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MCX555A-ECAT 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

EnvironmentalTemperatureOperational0°C to 55°C
Non-operational-40°C to 70°C c
HumidityOperational

10% to 85% relative humidity 

Non-operational10% 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 The non-operational storage temperature specifications apply to the product without its package.


MCX556A-ECAT/MCX556A-ECUT Specifications

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

EnvironmentalTemperatureOperational0°C to 55°C
Non-operational-40°C to 70°C c
HumidityOperational

10% to 85% relative humidity 

Non-operational10% 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 The non-operational storage temperature specifications apply to the product without its package.

MCX556A-EDAT Specifications

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

EnvironmentalTemperatureOperational0°C to 55°C
Non-operational-40°C to 70°C c
HumidityOperational

10% to 85% relative humidity 

Non-operational10% to 90% relative humidity 
Altitude (Operational)3050m

Airflow

Airflow Specifications

Regulatory

Safety: CB / cTUVus / CE

EMC: CE / FCC / VCCI / ICES / RCM

RoHS: RoHS-R6

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 The non-operational storage temperature specifications apply to the product without its package.

Airflow Specifications

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

LED Specifications

See LED Interface.

Board Mechanical Drawings and Dimensions

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

Adapter Card Mechanical Drawing (Component Side)

e

Bracket Mechanical Drawing

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