Intel QME7342-CK Leaflet
D A T A S H E E T
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QME7342
Dual-Port, 40Gbps InfiniBand-
to-PCIe Expansion Card
Dell Part Number: A3529571
Dell Part Number: A3529571
Benefits
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Highperformance
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Superiorscalability
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Enhancedreliability
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Protectionofexistingserverinvestments
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Lowestpowerandcoolingrequirementsinthe
industry
industry
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Environmentallyfriendly
Features
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Dual40Gbpsquaddatarate(QDR)InfiniBand™
interfaces
interfaces
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3400MBpsunidirectionalthroughput
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30Mmessagesprocessedpersecond(non-
coalesced)ineachdirection
coalesced)ineachdirection
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1.0-microsecondlatencythatremainslowasthe
fabricisscaled
fabricisscaled
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Multiplevirtuallanes(VLs)foruniquequalityof
service(QoS)levelsperlaneoverthesamephysical
port
service(QoS)levelsperlaneoverthesamephysical
port
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TrueScale™architecture,withMSI-Xinterrupt
handling,isoptimizedformulti-corecompute
nodes
handling,isoptimizedformulti-corecompute
nodes
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Externalfirmwareisneitherusednorrequired
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Congestioncontrolarchitecture
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OptionaldatascramblinginInfiniBandlink
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RoHS6compliant
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ComplieswithInfiniBandTradeAssociation(IBTA)
v1.2standard
v1.2standard
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SupportsOpenFabricsAlliance(OFEDandWinOF)
softwaredistributions
softwaredistributions
Highperformancecomputing(HPC)solutionshaveusedInfiniBandnetworks
to meet the needs of the most demanding set of applications and grand
challenges.
to meet the needs of the most demanding set of applications and grand
challenges.
TheQME7342isadual-port,40GbpsInfiniBand-to-PCIExpress
®
Gen2x8HostChannelAdapterdesignedfortheDell
®
PowerEdge
®
Blade
Server. The QME7342’s highly integrated design delivers unprecedented
levelsofperformance,makingittheidealsolutionforHPCapplicationsthat
relyonlowlatency,direct-memoryaccess.
levelsofperformance,makingittheidealsolutionforHPCapplicationsthat
relyonlowlatency,direct-memoryaccess.
High Performance.
Quaddatarate(QDR)InfiniBanddelivers40Gbpsper
port (4×10Gbps), providing the necessary bandwidth for high-throughput
applications. With the highest message rate and lowest latency of any
InfiniBand adapter, the QME7342 provides superior HPC application
performance.
applications. With the highest message rate and lowest latency of any
InfiniBand adapter, the QME7342 provides superior HPC application
performance.
Superior Scalability.
QLogic’s TrueScale architecture delivers near-linear
scalability.Asadditionalcomputeresourcesareaddedtoacluster,latency
remainslowandthemessageratescaleswiththesizeofthefabric,resulting
inmaximumusageofcomputeresources.
remainslowandthemessageratescaleswiththesizeofthefabric,resulting
inmaximumusageofcomputeresources.
Enhanced Reliability.
The QME7342’s advanced design does not need
onboard firmware, which enhances its performance and reliability. The
controllerhasECCprotectiononallinternalSRAMs,andparitycheckingon
allinternalbuses.Equallyimportant,thestatelessdesignisinherentlymore
resilienttoadapterandfabricfailures,asitminimizesitsrelianceonthe
connectionstate.Optionaldatascramblingmaximizesdatapatterns,which
inturnminimizesthebit-errorrate.
controllerhasECCprotectiononallinternalSRAMs,andparitycheckingon
allinternalbuses.Equallyimportant,thestatelessdesignisinherentlymore
resilienttoadapterandfabricfailures,asitminimizesitsrelianceonthe
connectionstate.Optionaldatascramblingmaximizesdatapatterns,which
inturnminimizesthebit-errorrate.
Investment Protection.
This fourth-generation product is compliant with
IBTA version 1.2, ensuring interoperability with all other IBTA-compliant
devices. In addition, support for the OpenFabrics community OFED and
WinOF distributions ensures rapid adoption by major operating system
vendors,systemintegrators,andindependenthardware(IHV)andsoftware
(ISV)vendors.
devices. In addition, support for the OpenFabrics community OFED and
WinOF distributions ensures rapid adoption by major operating system
vendors,systemintegrators,andindependenthardware(IHV)andsoftware
(ISV)vendors.
PowerOptimized.
Maximumperformanceisdeliveredatthelowestpower
ofanyQDR-capableadapter:6.2Wtypicaland9.5Wmaximum(estimate).
EnvironmentallyFriendly.
TheQME7342isRoHS6compliant,aswellas
antimonyfreeandhalogenfree.