Products

QNAP 10GbE Ready Products

Type	Capacity	Model	Remark
Tower	10 bay		Expansion slot x 1
	8 bay		Expansion slot x 1
Rack Mount	16 bay		Expansion slot x 2
	12 bay		Expansion slot x 2
	8 bay		Expansion slot x 2

QNAP 10GBASE-T Network Expansion Card

	Model	Specification	Remark
	LAN-10G2T-D	Dual-port 10GbE network expansion card for tower models, desktop bracket, cat6A cable	Applied models: TS-879 Pro, TS-1079 Pro
	LAN-10G2T-U	Dual-port 10GbE network expansion card for A01 series rack mount models, low-profile bracket, cat6A cable	Applied models: TS-870U-RP, TS-879U-RP, TS-EC879U-RP, TS-1270U-RP, TS-1279U-RP, TS-EC1279U-RP, TS-1679U-RP, TS-EC1679U-RP

QNAP SFP+ DAC Network Expansion Card

	Model	Specification	Remark
	LAN-10G2DA-U-EMULEX	Dual port 10 Gigabit network adapter , SFP+ direct attach copper cable	Applied models: TS-870U-RP, TS-879 Pro, TS-879U-RP, TS-EC879U-RP, TS-1079 Pro, TS-1270U-RP, TS-1279U-RP, TS-EC1279U-RP, TS-1679U-RP, TS-EC1679U-RP

Note:
SFP+ DAC cable can be purchased from a third party vendor as long as it is compatible with the solution card.

If used to connect the NAS to a 10GbE switch, some switch vendors have encryption implemented on their 10GbE interface. Therefore to connect the NIC or NAS to their switch, only proprietary cable can be used. Cables that are SFF8431 compliant can be used on most systems. However some manufacturers use encryption so that their cables must be used with their products.

Third Party Generic Cable Suppliers

Note: please double check 10GbE cable compatibility with 10GbE NIC and Switch

Applications

10 Gigabit Ethernet Ready

The Turbo NAS supports an optional 10GbE network card for bandwidth demanding applications. 10GbE is currently the fastest Ethernet standard, ten times faster than standard GbE.

Virtualization Solution

Powerful storage solution for virtualized data center:

Application and processing requirements constantly evolve heightening the need for higher performance storage. Especially with virtualization of IT resources the need for high performance storage is essential. The Turbo NAS offers class leading hardware matched with unparalleled 10Gb speed for all the virtualization needs.

The 10Gb speed will increase the agility of data transmission in a virtualized environment intensifying NFS and iSCSI connection performance.

QNAP Turbo NAS help businesses:

• Leverage all the benefits from virtualization technology
• Deploy the virtualization environment with flexibility
• Improve work continuity

QNAP Turbo NAS are:

• VMware® Certified
• Citrix® Certified
• Microsoft® Hyper-V Compliant

Backup Solution

10GbE connections reduce backup time & enhance business productivity!

The 10GbE Turbo NAS supports SMB/CIFS, NFS, and AFP protocols for file sharing across Windows, Mac, Linux/UNIX networks. User accounts and shared folders can be created via the user-friendly web-based interface without IT expertise.

The 10GbE Turbo NAS is a secure data storage and backup solution for small and medium-sized business. Users can back up Windows PC data to the Turbo NAS with QNAP's utility NetBak Replicator. The support for Apple Time Machine makes the Turbo NAS an ideal backup storage for Mac. Third party software such as Acronis True image and Symantec Backup Exec are also supported.

Video Editing Solution

QNAP 10GbE NAS is a good alternative solution of DAS for video studio

Digital film and video production produces volumes of data that require high performance RAID storage with sustainable throughput to balance with the demanding output of video editing. The Turbo NAS fulfills storage and video editing needs with a high-speed 10GbE network interface. Digital videos can be quickly stored and edited on the Turbo NAS directly over the network.

The Turbo NAS supports various network file sharing protocols such as NFS, AFP, and SMB/CIFS, so sharing files among PCs with different operating system is easy. The scalable design of the Turbo NAS allows for the capacity to be expanded on the fly so the Turbo NAS can grow as the business data does.

Physical Interfaces

10Gb Ethernet Network Physical Interface

There are multiple physical interfaces of 10Gbps Ethernet to choose from. The SFP+ is the most popular one for now, and both SFP+ and 10GBase-T will be the industry standard in the near future.

A. SFP+ (Small Form-factor Pluggable)

Two types of wiring are recommended for the 10GbE SPF+ in SMB environment.

(1) SFP+ DAC (Direct Attach Copper)

Direct attach copper (DAC) cable is a copper interconnect using a passive twin-ax cable assembly that connects directly into an SFP+ housing. It has a range of 10 meters which is low power, low cost, and low latency with the added advantage of having the small form factor of SFP+, and smaller, more flexible cabling.
DAC cable can be either passive or "active" (according the support of NIC).

The active twin-ax cable has active electronic components in the SFP+ housing to improve the signal quality; the passive twin-ax cable is a simple straight "wire" with no active components.

The maximum cable length for an active DAC is 10 meters theoretically.

Note:
SFP+ DAC cable can be purchased from a third party vendor as long as it is compatible with the solution card.

If used to connect the NAS to a 10GbE switch, some switch vendors have encryption implemented on their 10GbE interface. Therefore to connect the NIC or NAS to their switch, only proprietary cable can be used. Cables that are SFF8431 compliant can be used on most systems. However some manufacturers use encryption so that their cables must be used with their products.

Third Party Generic Cable Suppliers

Note: please double check 10GbE cable compatibility with 10GbE NIC and Switch

(2) SFP+ OPTIC

SFP+ OPTIC adapter uses enhanced small form factor pluggable (SFP+) short range (SR) transceivers and optic cables to connect to the network. Fiber optic cables are designed to reach long distance without losing signal.

SFP+ OPTIC comes in a variety of types to drive signals across fiber optic cables with different maximum distances. The most common, and lowest in cost, is 10GBase-SR (SR, or short reach). The maximum cable length for SPF+ (SR) is 300 meters over multi-mode optical fiber. Over single-mode optical fiber can reach up to 80km.

Note:
For example, the Emulex OCe11102-NX 10GbE card can be upgraded to OCe11102-NM by inserting the SFP+ optical transceiver module. After the transceiver is attached, the optical cable can be used. (The OCe10100-OPT kit includes two short-range optical transceivers.)

B. 10GBase-T

The 10GBase-T is to provide 10 Gbit/s connections for both over unshielded or shielded twisted pair cables to distances up to 100 meters (330 ft).The 10GBASE-T has higher latency and consumes more power than other 10GbE physical layers. The 10GBASE-T silicon is available from several manufacturers with claimed power dissipation of 6W and a latency approaching 1 microsecond. The advantages of the 10GBase-T is longer distance, familiarity with RJ45 connectors, and backward compatibility, but the latency, cost and less stability deters the cable from reaching a sweet point.

Connection

10Gb Ethernet Network Connection Guide

Connect the system to the 10GbE NAS via a 10GbE switch

Compatibility List

10GBASE-T Interface

SFP+ OPTIC Interface

SFP+ DAC (Direct Attach Copper) Interface

Note 1: A specific bracket is required on the TS-879 Pro and TS-1079 Pro Turbo NAS. For the information of network card installation, please refer the Turbo NAS Hardware Manual.

Note 2: An optional purchase bracket is required for TS-879 Pro and TS-1079 Pro models.

Note 3: If you encounter unstable network transmission with the Emulex 10 GbE adapters, please upgrade the 10 GbE adapter firmware. Read the firmware upgrade instruction before initiating a firmware update.

Third Party Generic Cable Suppliers

Note: please double check 10GbE cable compatibility with 10GbE NIC and Switch

Media Review

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