Cabline CA-II Plus Harness - Component Side
Pin# | Signal Name | Wire Type | Detailed Description | AWG# | Pin# on the |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GND | GND BAR | 1 | ||
| 2 | PCIE_REFCLK1_P | Micro coax | Primary PCIe clock from the motherboard to the Network Adapter Main card, to be used for the x16 Cabline harness PCIe interface. This clock must meet all the PCIe SIG spec requirements. It should be driven from the motherboard side. | 38 | 2 |
| 3 | PCIE_REFCLK1_N | Micro coax | Primary PCIe clock from the motherboard to the Network Adapter Main card, to be used for the x16 Cabline harness PCIe interface. This clock must meet all the PCIe SIG spec requirements. It should be driven from the motherboard side. | 38 | 3 |
| 4 | GND | GND BAR | 4 | ||
| 5 | PCIE_CPU_CX_15N | Micro coax | Connect from the Black Cabline CA-II Plus cable through 220nF capacitors to the x16 PCIe Tx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point | 38 | 5 |
| 6 | PCIE_CPU_CX_15P | Micro coax | Connect from the Black Cabline CA-II Plus cable through 220nF capacitors to the x16 PCIe Tx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point | 38 | 6 |
| 7 | GND | GND BAR | 7 | ||
| 8 | PCIE_CPU_CX_14N | Micro coax | Connect from the Black Cabline CA-II Plus cable through 220nF capacitors to the x16 PCIe Tx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point | 38 | 8 |
| 9 | PCIE_CPU_CX_14P | Micro coax | Connect from the Black Cabline CA-II Plus cable through 220nF capacitors to the x16 PCIe Tx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point | 38 | 9 |
| 10 | GND | GND BAR | 10 | ||
| 11 | PCIE_CPU_CX_13N | Micro coax | Connect from the Black Cabline CA-II Plus cable through 220nF capacitors to the x16 PCIe Tx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point | 38 | 11 |
| 12 | PCIE_CPU_CX_13P | Micro coax | Connect from the Black Cabline CA-II Plus cable through 220nF capacitors to the x16 PCIe Tx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point | 38 | 12 |
| 13 | GND | GND BAR | 13 | ||
| 14 | PCIE_CPU_CX_12N | Micro coax | Connect from the Black Cabline CA-II Plus cable through 220nF capacitors to the x16 PCIe Tx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point | 38 | 14 |
| 15 | PCIE_CPU_CX_12P | Micro coax | Connect from the Black Cabline CA-II Plus cable through 220nF capacitors to the x16 PCIe Tx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point | 38 | 15 |
| 16 | GND | GND BAR | 16 | ||
| 17 | PCIE_CPU_CX_11N | Micro coax | Connect from the Black Cabline CA-II Plus cable through 220nF capacitors to the x16 PCIe Tx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point | 38 | 17 |
| 18 | PCIE_CPU_CX_11P | Micro coax | Connect from the Black Cabline CA-II Plus cable through 220nF capacitors to the x16 PCIe Tx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point | 38 | 18 |
| 19 | GND | GND BAR | 19 | ||
| 20 | PCIE_CPU_CX_10N | Micro coax | Connect from the Black Cabline CA-II Plus cable through 220nF capacitors to the x16 PCIe Tx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point | 38 | 20 |
| 21 | PCIE_CPU_CX_10P | Micro coax | Connect from the Black Cabline CA-II Plus cable through 220nF capacitors to the x16 PCIe Tx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point | 38 | 21 |
| 22 | GND | GND BAR | 22 | ||
| 23 | PCIE_CPU_CX_9N | Micro coax | Connect from the Black Cabline CA-II Plus cable through 220nF capacitors to the x16 PCIe Tx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point | 38 | 23 |
| 24 | PCIE_CPU_CX_9P | Micro coax | Connect from the Black Cabline CA-II Plus cable through 220nF capacitors to the x16 PCIe Tx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point | 38 | 24 |
| 25 | GND | GND BAR | 25 | ||
| 26 | PCIE_CPU_CX_8N | Micro coax | Connect from the Black Cabline CA-II Plus cable through 220nF capacitors to the x16 PCIe Tx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point | 38 | 26 |
| 27 | PCIE_CPU_CX_8P | Micro coax | Connect from the Black Cabline CA-II Plus cable through 220nF capacitors to the x16 PCIe Tx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point | 38 | 27 |
| 28 | GND | GND BAR | 28 | ||
| 29 | PCIE_CPU_CX_7N | Micro coax | Connect from the Black Cabline CA-II Plus cable through 220nF capacitors to the x16 PCIe Tx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point | 38 | 29 |
| 30 | PCIE_CPU_CX_7P | Micro coax | Connect from the Black Cabline CA-II Plus cable through 220nF capacitors to the x16 PCIe Tx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point | 38 | 30 |
| 31 | GND | GND BAR | 31 | ||
| 32 | PCIE_CPU_CX_6N | Micro coax | Connect from the Black Cabline CA-II Plus cable through 220nF capacitors to the x16 PCIe Tx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point | 38 | 32 |
| 33 | PCIE_CPU_CX_6P | Micro coax | Connect from the Black Cabline CA-II Plus cable through 220nF capacitors to the x16 PCIe Tx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point | 38 | 33 |
| 34 | GND | GND BAR | 34 | ||
| 35 | PCIE_CPU_CX_5N | Micro coax | Connect from the Black Cabline CA-II Plus cable through 220nF capacitors to the x16 PCIe Tx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point | 38 | 35 |
| 36 | PCIE_CPU_CX_5P | Micro coax | Connect from the Black Cabline CA-II Plus cable through 220nF capacitors to the x16 PCIe Tx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point | 38 | 36 |
| 37 | GND | GND BAR | 37 | ||
| 38 | PCIE_CPU_CX_4N | Micro coax | Connect from the Black Cabline CA-II Plus cable through 220nF capacitors to the x16 PCIe Tx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point | 38 | 38 |
| 39 | PCIE_CPU_CX_4P | Micro coax | Connect from the Black Cabline CA-II Plus cable through 220nF capacitors to the x16 PCIe Tx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point | 38 | 39 |
| 40 | GND | GND BAR | 40 | ||
| 41 | PCIE_CPU_CX_3N | Micro coax | Connect from the Black Cabline CA-II Plus cable through 220nF capacitors to the x16 PCIe Tx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point | 38 | 41 |
| 42 | PCIE_CPU_CX_3P | Micro coax | Connect from the Black Cabline CA-II Plus cable through 220nF capacitors to the x16 PCIe Tx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point | 38 | 42 |
| 43 | GND | GND BAR | 43 | ||
| 44 | PCIE_CPU_CX_2N | Micro coax | Connect from the Black Cabline CA-II Plus cable through 220nF capacitors to the x16 PCIe Tx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point | 38 | 44 |
| 45 | PCIE_CPU_CX_2P | Micro coax | Connect from the Black Cabline CA-II Plus cable through 220nF capacitors to the x16 PCIe Tx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point | 38 | 45 |
| 46 | GND | GND BAR | 46 | ||
| 47 | PCIE_CPU_CX_1N | Micro coax | Connect from the Black Cabline CA-II Plus cable through 220nF capacitors to the x16 PCIe Tx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point | 38 | 47 |
| 48 | PCIE_CPU_CX_1P | Micro coax | Connect from the Black Cabline CA-II Plus cable through 220nF capacitors to the x16 PCIe Tx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point | 38 | 48 |
| 49 | GND | GND BAR | 49 | ||
| 50 | PCIE_CPU_CX_0N | Micro coax | Connect from the Black Cabline CA-II Plus cable through 220nF capacitors to the x16 PCIe Tx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point | 38 | 50 |
| 51 | PCIE_CPU_CX_0P | Micro coax | Connect from the Black Cabline CA-II Plus cable through 220nF capacitors to the x16 PCIe Tx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point | 38 | 51 |
| 52 | GND | GND BAR | 52 | ||
| 53 | I2C_SMDAT | Micro coax | PCIe compliant SMBus interface to the network adapter. The Network adapter silicon may be accessed through this SMBus interface after the Power-On sequence of the network adapter is completed. The motherboard side serves as the bus master on the SMBus interface. (Please note on AUX board implementation, an I2C EEPROM at address 0x50 is also present on this interface, to allow the server management entity to read the identity of the auxiliary card. For a direct motherboard interface to the Cabline CA-II Plus cables, mounting such FRU EEPROM on the motherboard should be considered – for motherboard management purposes of the Cabline CA-II Plus interface to the network adapter). | 38 | 53 |
| 54 | I2C_SMCLK | Micro coax | PCIe compliant SMBus interface to the network adapter. The Network adapter silicon may be accessed through this SMBus interface after the Power-On sequence of the network adapter is completed. The motherboard side serves as the bus master on the SMBus interface. (Please note on AUX board implementation, an I2C EEPROM at address 0x50 is also present on this interface, to allow the server management entity to read the identity of the auxiliary card. For a direct motherboard interface to the Cabline CA-II Plus cables, mounting such FRU EEPROM on the motherboard should be considered – for motherboard management purposes of the Cabline CA-II Plus interface to the network adapter). | 38 | 54 |
| 55 | Reserved_01 | Micro coax | 38 | 55 | |
| 56 | S_WAKE1_CONN_L | Micro coax | In setups that support operation of the network adapter card during standby operating mode, this optional PCIe compliant Wake signal, may be used for the network adapter silicon to indicate to the motherboard when wake from standby power mode, for example after a magic packet was received. Please consult NVIDA in case of intention to use this signal, as it has not been populated or used in designs so far. | 38 | 56 |
| 57 | I2C_AUX_SCL | Micro coax | The ConnectX-7 silicon serves as the I2C bus master on this bus. An I2C EEPROM at I2C address 0x57 needs to be mounted on the motherboard side to report to the Cabline CA-II Plus interface parameters to the main-card network adapter silicon, like Cabline CA-II Plus cables length (contact NVIDIA for the format of this EEPROM). If additional optional I2C slave devices need to be managed by the main-card network adapter silicon, they need to be included on this I2C bus as well. | 38 | 57 |
| 58 | I2C_AUX_SDA | Micro coax | The ConnectX-7 silicon serves as the I2C bus master on this bus. An I2C EEPROM at I2C address 0x57 needs to be mounted on the motherboard side to report to the Cabline CA-II Plus interface parameters to the main-card network adapter silicon, like Cabline CA-II Plus cables length (contact NVIDIA for the format of this EEPROM). If additional optional I2C slave devices need to be managed by the main-card network adapter silicon, they need to be included on this I2C bus as well. | 38 | 58 |
| 59 | S_PRSNT1_L | Micro coax | Connect this pin to GND No wires are connected to these pins to ensure they do not interfere with the operation of S_PRSNT2_L for the detection when the two Cabline harnesses are installed. | 38 | 59 |
| 60 | No Wire | 60 |
Cabline CA-II Plus Harness - Print Side
Pin# | Signal Name | Wire Type | AWG# | Detailed Description | Pin# on the |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SER_CLK | Micro coax | 38 | 1 | |
| 2 | SER_CAPTURE | Micro coax | 38 | 2 | |
| 3 | SER_DO | Micro coax | 38 | 3 | |
| 4 | Reserved_04 | Micro coax | 38 | 4 | |
| 5 | SER_DI | Micro coax | 38 | 5 | |
| 6 | S_BIFFURCATE_AUX_BRD | Micro coax | 38 | In specific Network Card Assemblies which support bifurcation of the PCIe x16 IPEX interface to two x8 PCIe interfaces, this pin is used for either the motherboard or the network adapter silicon to signal whether the IPEX interface should or should not be bifurcated. This signal has been reserved and hasn’t been used in the past, and as a result it’s direction has not been fixed yet, to provide for additional options in the future. (pin is marked as Reserved 06 in the generic White IPEX Cable pinout) | 6 |
| 7 | Reserved_07 | Micro coax | 38 | Reserved for future expansion | 7 |
| 8 | Reserved_08 | Micro coax | 38 | Reserved for future expansion | 8 |
| 9 | GND | GND BAR | 9 | ||
| 10 | PCIE_CX_CPU_0P | Micro coax | 38 | Connect from the White Cabline CA-II Plus harness to the PCIe x16 Rx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point. 220nF caps are required on this signal on the ConnectX-7 card. | 10 |
| 11 | PCIE_CX_CPU_0N | Micro coax | 38 | Connect from the White Cabline CA-II Plus harness to the PCIe x16 Rx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point. 220nF caps are required on this signal on the ConnectX-7 card. | 11 |
| 12 | GND | GND BAR | 12 | ||
| 13 | PCIE_CX_CPU_1P | Micro coax | 38 | Connect from the White Cabline CA-II Plus harness to the PCIe x16 Rx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point. 220nF caps are required on this signal on the ConnectX-7 card. | 13 |
| 14 | PCIE_CX_CPU_1N | Micro coax | 38 | Connect from the White Cabline CA-II Plus harness to the PCIe x16 Rx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point. 220nF caps are required on this signal on the ConnectX-7 card. | 14 |
| 15 | GND | GND BAR | 15 | ||
| 16 | PCIE_CX_CPU_2P | Micro coax | 38 | Connect from the White Cabline CA-II Plus harness to the PCIe x16 Rx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point. 220nF caps are required on this signal on the ConnectX-7 card. | 16 |
| 17 | PCIE_CX_CPU_2N | Micro coax | 38 | Connect from the White Cabline CA-II Plus harness to the PCIe x16 Rx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point. 220nF caps are required on this signal on the ConnectX-7 card. | 17 |
| 18 | GND | GND BAR | 18 | ||
| 19 | PCIE_CX_CPU_3P | Micro coax | 38 | Connect from the White Cabline CA-II Plus harness to the PCIe x16 Rx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point. 220nF caps are required on this signal on the ConnectX-7 card. | 19 |
| 20 | PCIE_CX_CPU_3N | Micro coax | 38 | Connect from the White Cabline CA-II Plus harness to the PCIe x16 Rx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point. 220nF caps are required on this signal on the ConnectX-7 card. | 20 |
| 21 | GND | GND BAR | 21 | ||
| 22 | PCIE_CX_CPU_4P | Micro coax | 38 | Connect from the White Cabline CA-II Plus harness to the PCIe x16 Rx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point. 220nF caps are required on this signal on the ConnectX-7 card. | 22 |
| 23 | PCIE_CX_CPU_4N | Micro coax | 38 | Connect from the White Cabline CA-II Plus harness to the PCIe x16 Rx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point. 220nF caps are required on this signal on the ConnectX-7 card. | 23 |
| 24 | GND | GND BAR | 24 | ||
| 25 | PCIE_CX_CPU_5P | Micro coax | 38 | Connect from the White Cabline CA-II Plus harness to the PCIe x16 Rx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point. 220nF caps are required on this signal on the ConnectX-7 card. | 25 |
| 26 | PCIE_CX_CPU_5N | Micro coax | 38 | Connect from the White Cabline CA-II Plus harness to the PCIe x16 Rx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point. 220nF caps are required on this signal on the ConnectX-7 card. | 26 |
| 27 | GND | GND BAR | 27 | ||
| 28 | PCIE_CX_CPU_6P | Micro coax | 38 | Connect from the White Cabline CA-II Plus harness to the PCIe x16 Rx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point. 220nF caps are required on this signal on the ConnectX-7 card. | 28 |
| 29 | PCIE_CX_CPU_6N | Micro coax | 38 | Connect from the White Cabline CA-II Plus harness to the PCIe x16 Rx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point. 220nF caps are required on this signal on the ConnectX-7 card. | 29 |
| 30 | GND | GND BAR | 30 | ||
| 31 | PCIE_X_CPU_7P | Micro coax | 38 | Connect from the White Cabline CA-II Plus harness to the PCIe x16 Rx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point. 220nF caps are required on this signal on the ConnectX-7 card. | 31 |
| 32 | PCIE_CX_CPU_7N | Micro coax | 38 | Connect from the White Cabline CA-II Plus harness to the PCIe x16 Rx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point. 220nF caps are required on this signal on the ConnectX-7 card. | 32 |
| 33 | GND | GND BAR | 33 | ||
| 34 | PCIE_CX_CPU_8P | Micro coax | 38 | Connect from the White Cabline CA-II Plus harness to the PCIe x16 Rx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point. 220nF caps are required on this signal on the ConnectX-7 card. | 34 |
| 35 | PCIE_CX_CPU_8N | Micro coax | 38 | Connect from the White Cabline CA-II Plus harness to the PCIe x16 Rx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point. 220nF caps are required on this signal on the ConnectX-7 card. | 35 |
| 36 | GND | GND BAR | 36 | ||
| 37 | PCIE_CX_CPU_9P | Micro coax | 38 | Connect from the White Cabline CA-II Plus harness to the PCIe x16 Rx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point. 220nF caps are required on this signal on the ConnectX-7 card. | 37 |
| 38 | PCIE_CX_CPU_9N | Micro coax | 38 | Connect from the White Cabline CA-II Plus harness to the PCIe x16 Rx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point. 220nF caps are required on this signal on the ConnectX-7 card. | 38 |
| 39 | GND | GND BAR | 39 | ||
| 40 | PCIE_CX_CPU_10P | Micro coax | 38 | Connect from the White Cabline CA-II Plus harness to the PCIe x16 Rx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point. 220nF caps are required on this signal on the ConnectX-7 card. | 40 |
| 41 | PCIE_CX_CPU_10N | Micro coax | 38 | Connect from the White Cabline CA-II Plus harness to the PCIe x16 Rx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point. 220nF caps are required on this signal on the ConnectX-7 card. | 41 |
| 42 | GND | GND BAR | 42 | ||
| 43 | PCIE_CX_CPU_11P | Micro coax | 38 | Connect from the White Cabline CA-II Plus harness to the PCIe x16 Rx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point. 220nF caps are required on this signal on the ConnectX-7 card. | 43 |
| 44 | PCIE_CX_CPU_11N | Micro coax | 38 | Connect from the White Cabline CA-II Plus harness to the PCIe x16 Rx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point. 220nF caps are required on this signal on the ConnectX-7 card. | 44 |
| 45 | GND | GND BAR | 45 | ||
| 46 | PCIE_CX_CPU_12P | Micro coax | 38 | Connect from the White Cabline CA-II Plus harness to the PCIe x16 Rx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point. 220nF caps are required on this signal on the ConnectX-7 card. | 46 |
| 47 | PCIE_CX_CPU_12N | Micro coax | 38 | Connect from the White Cabline CA-II Plus harness to the PCIe x16 Rx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point. 220nF caps are required on this signal on the ConnectX-7 card. | 47 |
| 48 | GND | GND BAR | 48 | ||
| 49 | PCIE_CX_CPU_13P | Micro coax | 38 | Connect from the White Cabline CA-II Plus harness to the PCIe x16 Rx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point. 220nF caps are required on this signal on the ConnectX-7 card. | 49 |
| 50 | PCIE_CX_CPU_13N | Micro coax | 38 | Connect from the White Cabline CA-II Plus harness to the PCIe x16 Rx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point. 220nF caps are required on this signal on the ConnectX-7 card. | 50 |
| 51 | GND | GND BAR | 51 | ||
| 52 | PCIE_CX_CPU_14P | Micro coax | 38 | Connect from the White Cabline CA-II Plus harness to the PCIe x16 Rx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point. 220nF caps are required on this signal on the ConnectX-7 card. | 52 |
| 53 | PCIE_CX_CPU_14N | Micro coax | 38 | Connect from the White Cabline CA-II Plus harness to the PCIe x16 Rx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point. 220nF caps are required on this signal on the ConnectX-7 card. | 53 |
| 54 | GND | GND BAR | 54 | ||
| 55 | PCIE_CX_CPU_15P | Micro coax | 38 | Connect from the White Cabline CA-II Plus harness to the PCIe x16 Rx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point. 220nF caps are required on this signal on the ConnectX-7 card. | 55 |
| 56 | PCIE_CX_CPU_15N | Micro coax | 38 | Connect from the White Cabline CA-II Plus harness to the PCIe x16 Rx lanes of the CPU/GPU/End-Point. 220nF caps are required on this signal on the ConnectX-7 card. | 56 |
| 57 | GND | GND BAR | 57 | ||
| 58 | S_PERST1_CONN_L | Micro coax | 38 | PCIe compliant PERST_L (active low PCI Reset) signal for the PCIe Cabline CA-II Plus Connectors. The direction of this PERST_L signal depends on the implementation: When connecting a CPU root complex to the PCIe Cabline CA-II Plus interface, this signal is driven from the motherboard side (from the CPU), to the network adapter. When connecting a GPU or an end point to the PCIe Cabline CA-II Plus interface, this signal is driven from the network adapter side (which operates as a PCIe switch in this case), to the GPU or end-point on the motherboard side. | 58 |
| 59 | No Wire | 59 | |||
| 60 | S_PRSNT2_L | Micro coax | 38 | Connect to a 4.7K pull-up resistor to 3.3V on the motherboard side, to detect if both the Cabline harnesses are connected or not. This signal is connected to S_PRSNT1_L on the network adapter main card. In the motherboard side, read logic low if both Cabline harnesses are connected. Read logic 1 (3.3V) if one or both the Cabline harnesses are not connected. No wires are connected to these pins to ensure they do not interfere with the operation of S_PRSNT1_L for the detection when the two Cabline harnesses are installed. | 60 |
