NVIDIA MFA7A50-Cxxx Active Optical Splitter Cable Ethernet 100GbE to 4x25GbE QSFP28 to 4xSFP28 3m/5m/10m/5m/20m/30m
 

100GbE to 2x50GbE QSFP28 to 2xQSFP28 MMF Active Optical Splitter Cable

NVIDIA Networking MFA7A50 is a VCSEL-based (Vertical Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser), cost-effective, 100GbE to 4x25GbE, active optical breakout cable designed for use in 100GbE Ethernet systems.

The MFA7A50 cable is compliant with SFF-8402 for the SFP28 ends and with SFF-8665 for the QSFP28 end. It provides connectivity between system units with a QSFP28 port on one side and up to four different SFP28 ports on the other side, such as a switch and four servers. The cable connects data signals from each of the 4 MMF (Multi Mode Fiber) pairs on the QSFP28 end to the single pair of each of the SFP28 ends. Each QSFP and SFP port comprises an EEPROM providing product and status monitoring information which can be read by the host system.

NVIDIA's 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 cable production testing ensures best out-of-the-box installation experience, performance, and durability.
 

Highlights

    100GbE to 4x25GbE data rate

    Programmable Rx output amplitude and pre-emphasis

    Programmable Tx input equalizer

    Selectable retiming

    SFF-8665 compliant (QSFP end)

    SFF-8402 compliant (SFP ends)

    Single 3.3V power supply

    2.5W power dissipation (typ., QSFP end, with retiming)

    0.8W power dissipation (typ., SFP end with retiming)

    Low BER

    Up to 30m length

    Hot pluggable

    RoHS compliant

    I2C management interface