Product Naming Convention - Add-on Cards

Character (Set) | Representation | Options |
1st | Product Family | AOC = Add On Card |
2nd | Form Factor |
M = Super IO Module (SIOM) MH = SIOM Hybrid U = UIO S = Standard P = Proprietary C = MicroLP |
3rd | Product Type/Speed |
G = GbE (1Gbps) TG = 10GbE (10Gbps) 25G = 25GbE (25Gbps) 40G = 40GbE (40Gbps) 50G = 50GbE (50Gbps) 100G = 100GbE (100Gbps) HFI = Host Fabric Interface (100Gbps) IBE = IB EDR (100Gbps) IBF = IB FDR (56Gbps) IBQ = IB QDR (40Gbps) INF = IB DDR (20Gbps) |
4th | Chipset Model (optional) |
N = Niantec (82599ES) P = Powerville (i350) S = Sageville (X550) F = Fortville (XL710/X710) L = Lewisburg (PCH C620) |
5th | Chipset Manufacturer (optional) |
i = Intel b = Broadcom m = Mellanox |
6th | Number of Ports |
1 = 1 port 2 = 2 ports 4 = 4 ports |
7th | Connector Type (optional) |
C = QSFP28 Q = QSFP+ S = SFP+/SFP28 T = 10GBase-T |
8th | 2nd Connector Type (optional) |
G = 1x GbE RJ45 2G = 2x GbE RJ45 2T = 2x 10GbE RJ45 |

Character (Set) | Representation | Options (NVMe AOC) |
1st | Product Family | AOC = Add On Card |
2nd | Interface Type | S = Standard PCI-E |
3rd | Tray Height / Form Factor |
M = Smaller Size L = Low Profile H = Full Height |
4th | Generation |
G3 = PCI-E Gen3 G4 = PCI-E Gen4 |
5th | Number of Ports |
2 = 2 ports 4 = 4 ports 8 = 8 ports |
6th | HBA Type and Connector |
E4 = Switch, Mini-SAS HD E4R = Redriver, Mini-SAS HD E4T = Retimer, OCuLink (PCI-E Gen3) or SlimSAS (PCI-E Gen4) E2P = Switch, OCuLink X4P = Switch, External Mini-SAS HD M2 = Pass Thru and RAID HBA, M.2 M-Key Socket H8M2 = Hybrid NVMe/SATA, M.2 M-Key Socket M2P = Switch, M.2 M-Key Socket |
7th | Form Factor |
B/BW = BigTwin™ form factor (1U node height) BW2 = BigTwin™ form factor (2U node height) F = Unique form factor U = Ultra form factor |

Character (Set) | Representation | Options (SAS AOC) |
1st | Product Family | AOC = Add On Card |
2nd | Form Factor |
U = UIO S = Standard PCI-E |
3rd | Chipset |
2208 = Broadcom 2208 chip 2308 = Broadcom 2308 chip |
4th | Card Form Factor |
L = Low-profile R = Full-height Half-length F = Full-height Full-length |
5th | Card Usage |
H = ROC high performance RAID card L = Entry level HBA MV = Marvel |
6th | Port Number | 8 = 8 ports |
7th and 8th | Port Type |
iR = Full RAID support e = HBA only (No RAID support / IT mode) i = SW RAID (Minial RAID support / IR mode) |

Character (Set) | Representation | Options (Ultra AOC) |
1st | Product Family | AOC = Add On Card |
2nd | Form Factor |
UR = Ultra Riser for 1U 2UR = Ultra Riser for 2U |
3rd | PCI-E Expansion Slots |
8 = PCI-E x8 6 = PCI-E x16 |
4th | NVMe Ports (Optional) |
N2 = Two NVMe ports N4 = Four NVMe ports N6 = Six NVMe ports |
5th | LAN Chipset Manufacturer |
i = Intel m = Mellanox b = Broadcom |
6th | Number of Ports |
1 = One port 2 = Two ports 4 = Four ports |
7th | Controller Type |
G = GbE X = 10GbE T = 25GbE Q = 40GbE IE = InfiniBand EDR |
8th | Connector Type (Optional) |
S = SFP+/SFP28 T = 10GBase-T |
9th | Chipset Model (Optional) | F = Fortville (XL710/X710) |