The NVIDIA Mellanox® MTEF-FANF-L (NVIDIA P/N: 930-9BFAN-00IW-000) is a hot-swappable fan tray FRU for NVIDIA Mellanox 1U high-speed switch chassis. This is a chassis-level cooling module — not a system-level air handler, blanking panel, or 2U fan unit. Condition: Refurbished — tested for fan RPM, tachometer signaling, and thermal envelope before dispatch.
Engineering Context. The MTEF-FANF-L delivers P2C (power-to-connector / front-to-rear) airflow, drawing intake air across the PSU bay and exhausting heat past the port cage — the standard direction for hot-aisle/cold-aisle data centers where switch front-faces sit on the cold aisle. The module integrates fan tachometer feedback so the host switch BMC can monitor RPM and raise SNMP traps on speed degradation. Hot-swap operation lets you replace a single fan without taking the switch offline; remaining fans cover thermal load through the swap window.
Deployment & Use Cases. Field replacement unit for thermal events on Mellanox 1U switch and gateway platforms running 100GbE/200GbE/400GbE workloads — top-of-rack leaves for AI training clusters, NVMe-oF storage spines, EVPN-VXLAN data center fabrics, and HPC interconnect fabrics. Also stocked as proactive spares on edge sites with limited remote-hands windows.
Technical Specifications
Manufacturer: NVIDIA Mellanox
Model: MTEF-FANF-L
NVIDIA P/N: 930-9BFAN-00IW-000
Component Type: Modular fan tray FRU
Target Form Factor: 1U switch chassis
Airflow Direction: P2C (power-to-connector / front-to-rear)
Hot-Swap: Yes — replace without powering down the chassis
Telemetry: Fan tachometer feedback (RPM via host BMC)
Condition: Refurbished — tested for RPM and thermal performance
Compatibility & Constraints. Compatible with NVIDIA Mellanox 1U switch chassis specified for P2C airflow keying. Do not mix P2C and C2P fans in the same chassis — opposing airflow induces back-pressure, hot-spotting, and thermal-shutdown alarms. Always match airflow direction across all fan trays and PSUs in a single system. Verify the exact airflow color and chassis fan-bay P/N against the host platform documentation before install. Not compatible with C2P (reverse-airflow) chassis or with 2U fan units.
Why TES. T.E.S IT-SOLUTIONS stocks NVIDIA Mellanox FRUs — fan modules, PSUs, rail kits, optical and copper cables — for current and end-of-life Spectrum and Quantum platforms. Orders ship from EU stock with 1-3 business day handling and pre-dispatch functional testing.