From Manufacturer
The ThunderLink NS 3252 Thunderbolt 3 to 2-Port 25GbE (SFP28) Adapter from ATTO Technology acts as an external Thunderbolt 3 to 25GbE adapter and helps in connecting Thunderbolt-enabled systems to 25 Gb/s Ethernet networks and storage devices. With 25 Gb/s data transfer rates, the adapter can be used for bandwidth-intensive applications such as data backup and restoration, clustered computing, IP content delivery, medical imaging, and video rendering. The adapter comes with a US power cord.
Technical Features
- Dual Thunderbolt 3 (40 Gb/s USB-C) connectors
- Dual SFP28 optical multimode modules included
- Supports Apple Silicon, including M1 and M2 devices
- Supports 4K video file transfer and display simultaneously with dual 40 Gb/s Thunderbolt 3 ports
- Daisy chain up to five additional Thunderbolt technology enabled devices
- Backward compatible with 20 Gb/s Thunderbolt 2 and 10 Gb/s Thunderbolt devices
- Backward compatible with Thunderbolt 2 hosts via Apple's legacy adapter
- ATTO Advanced Data Streaming (ADS) Technology
- Minimized interrupts for low latency TCP, UDP and IPv4 checksum offloading, and Tx/TCP segmentation offloading
- Low power consumption
- Support for downstream USB 3.2 Gen 2 and 3.2 Gen 1 devices
Key Features
- Data rate per port: 25GbE
- Tx/TCP segmentation offload (Large Send Offload-LSO)
- Low latency interrupts
- PCI-SIG SR-IOV support
- Interrupt levels MSI, MSI-X
- Plug and play specification support
- Advanced Packet Filtering
- VLAN support with tag filtering, insertion, and stripping
Advanced Software Features
- Adaptive load balancing
- Teaming support
- PCI Hot Plug/Active peripheral interconnect
Management Tools
- Easy system monitoring with Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and Remote
- Network Monitoring (RMON) Statistic Counters
- Watchdog timer for chip/driver status monitoring
Connectivity
- 25Gb/s SFP28
- Backwards compatible with 10GbE SFP+
- 2 LED indicators per port
- TLNS-3252 Using ATTO 25/10G SFPs
- 25G Speed:
328' on OM4
230' on OM3
- 10G Speed:
328' on OM3
Thunderbolt Cabling
40 Gb/s cables are designated with a "3" marking