Understanding Scale-Up vs. Scale-Out in AI Infrastructure

NVIDIA/Mellanox MFP7E10-N020 Compatible 20m (66ft) MPO-12 APC(Female) to MPO-12 APC(Female) 12 Fibers Multimode (OM4) Patch Cable, Type B, LSZH, 3.0mm, Max IL ≤ 0.35dB, Magenta

NVIDIA/Mellanox MMA4Z00-NS Broadcom VCSEL Compatible 800G 2xSR4/SR8 OSFP PAM4 850nm 50m DOM Two MPO-12/APC InfiniBand NDR Transceiver Module for MMF (Finned Top)

NVIDIA/Mellanox MFA7U10-H003 Compatible AOC 3m (10ft) 400Gb/s OSFP to 2x200Gb/s QSFP56 InfiniBand HDR Active Optical Splitter Cable (Finned Top, 850nm, MMF, LSZH)

Mellanox MMS4X50-NM Compatible 800G 2xFR4/FR8 OSFP PAM4 1310nm 2km DOM Two LC Duplex InfiniBand NDR Transceiver Module for SMF (Finned Top)

N9500-64OC, 64x800G OSFP Ethernet L3 2U Managed Switch, 51.2Tbps, Preloaded with SONiC-based NOS, Broadcom Tomahawk 5, Support RoCEv2, for AI/ML/Cloud Data Center/HPC

NVIDIA/Mellanox MMS4A00 Compatible 1.6T 2xDR4/DR8 OSFP224 PAM4 3nm/5nm DSP 1310nm 500m DOM Dual MPO-12/APC InfiniBand XDR Silicon Photonics Transceiver Module for SMF (Finned Top)

N9200-64DC, 64x400G QSFP-DD Ethernet L3 2U Managed Switch, 25.6Tbps, Preloaded with SONiC-based NOS, Broadcom Tomahawk 4, Support RoCEv2, for AI/ML/Cloud Data Center/HPC

NVIDIA/Mellanox MMS4A20-XM800 Compatible 800G DR4 OSFP224 4x200G-PAM4 1310nm 500m DOM MTP/MPO-12 APC InfiniBand XDR Transceiver Module for SMF (Flat Top)

NVIDIA/Mellanox Compatible DAC 0.9m (3ft) Twin-port 2x800Gb/s OSFP224 Finned Top to Twin-port 2x800Gb/s OSFP224 Finned Top InfiniBand XDR Passive Copper Cable

Arista QDD-400G-SR8 Compatible 400GBASE-SR8 QSFP-DD PAM4 850nm 100m MTP/MPO FEC Optical Transceiver Module