
- PCIe Gen3 x8 interface with backward compatibility to PCIe Gen2
- Energy efficient design with reduced power consumption per port
Technical Specifications
- Model/Part Number: 540-BCIX
- Manufacturer: Dell
- Interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8 (compatible with Gen2)
- Port configuration: 2 x 40GbE SFP28 or 1 x 100GbE QSFP28
- Maximum throughput: 100 Gbps per port
- Latency: sub microsecond for RDMA traffic
- Supported protocols: Ethernet, RoCE v2, iWARP, NVMe-oF, IPsec, MACsec
- Operating temperature: 0 to 40 degrees Celsius
- Power consumption: typical 30 Watts per adapter
Applications
- High performance computing clusters that require low latency interconnects
- Artificial intelligence and machine learning training platforms with large data transfers
- Enterprise virtualization environments using VMware, Hyper-V or KVM
- Financial services trading systems where microsecond response times are critical
- Storage area networks implementing NVMe over Fabrics for fast block storage access
- Cloud service providers building scalable multi-tenant infrastructure
This Dell Mellanox ConnectX-5 EX adapter combines speed, efficiency and flexibility to meet the most demanding data center networking needs.