{"id":101788,"date":"2026-11-11T11:16:35","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T11:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/optics.carritech.com\/?p=101788"},"modified":"2026-11-11T12:43:48","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T12:43:48","slug":"nvidia-mellanox-compatible-optics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/optics.carritech.com\/pt\/nvidia-mellanox-compatible-optics\/","title":{"rendered":"NVIDIA compatible optics: the Mellanox part numbers and the AI fabric range"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is no other range in this catalogue where the part number tells you so little and the stakes are so high. MMS4X00-NM<\/a> e MMS4X00-NM-T<\/a> differ by two characters. MMA4Z00-NS-T<\/a> e MMA4Z00-NS-FLT<\/a> differ by two more. In each pair the optics are the same and something that decides whether the module physically fits, or which fabric it belongs to, is different<\/strong>. Nothing in the string says which.<\/p>\n\n\n

That is the problem this guide solves. It covers what the NVIDIA and Mellanox part-number families mean, the lid geometry that catches people at 800G, why one optic can serve both Ethernet and InfiniBand without saying so, where the standards actually are at 800G and 1.6T, and the 49 NVIDIA compatible optics Carritech holds<\/strong>, from 10 Gigabit to 1.6 Terabit.<\/p>\n\n\n

One number frames the whole range: 27 of the 49 parts are 800G or 1.6T OSFP modules<\/strong>. Every other vendor range in this catalogue is shaped like an enterprise network, with the bulk of the parts at 1G and 10G and a thin tail at the top. This one is the other way up.<\/strong> It is an AI and high-performance computing range with a small legacy tail, and it is the only range on this site that includes 1.6T OSFP<\/a> parts at all.<\/p>\n\n\n

The part-number families<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Family<\/th>Example<\/th>What it is<\/th>How to read it<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n
MMA<\/strong><\/td>MMA1B00-C100D<\/a><\/td>Mellanox engineering part number<\/td>The optical part identifier. Appears on the module label.<\/td><\/tr>\n
MMS<\/strong><\/td>MMS1V00-WM<\/a><\/td>Mellanox engineering part number<\/td>As MMA. In our range, almost all MMS records are single-mode designs.<\/td><\/tr>\n
980-9Ixxx-xxxxxx<\/strong><\/td>980-9I301-00NM00<\/a><\/td>NVIDIA order code<\/td>An ordering SKU, not a description. Nothing readable in the string at all.<\/td><\/tr>\n
MC \/ MFM<\/strong><\/td>MC2210411-SR4E<\/a><\/td>Older Mellanox codings<\/td>The 10G and 40G legacy parts. Pre-NVIDIA.<\/td><\/tr>\n
QDD-, T-DQ<\/strong><\/td>QDD-400G-SR4<\/a><\/td>Descriptive 400G codings<\/td>Readable: form factor, speed, port type.<\/td><\/tr>\n
Suffixes<\/strong><\/td>-NM, -NS, -XM, -T, -FLT, -HGX<\/td>Variant markers<\/td>This is where the information lives, and where the traps are.<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n

Mellanox was acquired by NVIDIA in April 2020, and the catalogue has carried two naming systems ever since. The MMA and MMS strings are the engineering part numbers that appear on the module itself; the 980- strings are NVIDIA order codes. The same optic has both, and the two never appear together.<\/strong> 980-9I301-00NM00<\/a>, 980-9I302-00NM00<\/a>, 980-9I30G-00NM00<\/a> e 980-9I30G-F4NM00<\/a> all describe the same 800G 2×DR4 design in our catalogue, as do MMS4X00-NM-FLT<\/a>, MMS4X00-NM-HGX<\/a> e MMS4X00-NM-T<\/a>. Seven order codes, one optical design, and a quote that names one of them will not match an inventory export that names another.<\/p>\n\n\n

The suffixes are where the useful information is, and three of them decide purchases:<\/p>\n\n\n