Detailed Specs

FastLinQ QLE3440-CU 10Gigabit Ethernet Card

The QLogic® FastLinQ™ 3400 Series 10GbE Intelligent Ethernet Adapters—available in 10GBASE-T (RJ45), SR optic, and direct attach copper (DAC)—support LAN (TCP/IP) traffic at 10Gbps Ethernet (GbE) line-rate speeds. The 3400 Series Adapter is the solution of choice for workload-intensive virtualized computing environments, providing a reliable, high-performance 10GbE connectivity solution.

PCI Express Gen3 x8
Delivers full line-rate 10GbE performance across both ports
Enables provisioning of 10GbE ports for greater deployment flexibility through switch-independent NIC partitioning (NPAR)
Boosts host CPU efficiency with hardware offloads for NVGRE and VXLAN tunnels
Improves reliability and interoperability—leverages QLogic’s market-proven Ethernet architecture and software
10GBASE-T version provides a low-cost and easy-to-install RJ45 network connectivity solution that is backward compatible with existing 1GbE
Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) support reduce idle power consumption in RJ45-based networks
Network boot support for pre-execution environment (PXE) 2.0
PCI-SIG® single root input/output virtualization (SR-IOV)
Data center bridging (DCB)
Low-profile PCIe form factor

Manufacturer Part Number

QLE3440-CU-BK

Full Product Specifications

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Host Bus Interface Specifications

Bus Interface

PCI Express Gen3 x8 (x8 physical connector)

Ethernet Specifications

Throughput

10Gbps line rate per port

Ethernet Frame

1,500 bytes and larger (jumbo frame)

Stateless Offload

TCP segmentation offload (TSO)
Large send offload (LSO)
Large receive offload (LRO)
Giant send offload (GSO)
TCP and user datagram protocol (UDP) checksum offloads
Receive segment coalescing (RSC)
Interrupt coalescing
RSS and TSS
VMware NetQueue, Microsoft VMQ, and Linux Multiqueue

Compliance

IEEE 802.3ae (10Gb Ethernet)
IEEE 802.1q (VLAN)
IEEE 802.3ad (Link Aggregation)
IEEE 802.3x (Flow Control)
IEEE 802.3an 10GBASE-T
IEEE 802.3ab 1000BASE-T
IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX
IPv4 (RFC 791)
IPv6 (RFC 2460)
IEEE 802.1Qbb (Priority-Based Flow Control)
IEEE 802.1Qaz (data center bridging exchange [DCBX] and enhanced transmission selection [ETS])

Physical Specifications

Ports

QLE3440: single 10Gbps Ethernet

Form Factor

PCI Express short, low-profile card: 167.64mm × 68.91mm (6.60in. × 2.71in.)

Agency Approvals—EMI and EMC¹

US and Canada

FCC Rules,CFR Title 47, Part 15, Subpart B:2013 Class A
Industry Canada, ICES-003:2012 Class A

Europe

EN55022:2010/CISPR 22:2009+A1:2010 Class A
EN55024:2010
EN61000-3-2:2006 A1+A2:2009
EN61000-3-3:2008

Japan

VCCI:2012-04; Class A

Australia and New Zealand

AS/NZS; CISPR 22:2009+A1:2010 Class A

Korea

KC-RRA KN22 KN24(2013) Class A

Agency Approvals—Safety^{1

US and Canada}

UL 60950-1 (2nd Edition) 2007
CSA C22.2 No.60950-1-07 (2nd Edition) 2007

^Europe

TUV EN60950-1:2006+A11+A1+A12 2nd Edition
TUV IEC 60950-1:2005 2nd Edition Am 1:2009 CB

^{Environmental and Equipment Specifications

Temperature}

Operating: 32°F to 131°F (0°C to 55°C)
Storage: –40°F to 149°F (–40°C to 65°C)

Airflow

200LFM

Humidity (Relative, Non-condensing)

Operating and non-operating: 10% to 90%

Power

QLE3440-CU/-SR: 7.1 watts (nominal)

¹Agency certifications are pending.