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Rocket 9504A
Quad SFP28 Ports 25G PCIe 4.0 x16 Enterprise NIC
Key Features:
4x SFP28 25GbE Ports
Supports 25/10/1GbE Data Rates
Windows/Linux/FreeBSDS Support
PCIe 4.0 x16 Bus Interface
Utilizes Intel E810-CAM1 Chipset
Key Features:
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4x MCIO (Gen5) /SFF-8654 (Gen4) /SFF8643 (Gen3) Ports (dedicated x8 lanes per port)
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Supports Enterprise and Datacenter Class U.2, U.3, E1.S & EDSFF NVMe media
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PCIe Switching architecture based on Broadcom’s 48-lane PCIe switching technology:
Key Features:
HighPoint NVMe RAID Adapters are engineered to maximize the potential of each available PCIe x16 slot to deliver peak performance and superior storage connectivity. Each solution leverages Broadcom’s industry-leading x48-Lane PCIe Switch ICs to optimize signal integrity, minimize latency and provide the fastest, densest downstream port connectivity possible in a single-slot device. Learn More...
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4x MCIO (Gen5) /SFF-8654 (Gen4) /SFF8643 (Gen3) Ports (dedicated x8 lanes per port)
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Supports Enterprise and Datacenter Class U.2, U.3, E1.S & EDSFF NVMe media
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PCIe Switching architecture based on Broadcom’s 48-lane PCIe switching technology:
Powered by Industry Proven PCIe Switching Technology
HighPoint NVMe Switch Adapters are engineered to maximize the potential of each available PCIe x16 slot to deliver peak performance and superior storage connectivity. Each solution leverages Broadcom’s industry-leading x48-Lane PCIe Switch ICs to optimize signal integrity, minimize latency and provide the fastest, densest downstream port connectivity possible in a single-slot device. Learn More...05-50164-02，Broadcom 9700W-32I ，9700W-32I
HighPoint NVMe RAID Adapters: Engineered for Scalable Storage Infrastructures
Configurable PCIe Lane Counts enable customers to optimize data flow and/or transfer performance to facilitate seamless integration of NVMe media into various storage architectures and workloads.
Compliant with Industry Backplane Specifications: The adapters support UBM (Universal Backplane Management), VPP (Voltage Protection Profile) and real-time storage health and connectivity monitoring to ensure full compliance with industry standard backplane specifications for superior reliability.
Comprehensive Storage Communication Interfaces: With support for SMBus, I2C, and advanced Out-of-Band protocols like MCTP and SMC, HighPoint NVMe Switch Adapters provide extensive communication options to enhance storage administration across a diverse range of hardware environments.
HighPoint NVMe RAID Adapters: Engineered for Scalable Storage Infrastructures
Configurable PCIe Lane Counts enable customers to optimize data flow and/or transfer performance to facilitate seamless integration of NVMe media into various storage architectures and workloads.
Compliant with Industry Backplane Specifications: The adapters support UBM (Universal Backplane Management), VPP (Voltage Protection Profile) and real-time storage health and connectivity monitoring to ensure full compliance with industry standard backplane specifications for superior reliability.
Comprehensive Storage Communication Interfaces: With support for SMBus, I2C, and advanced Out-of-Band protocols like MCTP and SMC, HighPoint NVMe Switch Adapters provide extensive communication options to enhance storage administration across a diverse range of hardware environments.
HighPoint NVMe RAID Adapters: Engineered for Scalable Storage Infrastructures
HighPoint NVMe RAID Adapters: Engineered for Scalable Storage Infrastructures
Single x16 Slot Expansion Solution
Dual x8 Slot Expansion Solution
HighPoint NVMe RAID Adapters: Engineered for Scalable Storage Infrastructures
NVMe Storage Expansion
HighPoint NVMe RAID Adapters: Engineered for Scalable Storage Infrastructures
Configurable PCIe Lane Counts enable customers to optimize data flow and/or transfer performance to facilitate seamless integration of NVMe media into various storage architectures and workloads.
Compliant with Industry Backplane Specifications: The adapters support UBM (Universal Backplane Management), VPP (Voltage Protection Profile) and real-time storage health and connectivity monitoring to ensure full compliance with industry standard backplane specifications for superior reliability.
Comprehensive Storage Communication Interfaces: With support for SMBus, I2C, and advanced Out-of-Band protocols like MCTP and SMC, HighPoint NVMe Switch Adapters provide extensive communication options to enhance storage administration across a diverse range of hardware environments.
HighPoint NVMe RAID Adapters: Engineered for Scalable Storage Infrastructures
Configurable PCIe Lane Counts enable customers to optimize data flow and/or transfer performance to facilitate seamless integration of NVMe media into various storage architectures and workloads.
Compliant with Industry Backplane Specifications: The adapters support UBM (Universal Backplane Management), VPP (Voltage Protection Profile) and real-time storage health and connectivity monitoring to ensure full compliance with industry standard backplane specifications for superior reliability.
Comprehensive Storage Communication Interfaces: With support for SMBus, I2C, and advanced Out-of-Band protocols like MCTP and SMC, HighPoint NVMe Switch Adapters provide extensive communication options to enhance storage administration across a diverse range of hardware environments.
Gen5 & 2nd-Gen Gen4 Field Service Feature Suite
Intelligent Self-Diagnostic LEDs & Alarms: HighPoint PCIe Gen5/2nd-Gen Gen4 Adapters feature Built-In Early Warning LED Indicators and Audible Alarms. Simple color coding and light/sound patterns enable administrators to instantly asses the status of hosted NVMe media, the strength of the PCIe connection, and temperature of the PCIe switch hardware.
FRU (Field Replicable Unit) Support: The Rocket 1628A and Rocket 1528D are field replaceable units (FRU); the VPD stored on each adapter enables customers and service providers to easily procure replacements with the correct firmware/driver combination.
HighPoint MPT Utility: HighPoint’s MPT Utility offers advanced real-time monitoring and diagnostic services for each Switch Adapter.
Integrated NVMe Hot-Plug & Hot-Swap Capability: Enables administrators to add or remove SSDs while the host platform remains online.
Advanced Cooling Solutions
HighPoint NVMe RAID adapters employ advanced hardware cooling solutions, tailored for each PCIe generation of 2.5" NVMe media. Comprised of full-Length Aluminum heat exchangers and/or low-decibel fans with ventilated brackets, the systems are engineered to maximize the reliability and endurance of NVMe controller hardware and the Broadcom Switch ICs. The lack of moving parts and zero maintenance requirements are ideal for professional server and datacenter environments.
Gen5 models feature an innovative copper piping system designed to rapidly whisk waste heat away from the PEX 89048 switch IC and controller componentry to further promote longevity of the adapter hardware.
Advanced Cooling Solutions
HighPoint NVMe RAID adapters employ advanced hardware cooling solutions, tailored for each PCIe generation of 2.5" NVMe media. Comprised of full-Length Aluminum heat exchangers and/or low-decibel fans with ventilated brackets, the systems are engineered to maximize the reliability and endurance of NVMe controller hardware and the Broadcom Switch ICs. The lack of moving parts and zero maintenance requirements are ideal for professional server and datacenter environments.
Gen5 models feature an innovative copper piping system designed to rapidly whisk waste heat away from the PEX 89048 switch IC and controller componentry to further promote longevity of the adapter hardware.
Versatile Cabling Solutions
HighPoint NVMe RAID Adapters are designed interface with a variety of industry standard storage chassis, including internal 2.5” drive bays, Mobile Racks, and storage backplanes via a selection of certified cabling solutions.
These include direct to SSD connections such SFF-8639 (U.2/U.3 SSD), and SFF-TA-1002 (E3.S SSDs). Options for backplane/mobile rack connectivity include MCIO (Gen5), SFF-8654 (Gen4), and SFF-8643 (Gen3).
HighPoint P2P Solutions: Direct PCIe Data Pathways
HighPoint's PCIe Peer-to-Peer (P2P) architecture enables compatible devices such as NVMe storage and GPUs to exchange data directly across the PCIe fabric, reducing unnecessary transfers through system memory and the CPU.
For supported NVIDIA platforms, GPUDirect Storage (GDS) extends this architecture by enabling direct data transfers from NVMe storage to GPU memory. This can reduce latency and CPU overhead while improving GPU utilization for demanding AI, HPC, media, and data-intensive workloads.
HighPoint MCIO Expansion Solutions: Eliminate PCIe Slot Starvation in Dense AI & HPC Infrastructure
Modern AI, DL and edge computing demand immense data throughput and compute resources. However, system architects are often faced with face hard mechanical and electrical barriers.
Learn how you can unlock flexible PCIe Gen 5 routing, multi-GPU compute, and high-density expansion across 1U/2U servers and edge AI platforms with HighPoint’s modular MCIO ecosystem. Learn More.
HighPoint NVMe RAID Adapters: Engineered for Scalable Storage Infrastructures
Configurable PCIe Lane Counts enable customers to optimize data flow and/or transfer performance to facilitate seamless integration of NVMe media into various storage architectures and workloads.
Compliant with Industry Backplane Specifications: The adapters support UBM (Universal Backplane Management), VPP (Voltage Protection Profile) and real-time storage health and connectivity monitoring to ensure full compliance with industry standard backplane specifications for superior reliability.
Comprehensive Storage Communication Interfaces: With support for SMBus, I2C, and advanced Out-of-Band protocols like MCTP and SMC, HighPoint NVMe Switch Adapters provide extensive communication options to enhance storage administration across a diverse range of hardware environments.
Virtualization & Cloud Computing
Use Cases: Cloud Computing & Virtual Machine hosting
Benefits: Speeds up to 12 million IOPS, 4 to 8 independent M.2 Ports, and Native Linux & Windows support are ideal for VM platforms and Cloud Storage Services.
Enterprise Servers & Datacenters
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Use Cases: Data Centers & Servers
Benefits: Support for 2.5" NVMe media and Native hardware support simplifies service & upgrade workflows, and low-profile form-factor is ideal for datacenters and rackmount storage.
AI & ML Workflows
Use Cases: Neural Networks training, running AI algorithms, & real-time data analytics
Benefits: Accelerates data loading and model training times, supporting high-throughput data processing.
Big-Data Analytics
Use Cases: Applications that process large volumes of data such as real-time analytics and business intelligence applications
Benefits: Rapid access to large datasets, which results in faster analytics and insights generation.
Edge Computing
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Use Cases: Industrial Platforms, Edge Server & Workstations
Benefits: Native hardware support simplifies service & upgrade workflows, and the low-profile form-factor is ideal for compact rack-mount chassis.
Rocket 1624A, R1624A,R1624,1624
Hardware Features | |
Number of Ports | 4 |
Connector Type | SFP28 |
Data Rate Per Port | 25GbE |
Supported Data Rates | 25/10/1GbE Per Port |
Bus Interface | PCI-Express 4.0 x16 |
Chipset | Intel E810-CAM1 |
LED Indicators | ACT/LINK (Blinking)
NO ACTIVITY (OFF)
LINK SPEED (Green = 100GbE; Amber = Less than 100GbE; OFF = No link) |
IEEE Standards | Compliance with the following IEEE 802.3 standards
25GbE / 10GbE / 1GbE
IEEE 802.3by, Ethernet Consortium25, 50 Gigabit Ethernet
IEEE 802.3by 25 Gigabit Ethernet
IEEE 802.3ae 10 Gigabit Ethernet
IEEE 802.3ab 1 Gigabit Ethernet
IEEE 802.3ap based auto-negotiation and KR startup
IEEE 802.3ad, 802.1AX Link Aggregation
IEEE 802.1Q, 802.1P VLAN tags and priority
IEEE 802.1Qau (QCN)
Congestion Notification
IEEE 802.1Qaz (ETS)
IEEE 802.1Qbb (PFC)
IEEE 802.1Qbg
IEEE 1588v2
Jumbo frame support (9.7KB) |
Cable Type | Network Protocol(Ethernet)
25GBASE-GAUI,25GBASE-KR,25G-AUIC2C,25G-AUIC2M, 25GBASE-CR1,25GBASE-KR1
10GBASE-KR, 10GSFI,10G-SFP+
1GBASE-KX
SGMII |
Certification | |
Mechanical Features | |
Form Factor | Low-profile |
Card Dimensions | 168mm x 69mm x 18mm (W*H*D) |
Card Weight | 0.17kg |
Cooling System | Passive Heatsink |
Bracket | Full-Height and Low-Profile Ventilated Brackets |
Supported Systems | |
OS | Windows 10/11
Windows Server 2016/2019/2022/2025
RHEL9.1/8.7,SLES15 PS4,Ubuntu22.04/20.04/Debian11 /FreeBSD13/12.3
ESXi8.0 |
Operating Environment | |
Storage Humidity | Maximum: 90% non-condensing relative humidity at 35 °C |
Work Temp. | 0 °C to 60 °C (32 °F to 140 °F) |
Storage Temp. | -40 °C to 70 °C (-40 °F to 158 °F) |
Power supply | PCIe （12V/3.3V） |
Typical power consumption | 22W |
Advanced features | |
RDMA | iWARP/RDMA, RoCEv2/RDMA |
SR‑IOV | Yes |
GENEVE | Yes |
NVGRE | Yes |
PXE | Yes |
VXLAN | Yes |
DPDK | Yes |
IEEE 1588 PTP | Yes |
Jumbo Frames | Yes |
Kit Contents | |
Kit Contents | Rocket 9504A x1 |
Low-Profile Ventilated Bracket x1 | |
QIG |