Startech PEX40GQSFPI Alternative NIC

StarTech
Single Port 40G QSFP+ PCIe
Intel® XL710
QSFP+
1
StarTech PEX40GQSFPI Compatible Network Interface Card

StarTech compatible PEX40GQSFPI - Key Features

  • Compatibility: StarTech
  • NIC Category: Single Port 40G QSFP+ PCIe
  • Controller Silicon: Intel® XL710
  • Controller Type: Ethernet
  • Connector Type: QSFP+
  • Number of Ports: 1
  • Data Rate per Port: 40/10GbE
  • Bus Interface: PCIe v3.0 x8

StarTech PEX40GQSFPI Price

SKUSKU:40G-NIC-XL710-1O
Lead timeMade to Order - 2 Weeks
Standard recommended retail price ex VAT:
€491.20
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StarTech compatible PEX40GQSFPI Specifications

Controller Silicon
Intel® XL710
Controller Type
Ethernet
Connector Type
QSFP+
Number of Ports
1
Data Rate per Port
40/10GbE
Bus Interface
PCIe v3.0 x8
Bus Transfer Rate
8GT/s
Storage Over Ethernet
iSCSI, NFS
iSCSI
Supported
FCoE
Not Supported
Jumbo Frames
Supported
PXE Boot
Supported
Wake-on-LAN (WoL)
Not Supported
Network Virtualization
SR-IOV; VMDq; VLAN; VXLAN; NVGRE; GENEVE
Power
Power consumption (max): 7.5W; Operating voltage: 3.3V and 12V
Interconnection Distance
Per QSFP+ used
Environmental Specifications
Operating temperature: 0 °C to 55 °C; Air Flow Minimum of 150 LFM and 400 LFM (LR4); Storage temperature: -40 °C to 70 °C; Relative Humidity: 5% to 90% (non-condensing)
Physical Characteristics
Dimensions (W x H): 146mm x 69mm; Ships with low-profile bracket attached to interface card. Standard bracket included in packaging.
LED Status Indicators
LINK (solid) and ACTIVITY (blinking); LINK SPEED (green= 40 Gbps; yellow=10 Gbps)
Supported Operating Systems
Windows Server 2012/2016/2019/2022; Windows 10/11; Linux (RHEL, SLES, Ubuntu); VMware ESXi; FreeBSD
I/O Virtualization Features
SR-IOV (128 VFs); VMDq (64 pools); VMDQ-DCB; Packet Direct
Protocol Support
IEEE 802.3ba 40GBASE; IEEE 802.3x Flow Control; IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation; IEEE 802.1Q VLAN; IEEE 802.1Qaz ETS; IEEE 802.1Qbb PFC; IEEE 1588 PTP
Management Features
PXE Boot; iSCSI Boot; SNMP; RMON; LLDP; DCBX; Intel PROSet Utility
Compliance
CE, FCC, RoHS

StarTech compatible PEX40GQSFPI Datasheet

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Complete technical specifications and product details

Updated:Jan 2, 2026Format:PDF

StarTech compatible PEX40GQSFPI Description

For Your convenience, we have matched popular NIC card manufacturer SKUs with our product portfolio, allowing choosing cost efficient alternative. As Startech PEX40GQSFPI is Single Port 40G Gigabit Ethernet QSFP+ PCI-Express Network Interface Card, its functionality & features corresponds our product 40G-NIC-XL710-1O. 40G-NIC-XL710-1O is based on Intel® XL710, it has 1 x 40/10GbE QSFP+ interfaces and features load balancing functions provides superior performance on multi-core processor servers, can offer leading network virtualization features, several remote boot options and wide manageability features. 10G-NIC-XL710-4O(as alternative to Startech PEX40GQSFPI) card provides as well flexibility for LAN and SAN networking by iSCSI, NFS protocol support and support synchronization of internal clocks according to a network master clock.

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