Intel QLE7340, Installation Manual

True Scale Fabric Adapter Hardware

July 2015

Installation Guide

Order Number: G91929004US

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Adapter Hardware

3.0

Hardware Installation

This section lists the requirements and provides instructions for installing the Intel

®

adapters. Instructions are included for the Intel

®

 QDR PCI Express adapters, the 

QLE7340 and QLE7342. These components are collectively referred to as the 

adapter

and the 

riser card

 in the remainder of this document.

The adapter is a low-latency, high-bandwidth, high message rate cluster interconnect 

for InfiniBand

*

. The Intel interconnect is InfiniBand

*

 4X, with a raw data rate of 40Gbps 

for the QLE7340 and QLE7342.

Intel

®

 True Scale Fabric OFED+ Host Software is interoperable with other vendors’ host 

channel adapters running compatible OFED+ releases. 

3.1

Hardware Installation Requirements

This section lists hardware and software environment requirements for installing the 

Intel

®

 QLE7340, QLE7342.

3.1.1

Hardware

Intel

®

 adapters are for use with UL listed computers. The following statement is true 

for all the adapters:

This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the 

following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and 

(2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that 

may cause undesired operations.

Different adapters work on different platforms. 

Table 1

 shows the relationship between 

the adapter model and different types of motherboards.

Installation of the QLE7340, QLE7342 in a 1U or 2U chassis requires the use of a riser 

card. See 

Figure 5

 for an illustration of a PCI Express (PCIe) slot in a typical 

motherboard. 

The motherboard vendor is the optimal source for information about the layout and use 

of PCI Express-enabled expansion slots on supported motherboards. 

3.1.1.1

Form Factors

The 

QLE7340

 and 

QLE7342 

are the model numbers for the adapters that ship in the 

standard PCI Express half-height, short-form factor. These adapters can be used with 

either full-height or low-profile face plates.

3.1.2

Cabling and Switches

The adapters use standard InfiniBand

*

 cables. These cables can be passive copper, 

active copper, fiber optic or Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable (QSFP) active optical.

Contact Intel Sales or your authorized Reseller for a list of qualified InfiniBand

*

 cables. 

Table 1.

Adapter Models and Related Platforms 

Intel Model 

Number

Platform

Plugs Into

QLE7340

PCI Express systems

Standard PCI Express x8 slot

QLE7342

PCI Express systems

Standard PCI Express x8 slot