Specifications

Physical

Size: 2.71 in. x 5.6 in. (68.90mm x 142.24 mm) – low profile

Connector: Single QSFP28 InfiniBand and Ethernet (copper and optical)

Protocol Support

InfiniBand: IBTA v1.3a

Auto-Negotiation: 1X/2X/4X SDR (2.5Gb/s per lane), DDR (5Gb/s per lane), QDR (10Gb/s per lane), FDR10 (10.3125Gb/s per lane), FDR (14.0625Gb/s per lane), EDR (25Gb/s per lane) port

Ethernet: 100GBASE-CR4, 100GBASE-KR4, 100GBASE-SR4, 50GBASE-R2, 50GBASE-R4, 40GBASE-CR4, 40GBASE-KR4, 40GBASE-SR4, 40GBASE-LR4, 40GBASE-ER4, 40GBASE-R2, 25GBASE-R, 20GBASE-KR2, 10GBASE-LR,10GBASE-ER, 10GBASE-CX4, 10GBASE-CR, 10GBASE-KR, SGMII, 1000BASE-CX, 1000BASE-KX, 10GBASE-SR

Data Rate

InfiniBand

SDR/DDR/QDR/FDR/EDR

Ethernet

1/10/25/40/50/100 Gb/s

PCI Express Gen3: SERDES @ 8.0GT/s, 16 lanes (2.0 and 1.1 compatible)

Power

Voltage: 12V

Power

Cable

Typical Power b

Passive Cables

14.2W

Maximum Power

Passive Cables

17.0W

1.5W Active Cables

18.6W

2.5W Active Cables

19.7W

Maximum power available through QSFP28 port: 5W

Environmental

Temperature

Operational

0°C to 55°C

Non-operational

-40°C to 70°C

Humidity

Operational

10% to 85% relative humidity

Non-operational

10% to 90% relative humidity

Altitude (Operational)

3050m

Airflow

Airflow Specifications

Regulatory

Safety: CB / cTUVus / CE

EMC: CE / FCC / VCCI / ICES / RCM

RoHS compliant

a The ConnectX-5 adapters supplement the IBTA auto-negotiation specification to get better bit error rates and longer cable reaches. This supplemental feature only initiates when connected to another NVIDIA Infini­Band product.

b Typical power for ATIS traffic load.

c For both operational and non-operational states.

Physical

Size: 2.71 in. x 5.6 in. (68.90mm x 142.24 mm) – low profile

Connector: Dual QSFP28 InfiniBand and Ethernet (copper and optical)

Protocol Support

InfiniBand: IBTA v1.3 a

Auto-Negotiation: 1X/2X/4X SDR (2.5Gb/s per lane), DDR (5Gb/s per lane), QDR (10Gb/s per lane), FDR10 (10.3125Gb/s per lane), FDR (14.0625Gb/s per lane), EDR (25Gb/s per lane) port

Ethernet: 100GBASE-CR4, 100GBASE-KR4, 100GBASE-SR4, 50GBASE-R2, 50GBASE-R4, 40GBASE-CR4, 40GBASE-KR4, 40GBASE-SR4, 40GBASE-LR4, 40GBASE-ER4, 40GBASE-R2, 25GBASE-R, 20GBASE-KR2, 10GBASE-LR,10GBASE-ER, 10GBASE-CX4, 10GBASE-CR, 10GBASE-KR, SGMII, 1000BASE-CX, 1000BASE-KX, 10GBASE-SR

Data Rate

InfiniBand

SDR/DDR/QDR/FDR/EDR

Ethernet

1/10/25/40/50/100 Gb/s

PCI Express Gen3: SERDES @ 8.0GT/s, 16 lanes (2.0 and 1.1 compatible)

Note: PCIe 3.0 x16 bus can supply a maximum bandwidth of 128Gb/s only (=16 * 8GT/s, including overhead), and therefore cannot support 200Gb/s when both network ports of MCX556A-ECAT run at 100Gb/s.

Power

Voltage: 12V

Power

Cable

Typical Power b

Passive Cables

16.2W

Maximum Power

Passive Cables

19.0W

1.5 Active Cables

22.3W

2.5W Active Cables

24.6W

Maximum power available through QSFP28 port: 5W

Environmental

Temperature

Operational

0°C to 55°C

Non-operational

-40°C to 70°C

Humidity

Operational

10% to 85% relative humidity

Non-operational

10% to 90% relative humidity

Altitude (Operational)

3050m

Airflow

Airflow Specifications

Regulatory

Safety: CB / cTUVus / CE

EMC: CE / FCC / VCCI / ICES / RCM

RoHS compliant

Notes:
a. The ConnectX-5 adapters supplement the IBTA auto-negotiation specification to get better bit error rates and longer cable reaches. This supplemental feature only initiates when connected to another NVIDIA InfiniBand product.
b. Typical power for ATIS traffic load.
c. For both operational and non-operational states.

Physical

Size: 2.71 in. x 5.6 in. (68.90mm x 142.24 mm) – low profile

Connector: Dual QSFP28 InfiniBand and Ethernet (copper and optical)

Protocol Support

InfiniBand: IBTA v1.3 a

Auto-Negotiation: 1X/2X/4X SDR (2.5Gb/s per lane), DDR (5Gb/s per lane), QDR (10Gb/s per lane), FDR10 (10.3125Gb/s per lane), FDR (14.0625Gb/s per lane), EDR (25Gb/s per lane) port

Ethernet: 100GBASE-CR4, 100GBASE-KR4, 100GBASE-SR4, 50GBASE-R2, 50GBASE-R4, 40GBASE-CR4, 40GBASE-KR4, 40GBASE-SR4, 40GBASE-LR4, 40GBASE-ER4, 40GBASE-R2, 25GBASE-R, 20GBASE-KR2, 10GBASE-LR,10GBASE-ER, 10GBASE-CX4,10GBASE-CR, 10GBASE-KR, SGMII, 1000BASE-CX, 1000BASE-KX, 10GBASE-SR

Data Rate

InfiniBand

SDR/DDR/QDR/FDR/EDR

Ethernet

1/10/25/40/50/100 Gb/s

PCI Express Gen4: SERDES @ 16.0GT/s, 16 lanes (2.0 and 1.1 compatible)

Power

Voltage: 12V

Power

Cable

Typical Power b

Passive Cables

19.3W

Maximum Power

Passive Cables

23.4W

1.5W Active Cables

26.8W

2.5W Active Cables

29.0W

Maximum power available through QSFP28 port: 5W

Environmental

Temperature

Operational

0°C to 55°C

Non-operational

-40°C to 70°C

Humidity

Operational

10% to 85% relative humidity

Non-operational

10% to 90% relative humidity

Altitude (Operational)

3050m

Airflow

Airflow Specifications

Regulatory

Safety: CB / cTUVus / CE

EMC: CE / FCC / VCCI / ICES / RCM

RoHS: RoHS-R6

a. The ConnectX-5 adapters supplement the IBTA auto-negotiation specification to get better bit error rates and longer cable reaches. This supplemental feature only initiates when connected to another NVIDIA InfiniBand product.
b. Typical power for ATIS traffic load.
c. For both operational and non-operational states.

Airflow (LFM)
Airflow Direction - Heatsink to Port

Cable Type

Passive

Active 1.5W

Active 2.5W

Active 3.5W

Active 5W

MCX555A-ECAT

300

350

400

400

950

MCX556A-EC[A/U]T

350

500

600

650

1300

MCX556A-EDAT

400

600

850

1000

1400

Warning

All dimensions are in millimeters. The PCB mechanical tolerance is +/- 0.13mm.

Warning

For the 3D Model of the card, please refer to http://www.nvidia.com/page/3d_models.

Adapter Card Mechanical Drawing (Component Side)

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e

Bracket Mechanical Drawing

Warning

All dimensions are in millimeters. The bracket mechanical tolerance is +/- 0.25mm.

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