Dell Mellanox CX516A ConnectX-5 2-Port 100Gb QSFP PCIe Network Card – 071C1T / 71C1T
Product Overview
The Dell Mellanox CX516A (part numbers 071C1T / 71C1T) is a high-performance dual-port 100GbE network interface card built for enterprise-grade environments. Powered by Mellanox’s ConnectX-5 architecture, this card is designed to deliver ultra-low latency, high throughput, and robust offload capabilities to meet the needs of modern data centers, cloud platforms, and high-performance computing systems.
Key Features
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Chipset: Mellanox ConnectX-5 (CX516A)
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Ports: 2 x 100Gb QSFP28
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Interface: PCIe Gen4 x16
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Form Factor: Full-height plug-in card
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Data Rate Support: 25GbE, 40GbE, 50GbE, and 100GbE
Performance Highlights
- Full support for RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) and iWARP
- Advanced network offloads including TCP/UDP/IP checksum, LSO, RSS, VLAN tagging, and jumbo frames
- Hardware-based packet pacing and congestion control
- Precision Time Protocol (PTP) v2 support for time-sensitive applications
Ideal For
- Enterprise and hyperscale data centers
- High-performance computing (HPC) clusters
- Software-defined storage and networking
- Virtualized server environments with high I/O demand
Reliability & Compatibility
This Dell-branded model ensures seamless integration with Dell PowerEdge servers and is also compatible with other systems that support full-height PCIe network cards. Designed for long-term reliability in intensive network workloads.
Other Related Parts Number: CX516A-Dell, CX516A, 071C1T, MCX516A-CDAT
