https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/QLS250-Is-it-possible-to-mount-a-quot-ConnectX-NIC-quot-card-by/m-p/181322#M33180 <P>Why post this under scalable chassis ???</P> Thu, 18 May 2023 09:36:14 GMT G_W_Albrecht 2023-05-18T09:36:14Z https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/QLS250-Is-it-possible-to-mount-a-quot-ConnectX-NIC-quot-card-by/m-p/181310#M33178 <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="QLS250.png" style="width: 763px;"><img src="https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/20963i0E276692A06CDBC2/image-dimensions/763x369?v=v2" width="763" height="369" role="button" title="QLS250.png" alt="QLS250.png" /></span></P><P> </P><P>We plan to offer the QLS250 model to our customers.<BR />Customers need a total of 3 40G ports.</P><P>There are two 40G ports in the built-in slot #1.<BR />Is it possible to mount a "ConnectX NIC" card by combining slots 2 and 3?</P><P>Or should I replace it with a QLS450 model?</P> Thu, 18 May 2023 08:35:14 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/QLS250-Is-it-possible-to-mount-a-quot-ConnectX-NIC-quot-card-by/m-p/181310#M33178 Young_Wook_Choi 2023-05-18T08:35:14Z https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/QLS250-Is-it-possible-to-mount-a-quot-ConnectX-NIC-quot-card-by/m-p/181321#M33179 <P>Use the QLS450 with two ConnectX cards, see <A href="https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Security-Gateways/Have-you-ever-used-more-than-3-ports-on-a-QLS250-machine/m-p/181316#M33173" target="_blank">https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Security-Gateways/Have-you-ever-used-more-than-3-ports-on-a-QLS250-machine/m-p/181316#M33173</A></P> Thu, 18 May 2023 09:35:00 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/QLS250-Is-it-possible-to-mount-a-quot-ConnectX-NIC-quot-card-by/m-p/181321#M33179 G_W_Albrecht 2023-05-18T09:35:00Z https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/QLS250-Is-it-possible-to-mount-a-quot-ConnectX-NIC-quot-card-by/m-p/181322#M33180 <P>Why post this under scalable chassis ???</P> Thu, 18 May 2023 09:36:14 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/QLS250-Is-it-possible-to-mount-a-quot-ConnectX-NIC-quot-card-by/m-p/181322#M33180 G_W_Albrecht 2023-05-18T09:36:14Z https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/QLS250-Is-it-possible-to-mount-a-quot-ConnectX-NIC-quot-card-by/m-p/181327#M33181 <P>No. The cards are in slots 1+2 or 3+4 depending on the model.</P> <P><A href="https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/Appliances/FRU_Line_Cards/Content/Topics-FRU-Line-Cards/NVIDIA-2-port-100G-Card.htm?tocpath=_____3" target="_blank">https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/Appliances/FRU_Line_Cards/Content/Topics-FRU-Line-Cards/NVIDIA-2-port-100G-Card.htm?tocpath=_____3</A></P> <P>Suggest discussing the requirement further with your SE as relevant to the QLS range.&nbsp;</P> Thu, 18 May 2023 10:01:06 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/QLS250-Is-it-possible-to-mount-a-quot-ConnectX-NIC-quot-card-by/m-p/181327#M33181 Chris_Atkinson 2023-05-18T10:01:06Z