
QNAP 25GbE PCIe Expansion Card
Mellanox SN2010 25GbE/100GbE
Management Switch
QNAP NAS X 25GbE card X
25GbE/100GbE switch

Read: 3,500MB/s,Write: 2,300MB/s
SAMSUNG 970 EVO
Fast Growing market and technology of SSD
Shipments of hard and solid state disk (HDD/SSD)
drives worldwide from 2015 to 2021 (in millions)
https://www.statista.com/statistics/285474/hdds-and-ssds-in-pcs-global-shipments-2012-2017/
Read: 550MB/s,Write: 520MB/s
SAMSUNG 860 EVO

10GbE is not enough for Multi users
PC/work station
SSD cache Qtier
(1) NVMe SSD or (2) Enterprise SATA SSD (SLC/MLC)
10GbE
throughput
bottleneck
10GbE Card
10GbE
throughput
10GbE
throughput

25GbE+ networking card market
• 25GbE above market is estimatted to grow up from 22%(2017) to be doubled to 55%(after 2018)
• For future cloud applications, Big data, High speed storage, Virtualization technologies and A.I.
78%
7%
11%
2%
2%
Of total
Market
22%
25G+ Segment Growing at 38% CAGRHigh Speed Adapters 2017
Source: Mellanox
10G 25G 40G 50G 100G 200G
45%
15%
2%
2%
15%
21%
Of total
Market
55%

QNAP 10GbE/25GbE High speed card
106.83
68.9
• 2 x SFP+ connectors
• Supports 10GbE Transmission
QXG-10G2SF-CX4
Dual port 10GbE SFP+ Half-height card
QXG-25G2SF-CX4
Dual port 25GbE SFP28 half-height card
Mellanox
ConnectX®-4 Lx networking chip
• Supports iSER/RoCE• 2 x SFP28 connectors
• Supports 25/10GbE Transmission

Hardware specification
PCIe Gen3 x8 interface
Provides maximum 64Gbit/sec
bandwidth
Dual port 25GbE/10GbE connectors
Low profile bracket is
installed when ship
Full height and QNAP flat
bracket is bundled
Cooling heatsink and fan
10GbE SFP+ DAC cable25GbE SFP28 DAC cable

Go with QNAP high end NAS to experience high
speed throughput
1U: Gen3 x16 (CPU)
2U & 3U : Slot 2 with Gen3 x8 (CPU)
4U: slot 4 with Gen3 x8 (CPU)
1U: Gen3 x16 (CPU)
2U & 3U : Slot 2 and 4 with Gen3 x8 (CPU)
4U: slot 2 and 3 with Gen3 x8 (CPU)
1U: Gen3 x16 (CPU)
2U & 3U : Slot 2 with Gen3 x8 (CPU)
4U: slot 4 with Gen3 x8 (CPU)
#3
#2
#1
PCIe x8
(CPU)
#4
PCIe x4PCIe x4PCIe x4
TS-1283XU
*The PCIe bandwidth will drop to Gen3 x4 when
another card is installed on next slot
TS-x83XU TS-x77XU TVS-x72XU

Supporting QNAP models
QNAP X86 models which attaches at least one PCIe
Gen2 x2 above PCIe slot
(Suggest to install on models with Gen3 x4 )
TS-x73 TVS-x73e
TS-x83XU
TVS-x72XU
TS-x77XU
TVS-x82 TS-x77
*Please check the compatibility list
Supporting O.S.
• QTS 4.3.6 and latter
• Window/Linux: Driver is required to install on your PC/workstation
QXG-10G2SF-CX4 QXG-25G2SF-CX4
QNAP X86 models which attaches at least one PCIe
Gen3 x4 above PCIe slot
(Suggest to install on models with Gen3 x8 )

• iSER allows data to bypass general network drivers, the socket layer, and to directly
enter memory buffers of the server and storage.
• Increasing performance, lower CPU loading
Offload tasks from CPU with iSER
With iSER
Without iSER
25GbE X iSER Broadcast
is coming soon!

25GbE Performance Demo-AJA
TS-x83XU
PC:
Intel (R) Core(TM) i7-6700 3.40GHz.
Windows 10, 64GB RAM, QXG-25G2SF-CX4 on board,
Samsung SSD 960 PRO 1TB NVMe
NAS:
1283XU. Intel(R) Xeon(R) E-2124 CPU @ 3.30GHz.
QTS 4.3.6.0805, 4GB RAM, QXG-25G2SF-CX4 on board,
Samsung SSD850 Pro 512GB*12 (RAID 0)

25GbE High speed throughput-File drag and drop
Recommended PC/ Workstation spec
• Intel x86 i5/i7(or same level) above
• Minimum Basic clock rate :3.3 GHz
• NVMe SSD
Recommended Server spec
• QNAP Intel X72 / AMD x77 above
• 12 x enterprise SATA SSD, RAID5 or RAID10
Speed : 962 MB/s Speed : 0.98 GB/s Speed : 940 MB/s
2.9GB/s

• Physical
• 18 x SFP+/SFP28 ports
• 4 x QSFP/QSFP28 ports
• ½ 19’’ width, 1RU height
• 57W typical power consumption (ATIS)
• Weight: 4.5Kg
• Power supply redundancy
• Management port
• Rail kit for 2 x SN2010 in 1RU, 19’’
• x86 Quad core Atom CPU
• 8GB RAM, 16GB SSD
• Performance
• 2.52Bpps -> Zero Packet Loss
• 300ns latency
• Network OS
• Mellanox Onyx
• Cumulus Linux
• ONIE Version for coming Oss
Spectrum the Best ESF Switch – SN2010
Ethernet Storage Fabric needs dedicated ESF switches
½ 19” width
18 *10/25GbE
SFP+/SFP28Ports
Management Ports
Port LED indications
½ 19” width
4*40/100GbE
QSFP+/QSFP28 Ports

Leading Supplier
of End-to-End Interconnect Solutions
Storage
Front /
Back-End
Server /
Compute
Switch /
Gateway
56/100/200G
InfiniBand
10/25/40/50/
100/200/400GbE
Virtual Protocol
Interconnect
56/100/200G
InfiniBand
10/25/40/50/
100/200/400GbE
Virtual Protocol
Interconnect

• Traditional
SAN
• 20% of
capacity
Today’s Storage Landscape
PRIMARY STORAGE
SECONDARY
STORAGE
– 80% of capacity
– Rapid growth
– Diverse data types
– Scale-out, Ethernet-based
– Tiered storage
STORAGE
ICEBERG
File Shares
Archiving
Test/Dev
Backups
Analytics
Cloud

The Storage World is Changing
Bottom Line: More Ethernet Storage Traffic
Changes
Flash, Faster servers
Social/Mobile/Video
Hyperconverged
Cloud
Big Data
Distributed applications
Effects
Faster networking; 10/25/40/50/100GbE
Huge data growth; more file and object content
Distributed “Server-SAN” on Ethernet
Virtualization, software-defined, price pressure
File and distributed storage
More east-west traffic

ESF Re-defining the Modern Data Centers
Data Center modernization requires a faster, lossless Ethernet Storage Fabric
cost
Predictable Performance, Deterministic & Secure Fabrics
Servers
• Higher
processing
capability
• High-density
virtualization
Storage
• Move to Allflash
• Faster
protocols –
NVMe-oF
Risk
Complexi
ty
High
bandwidth,
low latency,
zero packet
loss
Fabrics
Simplified
security and
management
Faster, more
predictable
performance
Block, file,
and object
storage

From Chassis to Leaf/Spine
Leaf /Spine
Scale Out Network
Scale Up Network
Same Cable/Optic/Port Count
Superior Price & Performance
10/25GbE
ToR Switches
100GbE
Server Nodes
Full Rack
1 rack = 24 nodes
Multiple Racks
2*100
SN2700
SN2700
100GbE
SN2100

• Cloud Data Center need larger pipes
• Access to Storage
• Increase of East-West Traffic
• VM (Virtual Machine) migration is data
intensive
• Delivers 2.5 MORE
• 2.5X higher throughput
• 2.5X the bandwidth for 1.25X the price
• For 2.5X lower CAPEX
• Fewer optics/cables
• Fewer spine switches
• Future proof
• Similar Cost / Power
Why Cloud Data centers move to 25GbE?
VM
Migration
East-West Traffic
10GbE
10GbE
40GbE
Storage Nodes
10/40GbE Challenges
100GbE
25GbE
25GbE
East-West Traffic
VM
Migration
Storage Nodes
25/100GbE Value

Spectrum - Fair & Predictable High Performance Switch
Fairness & QoS
Worker
Parameter
Server
Worker
Parameter
Server
Many to One
Many to Many
Microburst Absorption Capability
Max Burst Size
(MB)
5.2
64B
0.3
8.4
0.9
9.6
1.0
9.7
1.1
512
B
1.5
B
9KB
Packet Size
Spectrum
Competition
Spectrum
Competition
Guaranteed Low Latency
Congestion Management
NIC + Software latency: TCP -> 6us; RDMA -> 1us
Spectrum latency @ 3 hops: < 1us
Other switch latency @ 3 hops: > 10us
Frame Size (bytes)
Spectrum Competition
3,334ns
64
128
9216
256 512
1024
1280
2176
4096
1518
Average FIFO Latency (nanoseconds)

Why Network Telemetry?
SNMP Telemetry
Real time Data flowBefore data flow

Mellanox NEO
Simplified deployment
Diagnostics and troubleshooting
Stay Competitive

Mellanox NEO - at a glance
Extended NEO visibility with
Mellanox cables information,
including cable’s serial number,
part number, type, length and
revision.

Invisible Infrastructure with QNAP and Mellanox
Mellanox Ethernet Storage Fabric
Management Software
+
✓ Zero-touch Network Provisioning
✓ Enhanced Network Security
✓ Efficient Enterprise Cloud Networking

QNAP NAS X
25GbE card X
25GbE/100GbE
switch

10GbE Workflow is insufficient for growing data
QSW-1208-8C
10GbE PC
TS-932X
TVS-951X
10GbE SFP+ NAS
10GbE BASE-TNAS
MSI GT75VR
Apple iMac Pro
10GbE Laptop
Supports maximum 10GbE speed

QNAP promotes the speed to 25GbE
10/25Gbe 10/25Gbe
Virtual Machine
10/25Gbe
Media workstation
25/40Gbe
Reuse your QNAP 40GbE card
18x 10/25GbE SFP+/28 ports
4x 40/100GbE QSFP/28 ports
Supports maximum 25GbE speed
OR
White box server

Complete 10GbE/25GbE/40GbE aaccessories
QXG-10G2SF-CX4
QXG-25G2SF-CX4
LAN-40G2SF-MLX
TRX-10GSFP-SR-MLX
CAB-DAC15M-SFPP-DEC02
CAB-DAC30M-SFPP-DEC02
CAB-DAC50M-SFPP-DEC02
CAB-DAC30M-SFP28-DEC01
10GbE SFP+ DAC
25GbE SFP28 DAC
CAB-NIC40G30M-QSFP
40GbE QSFP+ DAC
10GbE SR Transceiver

QNAP’s 25GbE upgrade kit
Instantly upgrade to 25GbE/100GbE high speed transmission
QNAP
High end NAS
OR
White box server
Mellanox SN2010
25/100 GbE switch
QXG-25G2SF-CX4
CAB-DAC30M-SFP28-DEC01

QNAP
is your best choice!
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