The NVIDIA/Mellanox MFS1S00-V003E is an 200Gb/s QSFP56 to 200Gb/s QSFP56 InfiniBand HDR Active Optical Cable. Using the Quad Small Form Factor Pluggable 56 (QSFP56) and contains four high-speed electrical copper pairs, each operating at data rates of up to 50Gb/s. This cable is compliant with QSFP56 MSA (Multi-Source Agreement) and IEEE 802.3 standards.
AOCs enable higher port bandwidth, density and configurability at a low cost, and reduced power requirement in the data centers, used extensively in cloud and supercomputers. Additionally, AOCs are widely employed for connecting NVIDIA GPU-based systems to InfiniBand networks and InfiniBand storage fabrics.
AOC cables offer the low-cost, high-value proposition and increased reliability over connectorized transceivers. They are lighter, more flexible, allow greater airflow, and support longer distances when compared with DAC cables.