The board characteristics are:
■Power: approx. 12 watts total
■Low profile PCI form-factor card (approx. 2.5 in. by approx. 6.7 in.)
■Requires 4x InfiniBand cables
■3.3V PCI-X or PCI slot (Note that the IB-HCA can not be plugged into a 5V connector.)
■Link status indication LED
■Two 4x InfiniBand (IB) ports
■Two faceplate sizes: standard and low profile
The standard PCI/PCI-X interface is used for data traffic, management traffic, and to generate and receive inbound configuration packets.
Low profile faceplate
Standard faceplate
FIGURE 1-1Sun Dual Port 4x IB Host Channel Adapter PCI-X Card
2 Sun Dual Port 4x IB Host Channel Adapter PCI-X Installation and User’s Guide • September 2005
