Firmware Compatible Products
These are the release notes for the NVIDIA Quantum™ firmware. This firmware complements the NVIDIA Quantum switch with a set of advanced features, allowing easy and remote management of the switch.
This firmware supports the following protocols:
InfiniBand—SDR, QDR, FDR EDR, HDR
This firmware supports the devices listed in the table below:
Model Number | Description |
MQM8790 | NVIDIA Quantum 40-port Non-blocking Externally Managed HDR 200Gb/s InfiniBand Smart Switch |
This firmware version has been validated to work against platforms with the following firmware and software versions.
HCA/Switch | Firmware Version |
NVIDIA Quantum | 27.2010.5042 |
Switch-IB 2 | 15.2010.5042 |
ConnectX®-7 | 28.35.2000 |
ConnectX-6 | 20.35.2000 |
ConnectX-5 | 16.35.2000 |
ConnectX-4 | 12.28.2006 |
Connect-IB® | 10.16.1200 |
MFT | 4.22.1-11 |
The minimal required ConnectX-6 firmware version is 20.25.1532.
NVIDIA does not support InfiniBand cables or modules not qualified or approved by NVIDIA.
Switch and HCAs InfiniBand Cable Connectivity Matrix
NVIDIA Quantum™ based switches and NVIDIA® ConnectX®-6 HCAs support HDR (PAM4, 50Gb/s per lane) and EDR (NRZ, 25Gb/s per lane) technologies. As the ConnectX adapter cards are identified by their maximum supported throughput (e.g. ConnectX-6 VPI 100Gb/s card can support either 2-lanes of 50Gb/s or 4-lanes of 25Gb/s), the exact connectivity will be determined by the cable that is being used.
As a reference:
Speed Mode | Speed Supported | Number of Lanes Used |
HDR | 200Gb/s InfiniBand | 4 lanes of 50Gb/s |
HDR100 | 100Gb/s InfiniBand | 2 lanes of 50Gb/s |
EDR | 100Gb/s InfiniBand | 4 lanes of 25Gb/s |
FDR | 56Gb/s | 4 lanes of 14Gb/s |
The following tables present the connectivity matrix, between NVIDIA Quantum based switches, ConnectX-6 HCA, and the cables.
Switch-to-Switch Connectivity
Switch | Switch | Cable | |||||
H cable DAC | H cable AOC | HDR DAC | HDR AOC | EDR DAC/AOC | FDR DAC/AOC | ||
NVIDIA Quantum™ | NVIDIA Quantum | No such cable | HDR100 | HDR | HDR | EDR | N/A |
NVIDIA Quantum | NVIDIA® Switch-IB®/Switch-IB 2 | N/A | N/A | EDR | N/A | EDR | N/A |
NVIDIA Quantum | NVIDIA® SWITCHX®-2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | FDR |
HCA-to-Switch Connectivity Matrix
Adapter | Switch | Cable | |||||||
Y cable DAC/AOC | HDR DAC | HDR AOC | HDR100 DAC/AOC (Copper Cables Only) | EDR DAC | EDR AOC | FDR DAC/AOC | |||
ConnectX-6 200Gb/s | NVIDIA Quantum-2 | NDR Switch | N/A | 2 × HDR | 2 × HDR | 4 × HDR100 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
ConnectX-6 100Gb/s | NVIDIA Quantum-2 | N/A | 2 × EDR | N/A | 4 × HDR100 | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
ConnectX-4/ ConnectX-5 | NVIDIA Quantum-2 | N/A | 2 × EDR | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
ConnectX-6 200Gb/s | NVIDIA Quantum | HDR Switch | HDR100 | HDR | HDR | N/A | EDR | EDR | N/A |
ConnectX-6 100Gb/s | NVIDIA Quantum | HDR100 | EDR | EDR | N/A | EDR | EDR | N/A | |
ConnectX-4/ ConnectX-5 | NVIDIA Quantum | N/A | EDR | N/A | N/A | EDR | EDR | FDR | |
ConnectX-3/ ConnectX-3 Pro | NVIDIA Quantum | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | FDRa | FDRa | |
ConnectX-6 | Switch-IB/ Switch-IB 2 | EDR Switch | N/A | EDR | N/A | N/A | EDR | EDR | N/A |
ConnectX-6 | SWITCHX-2 | FDR Switch | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | FDR |
a. Connectivity between NVIDIA Quantum and ConnectX-3 and ConnectX-3 Pro is not supported when using ports #27-34.
Supported Link Speed
The table below lists the current supported link speed.
Speed | Cable | Cable Length [meters] | Limitations |
SDR | Optical | Up to 100 | |
Copper | Up to 2 | ||
FDR | Optical | 3/10/15/100 | Using FDR speed #27–#34, may cause link on the ports to go down. |
Copper | Up to 3 | ||
EDR | Optical | Up to 100 | |
Copper | Up to 3 | ||
HDR | Optical | Up to 100 | HDR optical cables support only EDR & HDR speed. Thus, when mask is configured to HDR, the link is not raised when connecting to EDR devices. |
Copper | Up to 2 |
Validated and Supported HDR Cables
Speed | Cable OPN # | Description |
HDR | MMS1W50-HM | NVIDIA transceiver, IB HDR, up to 200Gb/s, QSFP56, MPO, 1310nm, FR4. |
Speed | Cable OPN # | Description |
HDR | MCP1650-H001E30 | NVIDIA Passive Copper cable, IB HDR, up to 200Gb/s, QSFP28, PVC, 1m, white pultab, 30AWG |
HDR | MCP1650-H002E26 | NVIDIA Passive Copper cable, IB HDR, up to 200Gb/s, QSFP56, LSZH, 2M, black pultab, 26AWG |
HDR | MCP1650-H00AE30 | NVIDIA Passive Copper cable, IB HDR, up to 200Gb/s, QSFP56, LSZH, 0.5M, black pultab, 30AWG |
HDR | MCP7H50-H001R30 | NVIDIA Passive Copper Hybrid cable, IB HDR 200Gb/s to 2x100Gb/s, QSFP56 to 2xQSFP56, LSZH, colored pulltabs, 1m, 30AWG |
HDR | MCP7H50-H01AR30 | NVIDIA Passive Copper Hybrid cable, IB HDR 200Gb/s to 2x100Gb/s, QSFP56 to 2xQSFP56, LSZH, colored, 1.5m, 30AWG |
HDR | MCP7H50-H002R26 | NVIDIA Passive Copper Hybrid cable, IB HDR 200Gb/s to 2x100Gb/s, QSFP56 to 2xQSFP56, LSZH, colored, 2m, 26AWG |
HDR | MFS1S00-H003E | NVIDIA Active Fiber cable, IB HDR, up to 200Gb/s, QSFP56, LSZH, black pulltab, 3m |
HDR | MFS1S00-H005E | NVIDIA Active Fiber cable, IB HDR, up to 200Gb/s, QSFP56, LSZH, black pulltab, 5m |
HDR | MFS1S00-H010E | NVIDIA Active Fiber cable, IB HDR, up to 200Gb/s, QSFP56, LSZH, black pulltab, 10m |
HDR | MFS1S00-H100E | NVIDIA Active Fiber cable, IB HDR, up to 200Gb/s, QSFP56, LSZH, black pulltab, 100m |
HDR | MFS1S50-H0xxE | NVIDIA Active Fiber Splitter cable, IB HDR, 200Gb/s to 2x100Gb/s, QSFP56 to 2xQSFP56, LSZH, up to 30m |
HDR | MFS1S90-H003E | NVIDIA Active Fiber Splitter cable, IB HDR, 2x200Gb/s to 2x200Gb/s, 2xQSFP56 to 2xQSFP56, LSZH, 3m |
HDR | MCA7J50-H003R* | NVIDIA Active Copper Hybrid cable, IB HDR 200Gb/s to 2xHDR100 100Gb/s, QSFP56 to 2xQSFP56, 3m, colored |
HDR | MCA7J50-H004R* | NVIDIA Active Copper Hybrid cable, IB HDR 200Gb/s to 2xHDR100 100Gb/s, QSFP56 to 2xQSFP56, 4m, colored |
HDR | MCA1J00-H003E* | NVIDIA Active Copper cable, IB HDR, up to 200Gb/s, QSFP56, 3m, yellow pulltab |
HDR | MCA1J00-H004E* | NVIDIA Active Copper cable, IB HDR, up to 200Gb/s, QSFP56, 4m, yellow pulltab |
HDR | MMA1T00-HS | NVIDIA transceiver, HDR, QSFP56, MPO, 850nm, SR4, up to 100m |
HDR | MFS1S00-H130E | NVIDIA active fiber cable, IB HDR, up to 200Gb/s, QSFP56, LSZH, black pulltab, 130m |
HDR | MFS1S00-H003-LL | NVIDIA active fiber cable, IB HDR, up to 200Gb/s, QSFP56, LSZH, black pulltab, low latency, 3m |
HDR | MFS1S00-H005-LL | NVIDIA active fiber cable, IB HDR, up to 200Gb/s, QSFP56, LSZH, black pulltab, low latency, 5m |
HDR | MFS1S00-H010-LL | NVIDIA active fiber cable, IB HDR, up to 200Gb/s, QSFP56, LSZH, black pulltab, low latency, 10m |
HDR | MFS1S00-H015-LL | NVIDIA active fiber cable, IB HDR, up to 200Gb/s, QSFP56, LSZH, black pulltab, low latency, 15m |
HDR | MFS1S00-H020-LL | NVIDIA active fiber cable, IB HDR, up to 200Gb/s, QSFP56, LSZH, black pulltab, low latency, 20m |
HDR | MFS1S00-H030-LL | NVIDIA active fiber cable, IB HDR, up to 200Gb/s, QSFP56, LSZH, black pulltab, low latency, 30m |
HDR | MCP7Y60-H001 | NVIDIA passive copper splitter cable, IB twin port HDR 400Gb/s to 2x200Gb/s, OSFP to 2xQSFP56, 1m |
HDR | MCP7Y60-H002 | NVIDIA passive copper splitter cable, IB twin port HDR 400Gb/s to 2x200Gb/s, OSFP to 2xQSFP56, 2m |
HDR | MCP7Y60-H01A | NVIDIA passive copper splitter cable, IB twin port HDR 400Gb/s to 2x200Gb/s, OSFP to 2xQSFP56, 1.5m |
HDR | MCP7Y70-H001 | NVIDIA passive copper splitter cable, IB twin port HDR 400Gb/s to 4x100Gb/s, OSFP to 4xQSFP56, 1m |
HDR | MCP7Y70-H002 | NVIDIA passive copper splitter cable, IB twin port HDR 400Gb/s to 4x100Gb/s, OSFP to 4xQSFP56, 2m |
HDR | MCP7Y70-H01A | NVIDIA passive copper splitter cable, IB twin port HDR 400Gb/s to 4x100Gb/s, OSFP to 4xQSFP56, 1.5m |
HDR | MFA7U10-H003 | NVIDIA AOC splitter, IB twin port HDR, 400Gb/s to 2x200Gb/s, OSFP to 2xQSFP56, 3m |
HDR | MFA7U10-H005 | NVIDIA AOC splitter, IB twin port HDR, 400Gb/s to 2x200Gb/s, OSFP to 2xQSFP56, 5m |
HDR | MFA7U10-H010 | NVIDIA AOC splitter, IB twin port HDR, 400Gb/s to 2x200Gb/s, OSFP to 2xQSFP56, 10m |
HDR | MFA7U10-H015 | NVIDIA AOC splitter, IB twin port HDR, 400Gb/s to 2x200Gb/s, OSFP to 2xQSFP56, 15m |
HDR | MFA7U10-H020 | NVIDIA AOC splitter, IB twin port HDR, 400Gb/s to 2x200Gb/s, OSFP to 2xQSFP56, 20m |
HDR | MFA7U10-H030 | NVIDIA AOC splitter, IB twin port HDR, 400Gb/s to 2x200Gb/s, OSFP to 2xQSFP56, 30m |
HDR | MFA7U10-H050 | NVIDIA AOC splitter, IB twin port HDR, 400Gb/s to 2x200Gb/s, OSFP to 2xQSFP56, 50m |
HDR | MMS1W50-HM | NVIDIA transceiver, IB HDR, up to 200Gb/s, QSFP56, LC-LC, 1310nm, FR4 |
HDR | MCA1J00-H005E | NVIDIA Active Copper cable, IB HDR, up to 200Gb/s, QSFP56, 5m, yellow pulltab |
HDR links raise with RS_FEC.
*These cables were approved for switch-to-switch connectivity. For switch-to-host connectivity there may be some issues. See Known Issue 2073222/1959529 (see .Known Issues v27.2010.1202)
Validated and Supported EDR Cables
Speed | Cable OPN | Description |
EDR | MCP1600-E001 | NVIDIA Passive Copper cable, IB EDR, up to 100Gb/s, QSFP, LSZH, 1m 30AWG |
EDR | MCP1600-E001E30 | NVIDIA Passive Copper cable, IB EDR, up to 100Gb/s, QSFP28, 1m, Black, 30AWG |
EDR | MCP1600-E002 | NVIDIA Passive Copper cable, IB EDR, up to 100Gb/s, QSFP, LSZH, 2m 28AWG |
EDR | MCP1600-E002E30 | NVIDIA Passive Copper cable, IB EDR, up to 100Gb/s, QSFP28, 2m, Black, 30AWG |
EDR | MCP1600-E003 | NVIDIA Passive Copper cable, IB EDR, up to 100Gb/s, QSFP, LSZH, 3m 26AWG |
EDR | MCP1600-E003E26 | NVIDIA Passive Copper cable, IB EDR, up to 100Gb/s, QSFP28, 3m, Black, 26AWG |
EDR | MCP1600-E004E26 | NVIDIA Passive Copper cable, IB EDR, up to 100Gb/s, QSFP28, 4m, Black, 26AWG |
EDR | MCP1600-E005E26 | NVIDIA Passive Copper cable, IB EDR, up to 100Gb/s, QSFP28, 5m, Black, 26AWG |
EDR | MCP1600-E00A | NVIDIA Passive Copper cable, IB EDR, up to 100Gb/s, QSFP, LSZH, 0.5m 30AWG |
EDR | MCP1600-E00AE30 | NVIDIA Passive Copper cable, IB EDR, up to 100Gb/s, QSFP28, 0.5m, Black, 30AWG |
EDR | MCP1600-E00BE30 | NVIDIA Passive Copper cable, IB EDR, up to 100Gb/s, QSFP28, 0.75m, Black, 30AWG |
EDR | MCP1600-E01A | NVIDIA Passive Copper cable, IB EDR, up to 100Gb/s, QSFP, LSZH, 1.5m 30AWG |
EDR | MCP1600-E01AE30 | NVIDIA Passive Copper cable, IB EDR, up to 100Gb/s, QSFP28, 1.5m, Black, 30AWG |
EDR | MCP1600-E01BE30 | NVIDIA Passive Copper cable, IB EDR, up to 100Gb/s, QSFP28, 1.25m, Black, 30AWG |
EDR | MCP1600-E02A | NVIDIA Passive Copper cable, IB EDR, up to 100Gb/s, QSFP, LSZH, 2.5m 26AWG |
EDR | MCP1600-E02AE26 | NVIDIA Passive Copper cable, IB EDR, up to 100Gb/s, QSFP28, 2.5m, Black, 26AWG |
EDR | MFA1A00-E001 | NVIDIA active fiber cable, IB EDR, up to 100Gb/s, QSFP, LSZH, 1m |
EDR | MFA1A00-E003 | NVIDIA active fiber cable, IB EDR, up to 100Gb/s, QSFP, LSZH, 3m |
EDR | MFA1A00-E005 | NVIDIA active fiber cable, IB EDR, up to 100Gb/s, QSFP, LSZH, 5m |
EDR | MFA1A00-E010 | NVIDIA active fiber cable, IB EDR, up to 100Gb/s, QSFP, LSZH, 10m |
EDR | MFA1A00-E015 | NVIDIA active fiber cable, IB EDR, up to 100Gb/s, QSFP, LSZH, 15m |
EDR | MFA1A00-E020 | NVIDIA active fiber cable, IB EDR, up to 100Gb/s, QSFP, LSZH, 20m |
EDR | MFA1A00-E030 | NVIDIA active fiber cable, IB EDR, up to 100Gb/s, QSFP, LSZH, 30m |
EDR | MFA1A00-E050 | NVIDIA active fiber cable, IB EDR, up to 100Gb/s, QSFP, LSZH, 50m |
EDR | MFA1A00-E100 | NVIDIA active fiber cable, IB EDR, up to 100Gb/s, QSFP, LSZH, 100m |
EDR | MMA1B00-E100 | NVIDIA transceiver, IB EDR, up to 100Gb/s, QSFP28, MPO, 850nm, SR4, up to 100m |
EDR | MFA1A00-E003-TG | NVIDIA customized active fiber cable, IB EDR, up to 100Gb/s, QSFP, LSZH, 3m |
EDR | MFA1A00-E005-TG | NVIDIA customized active fiber cable, IB EDR, up to 100Gb/s, QSFP, LSZH, 5m |
EDR | MFA1A00-E010-TG | NVIDIA customized active fiber cable, IB EDR, up to 100Gb/s, QSFP, LSZH, 10m |
EDR | MFA1A00-E015-TG | NVIDIA customized active fiber cable, IB EDR, up to 100Gb/s, QSFP, LSZH, 15m |
EDR | MFA1A00-E020-TG | NVIDIA customized active fiber cable, IB EDR, up to 100Gb/s, QSFP, LSZH, 20m |
EDR | MFA1A00-E030-TG | NVIDIA customized active fiber cable, IB EDR, up to 100Gb/s, QSFP, LSZH, 30m |
EDR | MMA1L10-CR | NVIDIA Optical Transceiver, 100GbE, 100Gb/s, QSFP28, LC-LC, 1310nm, LR4 up to 10km |
EDR | MMA1L30-CM | NVIDIA Optical Module, 100GbE, 100Gb/s, QSFP28, LC-LC, 1310nm, CWDM4, up to 2km *Supported in cable hardware generations 1 and 2. |
EDR | MMS1C10-CM | NVIDIA Active Optical Module, 100Gb/s, QSFP, MPO, 1310nm, PSM4, up to 500m |
Validated and Supported FDR Cables
Speed | Cable OPN # | Description |
FDR | MC220731V-003 | NVIDIA active fiber cable, VPI, up to 56Gb/s, QSFP, 3m |
FDR | MC220731V-005 | NVIDIA active fiber cable, VPI, up to 56Gb/s, QSFP, 5m |
FDR | MC220731V-010 | NVIDIA active fiber cable, VPI, up to 56Gb/s, QSFP, 10m |
FDR | MC220731V-015 | NVIDIA active fiber cable, VPI, up to 56Gb/s, QSFP, 15m |
FDR | MC220731V-020 | NVIDIA active fiber cable, VPI, up to 56Gb/s, QSFP, 20m |
FDR | MC220731V-025 | NVIDIA active fiber cable, VPI, up to 56Gb/s, QSFP, 25m |
FDR | MC220731V-030 | NVIDIA active fiber cable, VPI, up to 56Gb/s, QSFP, 30m |
FDR | MC220731V-040 | NVIDIA active fiber cable, VPI, up to 56Gb/s, QSFP, 40m |
FDR | MC220731V-050 | NVIDIA active fiber cable, VPI, up to 56Gb/s, QSFP, 50m |
FDR | MC220731V-075 | NVIDIA active fiber cable, VPI, up to 56Gb/s, QSFP, 75m |
FDR | MC220731V-100 | NVIDIA active fiber cable, VPI, up to 56Gb/s, QSFP, 100m |
FDR | MC2207130-0xx | NVIDIA passive copper cable, 4X QSFP, 56Gb/s, 30AWG, up to 3m |
FDR | MC2207126-00x | NVIDIA passive copper cable, 4X QSFP, 56Gb/s, 26AWG, up to 6m |
FDR | MC2207128-00x | NVIDIA passive copper cable, VPI, up to 56Gb/s, QSFP, up to 3m |
Firmware Upgrade
Firmware upgrade may be performed directly from any previous version to this version. To upgrade firmware, please refer to the NVIDIA Firmware Tools (MFT) package at
network.nvidia.com/products/adapter-software/firmware-tools/
This firmware version complies with the NVIDIA Switches Programmer’s Reference Manual (PRM), Rev 1.40 or later.