ConnectX-5 EN intelligent adapter cards introduce new acceleration engines to maximise the high performance of Web 2.0, cloud, data analytics and storage platforms. ConnectX-5 supports two ports of 100 Gb/s Ethernet connectivity, sub-700 nanosecond latency and very high message rate, as well as PCIe switch and NVMe-over-fabric offloads, providing the highest performance and most flexible solution for the most demanding applications and markets. ConnectX-5 Accelerated Switching and Packet Processing (ASAP2) technology improves offloading from virtual switches and virtual routers, such as Open V-Switch (OVS), resulting in significantly higher data transfer performance without overloading the CPU. Together with native support for RoCE and DPDK (Data Plane Development Kit), ConnectX-5 significantly improves the efficiency of cloud and NFV platforms.