The NVIDIA Mellanox MCX623102AS-ADAT SmartNIC is a high-performance network interface card designed to accelerate cloud workloads and improve network performance. It features advanced networking technologies and supports fast and efficient data transfer rates, making it an ideal choice for datacenter, cloud, and enterprise environments.

Features

• Supports up to 100Gb/s Ethernet
• PCI Express Gen 3.0 x16 host interface
• SR-IOV and VirtIO support for virtualization
• RoCE over 25, 50, or 100Gb/s Ethernet
• DPDK Acceleration and OpenFabrics OFED support
• Dynamic Hardware Offloads for efficient packet processing
• Advanced QoS features for traffic management
• Dual 100GBASE-SR4/PSM4 QSFP28 ports

Specifications

• Model Number: MCX623102AS-ADAT
• Part Number: N/A
• Form Factor: Plug-in Card
• Host Interface: PCI Express Gen 3.0 x16
• Networking Standards: IEEE 802.3bj, IEEE 802.1Q, IEEE 802.1X, IEEE 802.3ad, IEEE 802.3ae
• Data Transfer Rate: Up to 100Gb/s
• Dimensions (W x H): 5.4 cm x 16.76 cm

Technologies

• SMB Direct: Supports best throughput with low latency for Microsoft applications
• VirtIO: Provides paravirtualized networking interface to virtual machines
• SR-IOV: Enables efficient sharing and isolation of PCI Express resources among multiple virtual machines
• DynamiX: Enables efficient packet processing through hardware acceleration and advanced QoS features

Known issues and troubleshooting

Although the NVIDIA Mellanox MCX623102AS-ADAT SmartNIC is designed to offer stable and reliable performance, some potential issues have been reported. These issues include:

• Connection dropouts in Linux environments
• RoCE connection stability issues on Windows Server 2016 and 2019

Fixes for these issues may be included in future firmware updates. In the meantime, users experiencing these issues should contact NVIDIA technical support for assistance.

Driver

The driver for the NVIDIA Mellanox MCX623102AS-ADAT SmartNIC is available on the official NVIDIA website. users can either download the driver manually or use the automatic driver detection tool to ensure that they are downloading the correct version for their operating system. The latest version of the driver is recommended for optimal performance and security.