Overview
Mellanox's LinkX active optical cables are a cost-effective solution for high bandwidth fabrics, extending the benefits of high-performance InfiniBand and Ethernet adapters and switches. Mellanox QSFP+ cable is an assembly of 4 full-duplex lanes, where each lane is capable of transmitting data at rates up to 28 Gb/s per direction, providing an aggregated rate of 100Gb/s. Mellanox's active optical cables are designed to create an extra small environmental footprint, and complying with class-4 QSFP+ power consumption requirement. Mellanox optical solutions provide short, medium and long range scalability for all topologies, utilizing innovative optical technologies to enable extremely high signal integrity and reliability.