Flex System IB6132 2-port FDR InfiniBand Adapter
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Part number information
Table 1 shows the part number to order this card.
Table 1. Part number and feature code for ordering
Description
Part number
Feature code
(x-config)
Feature code
(e-config)
Flex System IB6132 2-port FDR InfiniBand Adapter
90Y3454
A1QZ
EC2C
The part number includes the following items:
One Flex System IB6132 2-port FDR InfiniBand Adapter
A documentation CD containing the adapter user’s guide
The
Important Notices
document
Features
The Flex System IB6132 2-port FDR InfiniBand Adapter has the following features.
Performance
Based on Mellanox ConnectX-3 technology, the IB6132 2-port FDR InfiniBand Adapter provides a high
level of throughput performance for all network environments by removing I/O bottlenecks in mainstream
servers that are limiting application performance. Servers can achieve up to 56 Gbps transmit and receive
bandwidth. Hardware-based InfiniBand transport and IP over InfiniBand (IPoIB) stateless off-load engines
handle the segmentation, reassembly, and checksum calculations that otherwise burden the host
processor.
RDMA over the InfiniBand fabric further accelerates application run time while reducing CPU utilization.
RDMA allows very high-volume transaction-intensive applications typical of HPC and financial market
firms, as well as other industries where speed of data delivery is paramount to take advantage. With the
ConnectX-3-based adapter, highly compute-intensive tasks running on hundreds or thousands of
multiprocessor nodes, such as climate research, molecular modeling, and physical simulations, can share
data and synchronize faster, resulting in shorter run times. High-frequency transaction applications are
able to access trading information more quickly, making sure that the trading servers are able to respond
first to any new market data and market inefficiencies, while the higher throughput enables higher volume
trading, maximizing liquidity and profitability.
In data mining or web crawl applications, RDMA provides the needed boost in performance to search
faster by solving the network latency bottleneck associated with I/O cards and the corresponding
transport technology in the cloud. Various other applications that benefit from RDMA with ConnectX-3
include Web 2.0 (Content Delivery Network), business intelligence, database transactions, and various
Cloud computing applications. Mellanox ConnectX-3's low power consumption provides clients with high
bandwidth and low latency at the lowest cost of ownership.
Quality of service
Resource allocation per application or per VM is provided by the advanced quality of service (QoS)
supported by ConnectX-3. Service levels for multiple traffic types can be assigned on a per flow basis,
allowing system administrators to prioritize traffic by application, virtual machine, or protocol. This
powerful combination of QoS and prioritization provides the ultimate fine-grained control of traffic,
ensuring that applications run smoothly in today’s complex environments.
