Dell MCQH29-XDR 4 I/O Card Installation

ConnectX®-2 Dual Port VPI I/O Card for Dell C6100 Rev 1.0

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4 I/O Card Installation

4.1 Hardware and Software Requirements

Before installing the VPI I/O card, please make sure that the system meets the hardware and soft-

ware requirements listed in Table 8, “Hardware and Software Requirements”.

4.2 Installation Kit

Make sure all of the parts are in the kit before you start the installation. If any parts are damaged or

missing, call your supplier immediately.

Table 8 - Hardware and Software Requirements

Requirement Description

Hardware Used with Dell C6100 chassis

Software Operating

Systems/Distributions Refer to the C6100 chassis Manuals

Software Stacks Mellanox OpenFabric software package (either MLNX_OFED for Linux or

MLNX_WinOF for Microsoft Windows)

Contents

Main Document Number: 3198 Table of Contents Chapter 1 Overview 8 Chapter 2 I/O Card Interfaces 10 Chapter 3 Driver Software and Firmware 14 Chapter 4 I/O Card Installation 15 List of Figures List of Tables Page About this Manual Intended Audience Related Documentation Online Resources Document Conventions 1 Overview 1.1 I/O Card 1.2 Finding the GUID/MAC and Serial Number on the Adapter Cards 2 I/O Card Interfaces 2.1 I/O Interfaces 2.1.1 InfiniBand Interface 2.1.2 Ethernet Interface 2.2 LED Assignment 2.3 PCI Express Interface 2.4 Memory 2.4.1 System Memory 2.4.2 EEPROM 2.5 EEPROM VPD ConnectX-2 Dual Port VPI I/O Card for Dell C6100 Rev 1.0 Mellanox Technologies 13 Table 7 - MCQH29-XDR VPD 3 Driver Software and Firmware 3.1 Driver Software 3.1.1 Linux 3.1.2 Windows 3.2 Updating Card Firmware 4 I/O Card Installation 4.1 Hardware and Software Requirements 4.2 Installation Kit 4.3 Installation Instructions Page Page 4.4 Safety Warnings Page 5Cables and Modules 5.1 Cable Installation 5.1.1 Inserting a Cable into the Card 5.1.2 Removing a Cable from the Card Appendix A: Specifications A.1 Board Mechanical Drawing and Dimensions U5 U6 U7 U9 J3 J5 H3 L14 H2 J4J6 A.2 EMC Certification Statements A.2.1 FCC Statements (USA) Class A Statements: A.2.2 EN Statements (Europe) EN55022 Class A Statement: A.2.3 ICES Statements (Canada) A.2.5 KCC Notice (Republic of Korea Only) A.3 Specifications Table 10 - ConnectX-2 MCQH29-XDR Specifications Physical Power and Environmental Protocol Support Regulatory Appendix B: QSFP Interface Table 3- InfiniBand QSFP Connector Pinout Rev 1.0 Mellanox Technologies Figure 15: QSFP Connector Male and Female Views Appendix C: Avertissements de scurit dinstalla- tion (French) Appendix D: Installation - Sicherheitshinweise (German)