NVIDIA ConnectX-6 DX 100Gigabit Ethernet SmartNIC for High-Performance Server Networks
Experience unprecedented network performance with the NVIDIA ConnectX-6 DX dual-port QSFP56 100Gigabit Ethernet SmartNIC. This PCIe 4.0 x16 network interface card delivers up to 100Gb/s per port or 200Gb/s in single-port configuration, making it ideal for data center applications requiring maximum throughput and security.
Advanced Security Features for Zero-Trust Environments
- Hardware-based Crypto-IPsec and TLS encryption/decryption offload
- Built-in L4 firewall with DoS attack protection
- Hardware root-of-trust (RoT) secure boot
- RSA cryptography-based secure firmware updates
- Device-unique secret key for cloning protection
Enterprise-Grade Virtualization Capabilities
The ConnectX-6 DX SmartNIC revolutionizes data center virtualization with:
- ASAP2 technology for hardware offload of vSwitch and vRouter functions
- Support for up to 8 million rules
- Dual SR-IOV and VirtIO in-hardware offload support
- Advanced QoS with traffic shaping and classification-based policing
Technical Specifications
- Form Factor: OCP 3.0 compliant plug-in card
- Interface: PCIe 4.0 x16
- Ports: Dual QSFP56 ports
- Network Technology: 100GBase-X
- Media Type: Optical Fiber
Zero Touch RoCE Technology
Simplify your RoCE deployments with Zero Touch RoCE (ZTR) technology, enabling seamless operation without special PFC or ECN configuration. The programmable congestion control API allows for custom algorithms to manage RoCE and TCP/IP traffic efficiently.
Key Benefits: Ideal for mission-critical applications including security, virtualization, SDN/NFV, big data, machine learning, and storage solutions. Backed by NVIDIA's 1-year warranty for enterprise reliability.
NVIDIA® ConnectX®-6 Dx is a highly secure and advanced smart network interface card (SmartNIC) to accelerate mission-critical data center applications, such as security, virtualization, SDN/NFV, big data, machine learning, and storage. It provides up to two ports of 100Gb/s or a single-port of 200Gb/s Ethernet connectivity and the highest ROI of any SmartNIC.
ConnectX-6 Dx is powered by leading 50Gb/s (PAM4) and 25/10 Gb/s (NRZ) SerDes technology and novel capabilities that accelerate cloud and data center payloads.
ZERO-TRUST SECURITYIn an era where data privacy is key, ConnectX-6 Dx adapters offer advanced, built-in capabilities that bring security down to the endpoints with unprecedented performance and scalability:
- Crypto-IPsec and TLS data-in-motion inline encryption and decryption offload, and AES-XTS block-level, data-at-rest encryption and decryption offloads
- Probes and denial-of-service (DoS) attack protection-ConnectX-6 Dx enables a hardware-based L4 firewall by offloading stateful connection tracking through NVIDIA ASAP2 - Accelerated Switch and Packet Processing® offload technology
- NIC security-Hardware root-of-trust (RoT) secure boot and secure firmware update using RSA cryptography, and cloning protection, via a device-unique secret key
ADVANCED VIRTUALIZATIONConnectX-6 Dx enables building highly efficient virtualized cloud data centers:
- Virtualization-ASAP2 delivers virtual switch (vSwitch) and virtual router (vRouter) hardware offloads at orders-of-magnitude higher performance than software-based solutions. ConnectX-6 Dx ASAP2 offers both SR-IOV and VirtIO in-hardware offload capabilities and supports up to 8 million rules.
- Advanced quality of service (QoS)-ConnectX-6 Dx includes traffic shaping and classification-based data policing
INDUSTRY-LEADING ROCEWith industry-leading capabilities, ConnectX-6 Dx delivers more scalable, resilient, and easy-to-deploy remote direct-memory access over converged Ethernet (RoCE) solutions.
- Zero Touch RoCE (ZTR)-Simplifying RoCE deployments, ConnectX-6 Dx with ZTR allows RoCE payloads to run seamlessly on existing networks without special configuration, either to priority flow control (PFC) or explicit congestion notification (ECN). ConnectX-6 Dx ensures the resilience, efficiency, and scalability of deployments.
- Programmable congestion control-ConnectX-6 Dx includes an API for building userdefined congestion control algorithms for various environments running RoCE and background TCP/IP traffic concurrently.
