(NOB) NVIDIA Mellanox ConnectX-7 CX715105A Single Port 400GbE QSFP112 / NDR InfiniBand PCIe Gen 5.0 x16 VPI Network Interface Card (NIC) MCX715105AS-WEAT

The NVIDIA Mellanox ConnectX-7 CX715105A (MCX715105AS-WEAT) is a next-generation enterprise-class VPI (Virtual Protocol Interconnect) network adapter designed to deliver ultra-high bandwidth, ultra-low latency, and advanced networking acceleration for Artificial Intelligence (AI), High-Performance Computing (HPC), cloud computing, virtualization, and high-speed storage environments.

Featuring a single QSFP112 port supporting both 400GbE Ethernet and NDR 400Gb/s InfiniBand, the ConnectX-7 provides exceptional performance for modern data centers, GPU clusters, AI training environments, and large-scale enterprise deployments.

Key Features

• NVIDIA Mellanox ConnectX-7 VPI SmartNIC
• Model: CX715105A
• Part Number: MCX715105AS-WEAT
• NVIDIA SKU: 900-9X7AH-0039-STZ
• Single-Port QSFP112 Interface
• Supports 400GbE Ethernet (Default Mode)
• Supports NDR 400Gb/s InfiniBand
• PCI Express 5.0 x16 Host Interface
• Backward Compatible with PCIe Gen4 and Gen3
• Half Height Half Length (HHHL) Form Factor
• Secure Boot Enabled
• Crypto Disabled (-AS Version)
• RDMA & RoCE Acceleration
• GPUDirect RDMA Support
• Port Splitting Capable
• Socket Direct Ready Design
• Typical Power Consumption: 24.9W
• Tall Profile Bracket Installed

Ideal Applications

• Artificial Intelligence (AI) Infrastructure
• Machine Learning Platforms
• Deep Learning Training Clusters
• High-Performance Computing (HPC)
• GPU Compute Clusters
• NVIDIA DGX Systems
• NVIDIA HGX Platforms
• Hyperscale Cloud Data Centers
• Enterprise Data Centers
• High-Speed Database Clusters
• NVMe-over-Fabrics (NVMe-oF)
• Software Defined Storage
• Hyperconverged Infrastructure
• Scientific Computing
• Financial Modeling
• Research Laboratories
• Big Data Analytics

Network Performance

Ethernet Speeds

• 400GbE
• 200GbE
• 100GbE
• 50GbE
• 25GbE
• 10GbE
• 1GbE

InfiniBand Speeds

• NDR 400Gb/s
• NDR200
• HDR 200Gb/s
• HDR100
• EDR 100Gb/s
• FDR
• SDR

Advanced Networking Technologies

• RDMA (Remote Direct Memory Access)
• RoCE (RDMA over Converged Ethernet)
• GPUDirect RDMA
• GPUDirect Storage
• ASAP² Packet Processing
• SR-IOV Virtualization
• VXLAN Offload
• NVGRE Offload
• GENEVE Offload
• Hardware Congestion Control
• TCP/IP Offload Engine
• Advanced Packet Steering
• MPI Acceleration
• Precision Time Protocol (PTP)
• Storage Acceleration Technologies

Equipment & Platform Compatibility

Compatible with systems equipped with an available PCIe x16 Gen5, Gen4, or Gen3 slot and adequate cooling.

Supported Server Manufacturers

• Dell EMC
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
• Lenovo
• Cisco
• Supermicro
• NVIDIA
• Inspur
• Gigabyte
• ASUS
• Fujitsu
• QCT (Quanta Cloud Technology)
• Wiwynn
• Penguin Computing
• Atos / Eviden
• NEC

Common Compatible Server Families

Dell PowerEdge

• R760
• R760xa
• R7625
• XE9680
• XE9680L
• XE9780
• XR7620

HPE ProLiant

• DL360 Gen11
• DL380 Gen11
• DL385 Gen11
• Apollo Series

Lenovo ThinkSystem

• SR630 V3
• SR650 V3
• SR665 V3
• SR675 V3
• SD650 V3

Cisco UCS

• C-Series Rack Servers
• X-Series Platforms

Supermicro

• Hyper Series
• SuperServer Series
• BigTwin
• FatTwin
• GPU Servers

NVIDIA

• DGX Systems
• HGX Platforms
• AI SuperPOD Infrastructure

Operating System Support

• Microsoft Windows Server
• Windows
• Linux
• Ubuntu
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
• Rocky Linux
• AlmaLinux
• CentOS
• Oracle Linux
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
• FreeBSD
• VMware ESXi
• VMware vSphere

Compatible Networking Ecosystem

NVIDIA Switch Compatibility

• NVIDIA Quantum
• NVIDIA Quantum-2
• NVIDIA Spectrum
• NVIDIA Spectrum-2
• NVIDIA Spectrum-3
• NVIDIA Spectrum-4

Cable & Transceiver Compatibility

• NVIDIA LinkX QSFP112 DAC Cables
• NVIDIA LinkX Active Optical Cables (AOC)
• NVIDIA LinkX Optical Transceivers
• 400G QSFP112 Modules
• 200G QSFP112 Modules

Physical Specifications

• Form Factor: HHHL (Half Height Half Length)
• Dimensions: 2.71" x 6.60"
• Interface: PCIe Gen5 x16
• Network Port: 1 x QSFP112
• Operating Temperature: 0°C to 55°C
• Storage Temperature: -40°C to 70°C
• Humidity: 10% to 85%
• MTBF: 1.2 Million Hours
• RoHS Compliant

Chipset

NVIDIA Mellanox ConnectX-7 ASIC

• CX715105A Silicon
• VPI (Virtual Protocol Interconnect)
• SmartNIC / SuperNIC Architecture
• Hardware RDMA Acceleration
• Hardware RoCE Acceleration
• PCIe Gen5 Controller
• Advanced Offload Engine
• Secure Boot Enabled

Package Includes

• NVIDIA Mellanox ConnectX-7 CX715105A Network Adapter
• Tall Profile Bracket Installed

Part Numbers: CX715105A, MCX715105AS-WEAT, 900-9X7AH-0039-STZ

Please verify compatibility with your server, operating system, switch, cables, and networking environment prior to purchase.