I/o slots (i/o mezzanine card options for m1000e), Overview, Options – Dell PowerEdge M610x User Manual

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10.3

I/O Slots (I/O Mezzanine Card Options for M1000e)

10.3.1 Overview

The M610X contains four PCIe Gen2 mezzanine slots. Installation of mezzanine cards requires an
M1000e I/O Module (IOM) of the same fabric technology to be installed in the corresponding fabric
slot of the mezzanine to support data flow through that fabric/slot

10.3.2 Options

Available options for slots include:

Available options for slots include:

Broadcom

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Dual-Port 5709

Broadcom

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Quad-Port 5709

Intel

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ET Quad-Port 82576

Broadcom

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Dual-Port 57711

Intel

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Ethernet X520 10GbE x/k

QLogic

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CNA QME8142

Emulex

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CNA OCM10102FM

QLogic

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QME2572 (FC8)

Emulex

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LPe1205 (FC8)

Mellanox

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ConnectX™-2 DDR IB (SFF)

Mellanox

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ConnectX™-2 QDR IB (SFF)

10.3.3 PCIe Card Support

The following cards are supported:
• Dell cards

– H800 controller
– 6GB SAS controller

• Fusion-io

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cards (drop in the box)

– 160GB SLC
– 640GB MLC

• NVIDIA

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cards (cards installed, drivers available on NVIDIA site)

– M1060 (takes up both slots)
– M2050-204 (takes up both slots)

10.3.4 NVIDIA Cards

GPGPU stands for General-Purpose computation on Graphics Processing Units. Graphics Processing
Units (GPUs) are high-performance many-core processors that can be used to accelerate a wide range
of applications
The NVIDIA

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Tesla™ M10 and 20-series are designed for high-performance computing. General

Purpose acceleration provides performance boosts for many applications in energy exploration,
science, and financial services and is commonly found in a high-performance computing (HPC)
environment.

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