QLogic QLE3442-SR-BK Data Sheet
BC0058015-00 Rev. B 10/14 1
Data Sheet
OVERVIEW
The QLogic
®
3400 Series Intelligent Ethernet Adapters—available in
10GBASE-T (RJ45), SR optic, and direct attach copper (DAC)—support LAN
(TCP/IP) traffic at 10Gbps Ethernet (GbE) line-rate speeds. The 3400 Series
provides extremely low host CPU usage by enabling full hardware offloads.
(TCP/IP) traffic at 10Gbps Ethernet (GbE) line-rate speeds. The 3400 Series
provides extremely low host CPU usage by enabling full hardware offloads.
The 3400 Series leverages QLogic’s long-standing industry leadership in
Ethernet by providing the highest levels of performance, efficiency, and
scalability for the enterprise data center.
Ethernet by providing the highest levels of performance, efficiency, and
scalability for the enterprise data center.
For more effective utilization of the 10GbE bandwidth, the QLogic
3400 Series Intelligent Ethernet Adapters offer switch-independent NIC
partitioning (network partitioning [NPAR]), which enables segmentation of a
single 10GbE port into multiple network partitions and dynamic allocation
of bandwidth to each port. The segmentation allows IT organizations to
optimize resource utilization while lowering infrastructure and operational
costs.
3400 Series Intelligent Ethernet Adapters offer switch-independent NIC
partitioning (network partitioning [NPAR]), which enables segmentation of a
single 10GbE port into multiple network partitions and dynamic allocation
of bandwidth to each port. The segmentation allows IT organizations to
optimize resource utilization while lowering infrastructure and operational
costs.
The evolution of data centers—triggered by high-density server
virtualization, software-defined networking (SDN), and multitenant cloud
computing platforms—demands a high-performance 10GbE solution
that boosts CPU efficiency, and reduces capital expenditures (CAPEX)
and operating expense (OPEX) of the migration to 10GbE. The QLogic
virtualization, software-defined networking (SDN), and multitenant cloud
computing platforms—demands a high-performance 10GbE solution
that boosts CPU efficiency, and reduces capital expenditures (CAPEX)
and operating expense (OPEX) of the migration to 10GbE. The QLogic
3400 Series Intelligent Ethernet Adapters are the solution of choice for
workload-intensive computing environments, providing a reliable, high-
performance 10GbE connectivity solution.
workload-intensive computing environments, providing a reliable, high-
performance 10GbE connectivity solution.
FEATURES
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PCI Express
®
(PCIe
®
) Gen3 x8 (8GT/s) support
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Full line-rate performance across both ports
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Broad OS and hypervisor support
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Network boot support for pre-execution environment (PXE) 2.0
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Switch-independent NIC partitioning with up to four partition
assignments per 10GbE link
assignments per 10GbE link
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Energy efficient Ethernet (EEE) support reduces idle power consumption
in RJ45-based networks
in RJ45-based networks
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MSI and MSI-X support
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IPv4 and IPv6 offloads
•
PCI-SIG
®
single root input/output virtualization (SR-IOV)
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Comprehensive stateless offloads
• Delivers full line-rate 10GbE performance across both ports
• Enables provisioning of 10GbE ports for greater deployment
flexibility through switch-independent NIC partitioning
• Boosts host CPU efficiency with hardware offloads for NVGRE
and VXLAN tunnels
• Improves reliability and interoperability—leverages QLogic’s
market-proven Ethernet architecture and software
• 10GBASE-T version provides a low-cost and easy-to-install
RJ45 network connectivity solution that is backward compatible
with existing 1GbE
with existing 1GbE
QLogic 3400 Series
10Gbps Ethernet-to-PCIe Intelligent Ethernet Adapters