Dell 6MX35 ConnectX-5 EN 2-Ports 100Gb/s QSFP28 PCIe Adapter

Description

The Dell 6MX35 (SKU: 6MX35) is a cutting-edge dual-port 100Gb/s Ethernet network adapter powered by the Mellanox ConnectX-5 EN chipset. This adapter is engineered to deliver unparalleled network performance, making it an essential component for data centers and enterprise environments that require extreme bandwidth and low latency. Each of the two ports utilizes a QSFP28 interface, which supports high-speed optical transceivers, enabling direct connection to 100GbE networks. This makes it ideal for high-performance computing (HPC), demanding storage solutions, and data-intensive artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) workloads. Connectivity to the host system is provided via a PCIe Gen4 x16 interface, ensuring that the adapter can achieve its full 100Gb/s throughput without becoming a bottleneck. The ConnectX-5 EN chipset offers advanced features such as Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) with support for RoCE v1/v2 and iWARP, which significantly reduce CPU overhead and latency by allowing direct memory access between network-connected systems. This is critical for applications that are sensitive to network delays. Furthermore, the Dell 6MX35 adapter includes sophisticated offload engines for TCP/UDP/IP processing and network virtualization protocols like NVGRE, VXLAN, and GENEVE. These offloads free up valuable CPU resources, allowing the server to focus on application processing rather than network tasks. Designed primarily for Dell PowerEdge servers, this adapter represents a significant upgrade for network infrastructure, providing the speed, efficiency, and advanced features required for the most demanding modern applications.

Condition: Refurbished