ATTO Technology FastFrame NQ41, FastFrame NQ42 Installation And Operation Manual

ATTO FastFrame Network Interface Card

Installation and Operation Manual

FastFrame NQ41

40Gb Single Port PCIe 3.0 Network Interface Card

FastFrame NQ42

40Gb Dual Port PCIe 3.0 Network Interface Card

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Contents

1 ATTO FastFrame NIC Features & Overview ....................................................1

Getting started
FastFrame NQ41 Adapter
FastFrame NQ42 Adapter

2 Driver Installation ...............................................................................................8

3 Hardware Installation .........................................................................................10

4 Troubleshooting .................................................................................................20

General suggestions
Windows
Linux

Appendix A Glossary ............................................................................................i

Appendix B Accessories ......................................................................................iii

Appendix C ATTO Adapter Selection Guides ....................................................iv

Appendix D Standards, Compliances .................................................................viii

FCC standards: radio and television interference
Compliances

Appendix E Safety, Warranty ...............................................................................xi

Safety
ATTO Technology, Inc. limited warranty

1 ATTO FastFrame 40Gb Ethernet Features &

Note

Overview

FastFrame 40Gb Ethernet Adapters provides high-performance, low-latency 40 Gbps Ethernet connectivity.

ATTO’s 40Gb Ethernet Adapter solutions are single­and dual-channel PCIe 3.0 x8 solutions offering near
line-rate throughput via the usage of Remote Direct
Memory Access (RDMA), specifically the RDMA over
Converged Ethernet (RoCE) protocol. Simultaneously
improving CPU utilization and throughput by allowing
for direct memory transfers bypassing the CPU and
TCP/IP stacks, RoCE is the key for any user of 40Gb
Ethernet looking to take full advantage of 40Gb
bandwidth. ATTO’s 40Gb Ethernet FastFrame cards
come in both optical (with QSFP+s included) and
Direct-Attached options, providing flexibility for
numerous installations.

Driver support for 40Gb Ethernet includes multiple
installations of both Windows and Linux.

FastFrame 40Gb NICs provide high-performance,
low-latency 40 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity. Built
using silicon provided by the industry’s leader in low
latency Ethernet, Mellanox, ATTO FastFrame NICs
provide the most performance and the lowest
utilization of CPU cycles, in addition to industry­leading power efficiency. Supporting numerous
protocols from standard TCP/IP to NFS RDMA to
iSCSI, ATTO’s FastFrame 40Gb NICs are available in
single- and dual-port configurations, with optical
QSFP+ or direct attached copper support.

• Provides sufficient bandwidth for numerous
streams of uncompressed 4k video, in addition
to uncompressed 8k video

• Industry-leading latency allows for more usage
of 40GbE pipe. NICs without RDMA support top
out at about 21Gbps performance; with ATTO’s
RDMA implementation, performance can reach
near line-rate at 39Gbps.

• Lowest power utilization profile and CPU
utilization profile on market combines to provide
highest ROI (in terms of gigabytes transferred
per dollar spent on power) among 40GbE NICs
on the market.

Getting started

In general, to install the ATTO Network Interface
Adapter, you must:

1 Ensure you have the equipment and software

you need for the installation:

• FastFrame 40Gb Ethernet Adapter

• A computer with an available expansion slot

Install your FastFrame NIC into a PCIe 3.0
x8 expansion slot for best performance

• Cables

http://www.attotech.com/products/cable-finder/

2 Install drivers for your operating system. Refer

to Driver Installation

3 Install the FastFrame Adapter. Refer to

Hardware Installation

4 Attach your NIC to a switch or server using an

ATTO recommended cables and QSFPs:

Optical (NQ41, NQ42)

• CBL_-0130-001 (1m)

• CBL_-0128-003 (3m)

• CBL_-0310-005 (5m)

• CBL_-0310-020 (20m)

• QSFP-0040-R00 40Gb/s, QSFP, MPO

850nm, up to 30m

on page 6.

on page 8.

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FastFrame NQ42 Adapter

ATTO’s 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 high­performance 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, all
ATTO FastFrame models which support optical
QSFP+ transceivers come with QSFP+s, the cost of
which can cost up to 1/2 the price of 40Gb NICs
themselves.

• 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, x2

• Support for MSI/MSI-X mechanisms

Environmental & physical specifications

• Length: 2.71 inches

• Height: 5.6 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

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

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® 2012 R2

• Microsoft Windows® 8.1

• Suse Linux Enterprise® Server (latest versions)

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux® (latest versions)

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FastFrame NQ41 Adapter

ATTO’s comprehensive line of FastFrame products
includes single port 40GbE models suitable for a wide
variety of high-performance applications, and provides
the high-quality and high-performance experience
ATTO customers are accustomed to.

The FastFrame NQ41 QSFP+ NIC is best suited fro
users interested in utilizing qualified, high-quality
pluggable optical QSFP+ transceivers providing
connectivity distances of up to 30m. As a bonus, all
ATTO FastFrame models which support optical
QSFP+ transceivers come with QSFP+s, the cost of
which can cost up to 1/2 the price of 40Gb NICs
themselves.

• 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 an x8 edge connector

• PCIe Base 3.0 complaint

• 2.5, 5.0, or 8.0GT/s link rate x8

• Auto-negotiates to x8, x4, x2, x2

• Support for MIS/MSI-X mechanisms

Environmental & physical specifications

• Length: 2.12 inches

• Height: 5.6 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 6.54 W

• RoHS compliant

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

External connectivity

• Easy to install full height connection bracket;

• External LEDs indicate link and activity

• One pluggable optical QSFP+ modules included

Software specifications

• Microsoft Windows Server® 2012 R2

• Microsoft Windows 8.1

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux® (latest versions)

• SUSE Linux Enterprise® Server (latest
versions)

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Selection guide: FastFrame adapters

Product Features FFRM-NQ41 FFRM-NQ42

Ports 12

Maximum Transfer Rate (Full Duplex) 8GT/S 16GT/S

Bus type PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0

Bus characteristics 8 lane 8 lane

Optical interface QSFP+ SR QSFP+ SR

Maximum cable length 30m 30M

Low profile form factor

Advanced Data Streaming (ADS™) Technology

Windows driver support

Linux Driver Support

Mac OS X driver support Q1 2016 Q1 2016

Cable length varies by interface and cable type.

Interface Cable type Max Distance

40Gb Passive Copper 1m
40Gb

Passive Copper

40Gb Active Fibre 5m

40Gb Active Fibre 20m

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3m

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