NVIDIA Mellanox MC2206228-010 QSFP+ 40Gb/s InfiniBand QDR Passive Copper Cable, 10m — Lot of 5 (Refurbished): This listing is a lot of five (5) passive copper Direct Attach Cables (DACs) with QSFP+ connectors on both ends, each 10 meters in length. The MC2206228-010 is a 1:1 point-to-point QSFP+ to QSFP+ interconnect engineered for InfiniBand QDR (40 Gb/s aggregate) and 40 Gigabit Ethernet long-reach copper links. This is not an Active Optical Cable (AOC), not a transceiver, and not a 4xSFP+ breakout cable. Condition: refurbished, visually inspected, and tested for continuity and link integrity.
Engineering Context: The MC2206228-010 is part of Mellanox’s MC22 passive copper QSFP+ family. Sustained aggregate link rate is 40 Gb/s (4 lanes × 10 Gb/s NRZ), corresponding to InfiniBand QDR or 40 Gigabit Ethernet. The MC22062xx subseries uses a heavier copper gauge than the shorter-reach MC22061xx series in order to maintain link margin at extended lengths up to 10 m. The cable is fully passive, drawing 0 W from the host port, and contains no on-cable signal conditioning or optics.
Deployment & Use Cases: Common deployments include cross-rack HPC fabric links between Mellanox InfiniScale IV (IS5000-series) QDR switches and ConnectX-2 / ConnectX-3 HCAs in adjacent or next-aisle racks; storage-cluster interconnects between QSFP+-equipped JBOFs and QDR/40GbE servers; and end-of-row to top-of-rack uplinks where 10 m of copper is preferable to fiber. The 10-meter length is at the upper end of practical passive copper reach for QDR/40GbE.
Technical Specifications:
- Manufacturer Part Number: MC2206228-010
- OEM: NVIDIA Mellanox
- Form Factor: QSFP+ to QSFP+ (4-channel)
- Cable Type: Passive Copper Direct Attach Cable (DAC)
- Length: 10 meters
- Maximum Data Rate: 40 Gb/s aggregate (4 × 10 Gb/s NRZ)
- Protocol Support: InfiniBand QDR (40 Gb/s), 40 Gigabit Ethernet
- Power Draw: 0 W (fully passive)
- Lot Quantity: 5 cables per listing
- Condition: Refurbished, tested
Compatibility & Constraints: Designed to interoperate with Mellanox QSFP+ host channel adapters and switches that accept passive QDR / 40GbE DACs at 10 m reach (ConnectX-2 / ConnectX-3, IS5000-series, SwitchX). It will not negotiate FDR (56 Gb/s) or EDR (100 Gb/s) — those rates require FDR/EDR-rated copper or AOCs. It is not an active cable and contains no on-cable electronics, so it cannot break out to four discrete SFP+ ports. Some host platforms restrict passive copper at 10 m to specific qualified DACs — verify the host vendor compatibility list before deployment.
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