Specifications

Physical

Size: 3.07 in. x 4.33 in (78.00mm x 110.05mm)

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

Protocol Support

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-CR, 10GBASE-KR, SGMII, 1000BASE-CX, 1000BASE-KX, 10GBASE-SR

InfiniBand: IBTA v1.3
Auto-Negotiation(a): 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

Data Rate:

Ethernet

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

InfiniBand

SDR/DDR/QDR/FDR/EDR

PCI Express Gen 3.0: SERDES @ 8.0GT/s, 16 lanes (2.0 and 1.1 compatible)

Power and Airflow

Voltage: 3.3VAUX, 5VAUX, 12V

Power

Cable Type

Typical Power(b)

Passive Cables

14.48W

Maximum Power

Passive Cables

17.57W

3.5W Active Cables

21.07W

Maximum power available through QSFP28 port: 3.5W


Airflow(d)

Cable Type

Heatsink to Port

Port to Heatsink

Passive Cable

300LFM

450LFM -tested in Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers

400LFM

Active 3.5W Cable

1200LFM

600LFM

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

Regulatory

Safety

CB / cTUVus / CE

EMC

CE / FCC / VCCI / ICES / RCM

RoHS

RoHS compliant

a. 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.
d. Airflow is measured in wind tunnel.

Physical

Size: 3.07 in. x 4.33 in (78.00mm x 110.05mm)

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

Protocol Support

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-CR, 10GBASE-KR, SGMII, 1000BASE-CX, 1000BASE-KX, 10GBASE-SR

InfiniBand: IBTA v1.3
Auto-Negotiation(a): 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

Data Rate:

Ethernet

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

InfiniBand

SDR/DDR/QDR/FDR/EDR

PCI Express Gen 3.0: SERDES @ 8.0GT/s, 16 lanes (2.0 and 1.1 compatible)

Power and Airflow

Voltage: 3.3VAUX, 5VAUX, 12V

Power

Cable Type

Active Mode

Standby Mode

Typical Power(b)

Passive Cables

14.48W

Maximum Power

Passive Cables

17.57W

5VAUX/12V: 6.7W
3.3VAUX: 0.1

3.5W Active Cables

21.07W

Maximum power available through QSFP28 port: 3.5W


Airflow(d)

Cable Type

Heatsink to Port

Port to Heatsink

Passive Cable

400LFM

800LFM

Active 3.5W Cable

NA

400LFM

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

Regulatory

Safety

CB / cTUVus / CE

EMC

CE / FCC / VCCI / ICES / RCM

RoHS

RoHS compliant

a. 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.
d. Airflow is measured in wind tunnel.

Physical

Size: 3.07 in. x 4.33 in (78.00mm x 110.05mm)

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

Protocol Support

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-CR, 10GBASE-KR, SGMII, 1000BASE-CX, 1000BASE-KX, 10GBASE-SR

InfiniBand: IBTA v1.3
Auto-Negotiation(a): 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

Data Rate:

Ethernet

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

InfiniBand

SDR/DDR/QDR/FDR/EDR

PCI Express Gen 3.0: SERDES @ 8.0GT/s, 16 lanes (2.0 and 1.1 compatible)

Power and Airflow

Voltage: 3.3VAUX, 5VAUX, 12V

Power

Cable Type

Typical Power(b)

Passive Cables

16W

3.5W Active Cables

19.5W

Maximum Power

Passive Cables

18.7W

3.5W Active Cables

22.2W

Maximum power available through QSFP28 port: 3.5W


Airflow(d)

Cable Type

Heatsink to Port

Port to Heatsink

Passive Cable

300LFM

400LFM

Active 3.5W Cable

1200LFM

700LFM

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

Regulatory

Safety

CB / cTUVus / CE

EMC

CE / FCC / VCCI / ICES / RCM

RoHS

RoHS compliant


a. 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.
d. Airflow is measured in wind tunnel.

Physical

Size: 3.07 in. x 4.33 in (78.00mm x 110.05mm)

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

Protocol Support

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-CR, 10GBASE-KR, SGMII, 1000BASE-CX, 1000BASE-KX, 10GBASE-SR

InfiniBand: IBTA v1.3
Auto-Negotiation(a): 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

Data Rate:

Ethernet

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

InfiniBand

SDR/DDR/QDR/FDR/EDR

PCI Express Gen 3.0/4.0: SERDES @ 8.0GT/s/ 16.0GT/s 16 lanes (2.0 and 1.1 compatible)

Warning

PCIe 4.0 x16 bus can supply a maximum bandwidth of 256Gb/s (=16 * 16GT/s, including overhead), and therefore is able to support 200Gb/s when both network ports run at 100Gb/s.

Power and Airflow

Voltage: 3.3VAUX, 5VAUX, 12V

Power

Cable Type

Typical Power(b)

Passive Cables

16.7W

3.5W Active Cables

27.9W

Maximum Power

Passive Cables

23.9W

3.5W Active Cables

32.1W

Maximum power available through QSFP28 port: 3.5W


Airflow(d)

Cable Type

Heatsink to Port

Port to Heatsink

Passive Cable

TBD

TBD

Active 3.5W Cable

TBD

TBD

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

Regulatory

Safety

CB / cTUVus / CE

EMC

CE / FCC / VCCI / ICES / RCM

RoHS

RoHS compliant

a. 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.
d. Airflow is measured in wind tunnel.

Warning

All dimensions are in millimeters. All the mechanical tolerances are +/- 0.1mm.

Warning

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

MCX545B-ECAN Mechanical Drawing and Dimensions

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MCX545A-ECAN and MCX545M-ECAN Mechanical Drawing and Dimensions

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MCX546A-EDAN Mechanical Drawing and Dimensions

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