Specifications
Physical | Low Profile Adapter Card Size: 6.6 in. x 2.71 in. (167.65mm x 68.90mm) | ||
Connector: Dual 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, 2x x8 lanes (2.0 and 1.1 compatible) Warning
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 and Airflow | Voltage: 12V | ||
Power | Cable | ||
Typical Power b | Passive Cables | 17.1W | |
Maximum Power | Passive Cables | 20.0W | |
1.5W Active Cables | 23.3W | ||
2.5W Active Cables | 25.5W | ||
Maximum power available through QSFP28 port: 5W | |||
Airflow: see Airflow Specifications | |||
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 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 | Low Profile Adapter Card Size: 6.6 in. x 2.71 in. (167.65mm x 68.90mm) | |||
Connector: Dual 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, 2x x8 lanes (2.0 and 1.1 compatible) Warning
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 | ||||
Adapter Card Power | Voltage: 12V | |||
Power | Cable | |||
Typical Power b | Passive Cables | 17.1W | ||
Maximum Power | Passive Cables | 20.0W | ||
1.5W Active Cables | 23.3W | |||
2.5W Active Cables | 25.5W | |||
Maximum power available through QSFP28 port: 5W | ||||
Active Auxiliary PCIe Connection Card Power | Typical Power | 1.46W | ||
Maximum Power | 1.85W | |||
Airflow: see Airflow Specifications | ||||
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 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 - Heat Sink to Port | |||||
Cable Type | Passive | Active 1.5W | Active 2.5W | Active 3.5W | Active 5W |
MCX556M-ECAT-S25 | 400 | 400 | 500 | 600 | 900 |
MCX556M-ECAT-S35A | 400 | 400 | 500 | 600 | 900 |
All dimensions are in millimeters. All the mechanical tolerances are +/- 0.1mm.
For the 3D Model of the card, please refer to http://www.nvidia.com/page/3d_models.
Dual-port Adapter Card | Auxiliary PCIe Connection Card |
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Slim-Line SAS Cable (25cm) | Slim-Line SAS Cable (35cm) |
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Adapter Card Tall Bracket | Auxiliary PCIe Connection Card Tall Bracket |
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