QLogic FastLinQ 41164 Quad-Port 10GBASE-T RJ45 PCIe Gen3 Low Profile Network Adapter

Description:

The QLogic FastLinQ 41164 is a quad-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapter with RJ45 ports for copper connectivity over Cat6A/7 cabling. Designed for next-generation enterprise and cloud environments, it supports advanced networking and virtualization features, including SR-IOV, iSCSI, and RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE). The low-profile PCIe Gen3 x8 interface makes it suitable for high-density 1U/2U server deployments.

Key Features:

Ports: 4 x RJ45 (10GBASE-T)

Speed Support: 100M / 1G / 10G per port

Interface: PCI Express Gen3 x8

Form Factor: Half Height (Low Profile)

Controller: QLogic FastLinQ 41164

Cable Type:

Standard copper cabling (Cat6A or better recommended for 10G)

Virtualization Features:

SR-IOV (up to 128 VFs)

NIC partitioning (NPAR)

VMQ, VMware NetQueue

Advanced Networking:

TCP/IP offloads, RSS, LSO, LRO

iSCSI boot

RoCE and iWARP RDMA support

DCB (Data Center Bridging), VLAN tagging

Security Features:

Secure boot

UEFI boot support

Operating System Support:

Microsoft Windows Server

VMware ESXi

Linux (RedHat, SLES, Ubuntu)

Use Cases:

Enterprise and cloud servers

Storage and virtualization-heavy workloads

Cost-effective 10GbE copper deployments