National Instruments PXIe-8240 Getting Started Manual page 4

1. Ethernet Connector
2. SPEED LED
3. LINK/ACT LED
Front Panel Connectors
The following table lists various peripherals and their corresponding PXIe-8240 external
connectors, bus interfaces, and functions.
Peripheral External Connector
Ethernet Port
Note For optimum performance, the chassis must have at minimum a Gen3 x8
peripheral slot (for example, the PXIe-1085).
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Figure 1. PXIe-8240 Front Panel
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QSFP+ 10 Gb/40 Gb Ethernet based on Intel XL710 40 GbE
controller
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