LENOVO 4C57A08979 – Mellanox ConnectX-5 EDR IB/100GbE VPI Single-port x16 PCIe 3.0 HCA

Detailed Description:

The LENOVO 4C57A08979 features the Mellanox ConnectX-5 EDR InfiniBand/100 Gigabit Ethernet Virtual Protocol Interconnect (VPI) Host Channel Adapter (HCA), which is designed for exceedingly high-performance computing, machine learning, storage, and cloud applications. This advanced adapter card offers support for either EDR InfiniBand or 100GbE, providing versatile high-throughput and low-latency connectivity for various demands of next-generation data centers. With a single-port configuration and a PCI Express 3.0 x16 interface, it delivers exceptional bandwidth and speed, ensuring seamless data flow in intensive computational tasks and demanding workloads. The ConnectX-5 is engineered with state-of-the-art offloading capabilities, including RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) for efficient data transfer, greatly reducing CPU overhead and significantly improving the performance of applications. Furthermore, it supports advanced message-signaling interrupts, enhancing multi-core system efficiency. Its robustness and scalability make it an ideal solution for deployments that require high bandwidth, along with a flexible and efficient network architecture.