QLogic 3200 Datasheet

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3200 Series

10Gbps Ethernet-to-PCIe Intelligent Ethernet Adapters

Overview

The QLogic 3200 Series Adapters boast industry-leading Ethernet performance, achieving dual-port, line-rate 10-gigabit Ethernet (GbE)
throughput. This extreme performance eliminates potential I/O bottlenecks in today’s powerful multiprocessor, multicore servers. In
addition, support for powerful virtualization features make these adapters ideal for virtualized environments that need excellent I/O
performance to service growing numbers of virtual machines (VMs).

The 3200 Series Adapters improve on previous generation products with the following features:

• Dual-port, line-rate 10GbE throughput, approaching 40Gbps bidirectional

• Advanced virtualization with NIC partitioning (NPAR)

QLE3242-RJ

QLE3242

Highlights

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• Dual-port, line-rate 10Gbps throughput for moving large amounts

of data and eliminating server I/O bottlenecks

• Flexible connectivity options including SFP+ Direct Attach Copper

(DAC), SFP+ SR optical, SFP+ LR optical and 10GBase-T (RJ45)
copper

• Increased application throughput and reduced host CPU usage with

stateless offloads

3200 Series

The 3200 Series of 10Gbps Intelligent Ethernet Adapters are designed for
high-performance applications such as virtualization, network security
appliances, IP content delivery systems, grid computing, network attached
storage (NAS), and backup servers.

High Performance

The 3200 Series Adapters boast industry-leading networking performance,
with bidirectional, dual-port throughput equalling approximately 40Gbps.
This performance makes the adapter suitable for high-bandwidth
applications, as well as applications that require network scaling. The 3200
Series delivers this extreme performance while consuming only minimal
CPU resources, approaching the CPU utilization found with TCP/IP offload
engine (TOE) solutions. Consequently, more CPU resources are available,
resulting in faster application performance and higher VM density per
server.

VMflex

With QLogic’s new NPAR technology, one adapter is viewed by the server
OS as a flexible mix (up to four per physical port) of standalone NICs, with
the ability to allocate guaranteed bandwidth to each virtual adapter. This
unique feature is switch agnostic—it is not necessary to pair a 3200 Series
Adapter with any specific 10GbE switch model to enable partitioning.

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• State-of-the-art virtualization features that provide security and

quality of service (QoS) to virtual machines while maintaining
superior performance

• Compatible with common OS network management tools, as well

as QLogic’s QConvergeConsole

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(QCC)

Management

Networking management is easy with QLogic’s new, unified management
application, QConvergeConsole. QCC provides single pane-of-glass
management for QLogic’s broad product line of storage and networking
adapters. The 3200 Series also has API support so that it can be managed
by other popular third-party management tools, including native OS
management tools for networking.

Diskless Boot

The 3200 Series Adapters support booting the server from remote storage
over the LAN (pre-execution environment (PXE) boot). Consequently, data
centers can deploy thinner servers, centralize OS image management,
increase system availability, and simplify image redeployment.

iSCSI

The 3200 Series Adapters support iSCSI initiators that are available with
all major operating systems, connecting servers to iSCSI storage over a
high-speed 10GbE pipe.

Unmatched Expertise

QLogic is the leading supplier of high performance infrastructure solutions
including Fibre Channel, Ethernet, iSCSI, and Converged Network Adapters.

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Host Bus Interface Specifications

Bus Interface

• PCI Express

Host Interrupts

• INTx, MSI, and MSI-X

I/O Virtualization (VMflex)

• NIC partitioning (NPAR)

Compliance

• PCI Express Base Specification, rev. 2.0; PCI Express

Card Electromechanical Specification, rev. 2.0; PCI Bus
Power Management Interface Specification, rev. 1.2

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Gen2 x8

Ethernet Specifications

Throughput

• 10Gbps full-duplex line rate per port

Ethernet Frame

• 1500 byte or 9600 byte (jumbo frame)

Stateless Offload

• IP, TCP, and UDP checksum offloads

• Large and giant send offload (LSO, GSO)

• Large receive offload (LRO)

• Receive side scaling (RSS)

• Interrupt coalescing

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• VMware

• Microsoft

Compliance

• IEEE: 802.3ae (10Gb Ethernet), 802.1q (VLAN),

NetQueue

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VMQ

802.3ad (Link Aggregation), 802.1p (Priority Encoding),

802.3x (Flow Control), IPv4 (RFQ 791), IPv6 (RFC 2460)

Physical Specifications

Ports

• QLE3240: single 10Gbps Ethernet

• QLE3242: dual 10Gbps Ethernet

Form Factor

• Low-profile PCIe

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card: (6.6 in. × 2.54 in.)

• Custom form factors also available

Environment and Equipment Specifications

Temperature

• Operating: 0°C/32°F to 55°C/131°F

• Storage: –20°C/–4°F to 70°C/158°F

Humidity

• Relative (noncondensing): 10% to 90%

• Storage: 5% to 95%

Maximum Cable Distances

• QLE324x-SR: 300m, OM3 multimode fibre

• QLE324x-LR: 10Km, single mode fibre

• QLE3242-RJ: 100m, CAT7, CAT6a

Agency Approvals

Safety

• US, Canada, Europe

EMI and EMC (Class A)

• US, Canada, Europe, Australia/New Zealand, Japan,

Korea

Ordering Information

QLE3242-CU (dual port)

• Ships without transceivers. Intended for use with

copper cables (not included). A list of approved copper
cables is posted at http://www.qlogic.com/Resources/

Documents/LineCards/Copper_Cables_Support_
Matrix_Line_Card.pdf

QLE3240-SR (single port)
QLE3242-SR (dual port)

• Ships with SR optical transceivers installed

QLE3240-LR (single port)
QLE3242-LR (dual port)

• Ships with LR optical transceivers installed

QLE3242-RJ (dual port)

• Ships with RJ45 connectors (10GBase-T). Intended for

use with twisted pair copper cabling (not included).

Tools and Utilities

Management Tools and Device Utilities

• QConvergeConsole: a unified management tool (GUI

and CLI) for Fibre Channel/Fibre Channel over Ethernet
(FCoE), iSCSI, and networking

• Native OS management tools for networking

Boot Support

• PXE

Operating Systems

• For the latest applicable operating system information,

see http://driverdownloads.qlogic.com.

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