Introduction

This Administration Guide applies to these appliance models:

Appliance Model

Software

Requirements

Quantum Force 19100, 19200, 29100, 29200 with 2-Port Single-Width 10/25/40/100G QSFP28 Cards

sk180520

Quantum Force 9400, 9700, 9800 with 2-Port Single-Width 10/25/40/100G QSFP28 Cards

sk181698

Quantum LightSpeed QLS800, QLS650, QLS450, QLS250 with 2-Port Dual-Width 10/25/40/100G QSFP28 Cards

sk176466

Quantum LightSpeed MLS200 with 2-Port Dual-Width 10/25/40/100G QSFP28 Cards

sk176466

Quantum LightSpeed MLS400 with built-in 10/25/40/100G QSFP28 Ports

sk176466

This guide uses these abbreviations:

Full Name

Description

Abbreviation

2-Port Dual-Width 10/25/40/100G QSFP28 Card

A dual-width NIC that takes two slots in the appliance (specific pairs of slots).

100G Card

2-Port Single-Width 10/25/40/100G QSFP28 Card

A single-width NIC that takes a single slot in the appliance.

100G Card

10/25/40/100G QSFP28 Port

Port type in one of the above NICs (line cards).

100G Port

In the supported appliance models, the 100G Ports accelerate the connections in hardware when packets are received on one 100G Port and are destined to go out another 100G Port of the same 100G Card.