Chapter 2
Accelerator Card Overview
Card Interfaces and Details
Alveo™ cards are available in both passive and acve cooling conguraons; see Passive and
Acve Cooling Cards. The interfaces of each are idencal, except the fan included on acve
cooled cards. The card includes the following interfaces.
• A PCI Express
®
x16 card connector.
• A PCI Express auxiliary power connector. This 8-pin connector is shown in Figure 5 and is not
compable with an ATX12V/EPS12V power cable source.
• Two QSFP28 interfaces. Currently these interfaces are not supported by the deployment
plaorm.
• A micro-USB connector for maintenance purposes.
• A fan for the acve cooled card conguraon.
WARNING!
Hazardous moving parts. Keep away from fan blades.
ATTENTION! Pièces mobiles peuvent etre dangereuses. Éloignez-vous des lames du venlateur.
WARNUNG! Gefährliche bewegliche Teile. Halten sie sich von Lüerügeln fern.
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