Description
This specification typically refers to the industry-standard “workhorse” SmartNICs like the NVIDIA ConnectX-6 Dx. These adapters are versatile, offering flexible configurations such as two 100GbE ports for redundancy or a single 200GbE port for maximum single-stream throughput. They are essential for modern cloud and storage fabrics, featuring hardware-accelerated security (inline encryption), virtualization offloads (ASAP²), and precise timing protocols for 5G telecommunications, balancing cost and performance for mainstream data center workloads.
Specifications
| Model / Type | Dual-Port 100 GbE or Single-Port 200 GbE SmartNIC (e.g., NVIDIA ConnectX-6 Dx) |
| Network Speeds | Up to 2 × 100 GbE or 1 × 200 GbE Ethernet |
| Host Interface | PCIe Gen4 ×16 for high bandwidth between NIC and server |
| Ports | QSFP56 physical ports (optical / DAC) |
| Protocol Support | Ethernet (TCP/IP), RoCE v1/v2, NVMe-oF, RDMA |
| Hardware Offloads | Inline hardware IPsec, TLS, MACsec encryption & decryption |
| Virtualization Features | SR-IOV, VirtIO, up to ~1000 virtual functions (VFs) |
| Time Sync | IEEE 1588v2 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) |
| Security | Hardware root-of-trust, secure firmware updates |
| Typical Uses | Data centers, cloud networking, high-speed compute & storage connectivity |
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