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FastFrame NQ42 Adapter

The ATTO comprehensive line of FastFrame 40-Gigabit Ethernet products includes dual port models to provide added connectivity for 
users in a wide variety of applications and enhancing support for additional streams of video in media and entertainment 
applications, and provides the high-quality and high-performance experience ATTO customers are accustomed to. 

The FastFrame NQ42 QSFP+ NIC is best suited for users interested in utilizing qualified, high-quality pluggable optical QSFP+ 
transceivers providing connectivity distances of up to 30m. As a bonus, ATTO  FastFrame models which support optical QSFP+ 
transceivers come  with QSFP+s

Technical specifications  

 

Simultaneously supports multiple networking and 
storage protocols: TCP/IP, iSCSI 

 

Supports Data Center Bridging; Priority-based Flow 
Control (PFC), Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS) 
and DCB Exchange  
(DCBX) protocol 

 

Up to 40Gb/s throughput per port  

 

High-performance x8 PCIe 3.0 bus 

Ethernet features 

 

Data rate per port: 40Gb/s, 10Gb/s 

 

Jumbo frame support up to 9,000 bytes 

 

Tx/Rx IP, TCP & UDP checksum offloading (IPv4, IPv6) 
capabilities, Transmission control protocol (TCP), User 
datagram protocol  
(UDP), Internet protocol (IP) 

 

Large send offloads (LSO) 

Host bus specifications 

 

PCI Express 3.0 (1.1 and 2.0 compatible) through a x8 
edge connector 

 

PCIe Base 3.0 compliant 

 

2.5, 5.0, or 8.0GT/s link rate x8 

 

Auto-negotiates to x8, x4, x2, x1 

 

Support for MSI/MSI-X mechanisms 

Environmental & physical specifications 

 

Length: 5.6 inches 

 

Height: 2.71 inches 

 

Operating temperature: 0 to 55º C (32 to 131º F) 

 

Storage temperature: -40 to 70º C (-40 to 158º F) 

 

Relative humidity: 90%  

 

Power draw 7.69 W 

 

RoHS compliant 

External connectivity 

 

Easy to install full height connection bracket 

 

External LEDs indicate link and activity 

 

Two pluggable optical QSFP+ modules included 

Software specifications 

 

Microsoft® Windows Server® 

 

Microsoft Windows® 

 

macOS® 

 

Linux® 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for FastFrame NQ41

Page 1: ...me NS11 10GbE Single Port PCIe 2 0 Network Interface Adapter FastFrame NT12 10GBASE T Dual Port PCIe 2 0 Network Interface Adapter FastFrame NT11 10GBASE T Single Port PCIe 2 0 Network Interface Adapt...

Page 2: ...al specifications 7 External connectivity 7 Software specifications 7 FastFrame NS12 Adapter 8 Technical specifications 8 Ethernet features 8 Host bus specifications 8 Environmental physical specifica...

Page 3: ...nstallation 14 Windows 14 Linux 14 FreeBSD 15 macOS 15 3 Hardware Installation 16 System requirements 16 MAC address 16 Installation 16 Bracket Details 17 Board Details 19 4 Troubleshooting 22 General...

Page 4: ...Operation 28 ATTO Technology Inc Limited Warranty 28...

Page 5: ...and optimized by ATTO for high performance in Media Entertainment applications as well as applications with similar profiles such as medical imaging and oil gas 10GbE cards ports cabling are backward...

Page 6: ...mission Selection ETS and DCB Exchange DCBX protocol Up to 40Gb s throughput per port High performance x8 PCIe 3 0 bus Ethernet features Data rate per port 40Gb s 10Gb s Jumbo frame support up to 9 00...

Page 7: ...protocol UDP Internet protocol IP Large send offloads LSO Host bus specifications PCI Express 3 0 1 1 and 2 0 compatible through an x8 edge connector PCIe Base 3 0 complaint 2 5 5 0 or 8 0GT s link ra...

Page 8: ...oads LSO TSO and RSC Host bus specifications x8 mechanical and x8 electrical PCI Express interconnect Conforms to PCI Express Base Spec 2 0 Conforms to PCI Express CEM Spec 2 0 PCI Hot Plug spec 1 0 E...

Page 9: ...r ring and queue management optimizations Host bus specifications x8 mechanical and x8 electrical PCI Express interconnect Conforms to PCI Express Base Spec 2 0 Conforms to PCI Express CEM Spec 2 0 PC...

Page 10: ...timizations Host bus specifications x8 mechanical and x8 electrical PCI Express 2 0 interconnect Backward compatible with PCI Express 1 1 Supports PCI Express Base Spec 2 0 Supports PCI Express CEM Sp...

Page 11: ...protocol UDP Internet protocol IP Large send offloads LSO Host bus specifications PCI Express 3 0 1 1 and 2 0 compatible through an x8 edge connector PCIe Base 3 0 complaint 2 5 5 0 or 8 0GT s link ra...

Page 12: ...3 0 PCIe 3 0 PCIe 2 0 PCIe 2 0 PCIe 2 0 PCIe 2 0 Bus characteristics 8 lane 8 lane 8 lane 8 lane 8 lane 8 lane Optical Copper interface QSFP SR QSFP SR SFP LC SFP LC RJ45 RJ45 Maximum cable length See...

Page 13: ...40Gb Active Fibre 30m 10GBASE SR 62 5 125 m multi mode fiber OM1 26m 100BASE SX 62 5 125 m multi mode fiber OM1 55m 10GBASE SR 50 125 m MMF OM2 82m 10GBASE SR Laser optimized 50 125 m MMF OM3 300m 10G...

Page 14: ...Navigate to your HBA model family in the right dialog and click on it 7 Scroll down to and click the desired driver depending on the operating system 8 A download window appears Choose Save File 9 Dou...

Page 15: ...operating system 8 A download window appears Choose Save File 9 After the download has completed open the FastFrame volume on the desktop 10 Open the FreeBSD folder 11 Open the Drivers folder 12 Copy...

Page 16: ...e back of the adapter The MAC address assigned to an adapter is assigned to the 1st port of the adapter If the adapter has more than one port then the MAC address is incremented by and assigned to the...

Page 17: ...Bracket Details Exhibit 1 FFRM NQ42 Dual Port Bracket Exhibit 2 FFRM NQ41 Single Port Bracket Exhibit 3 FFRM NS12 Full Low Profile Bracket Exhibit 4 FFRM NS11 Full Low Profile Bracket...

Page 18: ...Exhibit 5 FFRM NT12 Full Low Profile Bracket Exhibit 6 FFRM NT11 Full Low Profile Bracket...

Page 19: ...Board Details Exhibit 7 FFRM NQ42 board Exhibit 8 FFRM NQ41 board...

Page 20: ...Exhibit 9 FFRM NS12 board Exhibit 10 FFRM NS11 board...

Page 21: ...Exhibit 11 FFRM NT12 board Exhibit 12 FFRM NT11 board...

Page 22: ...stFrame driver creates status messages during initialization Make sure that all installed cards are properly detected and initialized Advanced users only Modify the driver makefile to enable debugging...

Page 23: ...the computer that actually performs computations CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check an error correcting code which calculates a numeric value for received and transmitted data if no error has occurred durin...

Page 24: ...one bit in the transfer to make the sum of all the bits either odd or even for odd or even parity an error message occurs if the sum is not correct PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Allows periph...

Page 25: ...including hard disks floppy disks CD ROM printers scanners etc single mode fiber An optical fiber with a small core which supports one wavelength ray of light the core radius is nearly equal to the wa...

Page 26: ...ving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or a...

Page 27: ...ronic Equipment RoHS Contact your ATTO representative regarding RoHS compliant products The FastFrame family of adapters take the following RoHS exemptions 7 a Lead in high melting temperature type so...

Page 28: ...liability shall be limited to replacing or repairing any defective product at ATTO s option There is no charge for parts or labor if ATTO determines that this product is defective PRODUCTS WHICH HAVE...

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