I-KEXINT iveza i-NVIDIA Mellanox ConnectX-8 (C8240) VPI Adapter (P/N: 900-9X81Q-00CN-ST0), isikhungo senethiwekhi sesizukulwane esilandelayo esenzelwe ngqo imisebenzi esheshisiwe ye-AI, i-High-Performance Computing (HPC), kanye nezikhungo zedatha zebhizinisi ezisezingeni eliphezulu. Le adaptha ethuthukisiwe inokuxhumana kwe-QSFP112 okunamachweba amabili, inikeza i-Virtual Protocol Interconnect (VPI) ehlukahlukene esekela kokubili amaphrothokholi e-NDR InfiniBand kanye ne-400GbE Ethernet. Yakhiwe nge-interface yakamuva ye-PCIe 6.0 x16, inikeza ukudluliswa kwedatha okungakaze kubonwe kanye nokusebenza kahle, iphinda kabili i-bandwidth yezizukulwane zangaphambilini ukuze kuqedwe izithiyo zesistimu. Ukuhlanganiswa kobuchwepheshe be-Socket-Direct kuqinisekisa ukubambezeleka okuphansi kakhulu kanye nokusetshenziswa kwezinsiza ze-CPU okwenziwe ngcono, okubalulekile ekuqeqeshweni okukhulu kwe-AI kanye nokuhlaziywa kwedatha ngesikhathi sangempela. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-ConnectX-8 ibeka phambili ubuqotho bengqalasizinda ngezinjini ze-Hardware Crypto ezakhelwe ngaphakathi kanye namakhono e-Secure Boot, ihlinzeka ngokuzivikela okuqinile ekuphazamisekeni kwe-firmware kanye nokwephulwa kwedatha. Ilethwa ngama-bracket amade namafushane, le NIC inikeza ukuguquguquka okuphezulu kokuthunyelwa kwamaseva e-rack anabantu abaningi. Ukukhetha i-C8240 kusho ukuvikela inethiwekhi yakho esikhathini esizayo ngesivinini esihamba phambili embonini, ukuphepha, kanye nokukhula.
