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Interfaces
Each adapter card includes the following interfaces:
The adapter cards include special circuits to protect from ESD shocks to the card/server when
plugging copper cables.
2.1
Ethernet QSFP Interface
The network port of the Mellanox Innova IPsec adapter is compliant with the IEEE 802.3
Ethernet standards listed in
Table 4, “Features,” on page 12
. For connecting to an SFP+ interface,
you can use a Mellanox QSA (QSFP to SFP+) adapter module.
2.2
PCI Express Interface
The Mellanox Innova IPsec adapter card supports PCI Express 3.0 (1.1 and 2.0 compatible)
through an x8 edge connector. The device can be either a master initiating the PCI Express bus
operations or a slave responding to PCI bus operations. The following lists PCIe interface
features of the Mellanox Innova IPsec adapter card:
• PCIe Gen 3.0 compliant, 1.1 and 2.0 compatible
• 2.5, 5.0, or 8.0GT/s link rate x8
• Auto-negotiates to x8, x4, x2, or x1
• Support for MSI/MSI-X mechanisms
2.3
LED Interface
For Mellanox Innova IPsec adapter card LED specifications, please refer to
