Hardware Connectivity

NVIDIA MFA1A00-C005 Active Optical Cable Ethernet 100GbE QSFP LSZH 5m100Gb/s QSFP28 MMF Active Optical Cables

NVIDIA Networking QSFP28 VCSEL-based (Vertical Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser) active optical cables are designed for use in 100Gb/s Ethernet systems.

MFA1A00-Cxxx AOC offers high port density and configurability, and a much longer reach than passive copper cables in the data centers. Since the AOC is hot pluggable, it is easy to install and replace.

MFA1A00-Cxxx has a standard SFF-8665 compliant QSFP28 port on the electrical side towards the host system. It contains four multi-mode fibers (MMF) optic transceivers per end, each operating at data rates of up to 25Gb/s.

MFA1A00-Cxxx offers selectable retiming per lane for both its optical transmitters and receivers for the 25Gbp/s rates, but the AOC also supports lower bit rates without retiming. The transmitters have programmable input equalizers and input squelch function, while the receivers have programmable output amplitude and pre-emphasis.

These unique-quality active-fiber cable solutions provide power-efficient connectivity for data center interconnects. They enable higher port bandwidth, density and configurability at a low cost and reduced power requirement in the data centers.

Rigorous production testing ensures the best out-of-the-box installation experience, performance and durability.

Highlights

• Up to 100Gb/s data rate
• Programmable Rx output amplitude and pre-emphasis
• Programmable Tx input equalizer
• Selectable retiming
• SFF-8665 compliant QSFP28 port
• Single 3.3V power supply
• 2.2W power dissipation (typ, each end with retiming)
• Low BER
• Up to 100m length
• Hot pluggable
• RoHS compliant
• SFF-8636 compliant I2C management interface