Qnap Thunderbolt™ 3 Expansion Card specs released

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1 Thunderbolt™ 3 Expansion Card
1.1 Transform your NAS into a Thunderbolt™ 3 NAS
1.2 Streamlined Video Editing Collaboration
1.3 Thunderbolt™ 3 Expansion Card Usage Scenarios

Thunderbolt™ 3 Expansion Card

Transform your NAS into a Thunderbolt™ 3 NAS

The Thunderbolt™ 3 Expansion Card enables high-speed data transfer to accelerate everyday tasks and applications. Video editing studios in particular can greatly benefit by being able to smoothly transfer, display and edit 4K videos in real-time. Thunderbolt™ 4 devices can also be used by a NAS with a Thunderbolt™ 3 Expansion Cards when connected using standard Thunderbolt™ 4 certificated cables or passive Thunderbolt™ 3 cables shorter than 0.8 meters.

Streamlined Video Editing Collaboration

By using Thunderbolt™ 3 expansion cards, teamwork between Final Cut Pro® and Adobe Premiere Pro® users becomes faster and easier. With SMB protocol support, Final Cut Pro® users can create a library on a NAS volume and use it as if it were a local storage device. Every team member can centrally store video resources in the same NAS shared folder, greatly improving productivity for highly-collaborative projects in multi-workstation environments.

Thunderbolt™ 3 Expansion Card Usage Scenarios

  • Daisy-chain up to 6 QNAP Thunderbolt™ devices

    A NAS with a Thunderbolt™ 3 expansion card can be daisy-chained with up to 6 QNAP Thunderbolt™ devices, including other QNAP Thunderbolt™ NAS and Thunderbolt 3 to 10GbE Adapter (QNA Series).

  • Connect legacy devices

    When used with an Apple Thunderbolt™ 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt™ 2 adapter* (sold by Apple), legacy Thunderbolt™ 2 MacBook can be connected to your Thunderbolt™ 3 NAS for sharing files and accessing centralized data.

    *Please note that Thunderbolt 2 connection speed will only be able to reach up to 20Gb/s.

QNAP Thunderbolt™ 3 Certified Cables

Use a certified Thunderbolt™ 3 40Gbps cable (with the Thunderbolt icon and “3”). Get the best cables for your work environment.

CAB-TBT305M-40G-LINTES CAB-TBT320M-40G-LINTES
Length 0.5m 2m
Thunderbolt™ 4 Supported Not supported
Thunderbolt™ 3 Supported Supported
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Note: If you connect a Thunderbolt™ 4 host to a Thunderbolt™ 3 NAS, you must use a Thunderbolt™ 4 certificated cable or a passive Thunderbolt™ 3 cable that is shorter than 0.8 meters.

Always consult the compatibility list before purchasing add-ons and accessories for your NAS.


QXP-T32P		 Thunderbolt™ 3 Expansion Card
Ports: 2 x Thunderbolt™ 3 (USB Type-C)
PCIe and Lanes: PCIe Gen3 x 4
Bracket: Low-profile pre-installed; full-height
Form factor: Low-profile
Supported operating systems: QuTS hero 4.5.0 or later; QTS 4.4.0 or later
Package Contents: 1 x QXP-T32P; Low-profile pre-installed bracket; full-height bracket

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Compatible NAS models


TVS-h1288X
TVS-h1688X
Note: The QXP-T32P can only be installed in a PCIe Gen 3 x4 slot in the TVS-h1288X or TVS-h1688. Note: The QXP-T32P can only be installed in a PCIe Gen 3 x4 slot in the TVS-h1288X or TVS-h1688.
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