Mellanox and Teranetics Introduce ConnectX ENt Dual-Port 10GBASE-T Adapter Card

By DE Editors

Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. and Teranetics have announced a fully integrated 10GBASE-T Network Interface Card (NIC). The ConnectX ENt dual-port adapter card for PCIe 2.0 (up to 5.0GT/s) delivers high-throughput,  low-latency, and high availability with low power to accelerate today’s data center, according to the companies.

ConnectX ENt supports virtualization acceleration features such as NetQueue and SR-IOV, and I/O consolidation fabrics with data center bridging (DCB) fabric enhancements and fiber channel over Ethernet (FCoE).

“Mellanox’s ConnectX EN family of 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapter cards provides IT managers with interface flexibility, optimal performance and a common software platform to support increasing data center application requirements and IT growth, while maintaining management simplicity and scalability,” said John Monson, vice president of marketing at Mellanox Technologies. “ConnectX ENt brings power- and cost-optimized UTP (unshielded twisted pair) connectivity for 10 Gigabit Ethernet to mainstream data center servers and storage devices.”

Mellanox will be demonstrating its ConnectX ENt 10GBASE-T adapter products in the Mellanox booth (#2307) and the Ethernet Alliance booth (#527) during Interop Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada from May 19-21, 2009.

For more information, visit Mellanox and Teranetics.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.