Thunderbolt™ 3 Expansion Card
Transform your NAS into a Thunderbolt™ 3 NAS
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
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Daisy-chain up to 6 QNAP Thunderbolt™ devicesA 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).
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Connect legacy devicesWhen 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 |
| Buy now | Buy now |
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 |
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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