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Solarflare X4522

Solarflare X4522

Solarflare X4522

The AMD Solarflare X4522 is a high-performance, ultra-low latency 2-port 50GbE SFP56 Ethernet adapter designed for electronic trading and HPC environments. It features a PCIe Gen5 x8 interface, supports 1/10/25/50 GbE speeds, ulilizes Onload kernel bypass software, and offers improved packet ingestion over previous generations.

  • Performance: Optimized for sub-microsecond latency, providing significant improvements over X3 and X2 series adapters, designed specially to accelerate financial trading algorithms.
  • Connectivity: 2 x SFP56 ports supporting 1 GbE / 10 GbE / 25 Gbe / 50 GbE speeds.
  • Interface: PCIe Gen5 x8, compliant with PCIe CEM 5.0.
  • Form Factor: Half-height, half-length (HHHL) card, ideal for compact server configuration.
  • Technology: Features Precision Time Protocol (PTP) for accurate synchronization and hardware root of trust for security.
  • Software Support: Compatible with Onload and ef_vi for kernel bypass and accelerated messaging.
Card Specifications AMD Solarflare X4522 Ethernet Adapter
Production product SKU X4522
X4522-PLUS
X4522-PLUS-5YW
Add regulatory product code SR244
Maximum electrical card load 18.7W using DAC cables (2 x 50 GbE, both cages active)
Thermal cooling Passive
Form factor Half height, half length
Network interface 2 x SFP56, each of which supports a single port at 1 GbE/ 10 GbE / 25 GbE / 50 GbE
PCIe interface Gen5 x8, PCIe CEM 5.0 compliant
Feature summary
  • Secure firmware upgrade and hardware root of trust
  • OS support
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    • Ubuntu
  • UFEI boot support
  • PXE over UFEI
  • NC-SI/PLDM
  • McTP over SMBus PCIe VDM
  • Onload support
  • TCPDirect support
  • ef_vi support
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