Cisco 2 Port 40GB QSFP 1385 Virtual Interface Card 73-16469-06 UCSC-PCIE-C40Q-03

Cisco 2-Port 40GB QSFP+ VIC 1385
Part Numbers: UCSC-PCIE-C40Q-03 | 73-16469-06 | 68-5350-06

The Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) 1385 is a high-performance, dual-port 40 Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE converged network adapter (CNA) designed for Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers. It enables a policy-driven, stateless computing environment by dynamically creating virtual network and storage interfaces directly from Cisco UCS Manager.

Built on PCIe 3.0 architecture, the VIC 1385 delivers up to 80Gbps aggregate throughput and supports extensive virtualization, network offload, and storage protocol capabilities for modern data centers.

🔹 Core Technical Specifications

• Model: Cisco VIC 1385

• Cisco PID: UCSC-PCIE-C40Q-03

• Manufacturer Part Number: 73-16469-06

• Interface (Bus Type): PCI Express 3.0 x16

• Ports: 2 × 40GbE QSFP+

• Data Rate:

  • 40 Gbps per port

  • 80 Gbps aggregate throughput

• Virtual Interfaces: Supports 256+ dynamically configurable interfaces (NICs or HBAs)

• Form Factor: Half-Height, Half-Length (HHHL)

• Typical Power Consumption: 17W

• Dimensions: Approx. 2.5" × 6.6"

• Weight: ~1.10 lbs

🔹 Features & Protocol Support

Converged Network Adapter (CNA) Capabilities:

• Ethernet + Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)

• iSCSI and Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) support

Virtualization & Data Center Features:

• Cisco VM-FEX (Virtual Machine Fabric Extender)

• Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV)

• RDMA support

• Jumbo Frames (up to 9KB)

• NetFlow & Receive Side Scaling (RSS)

• VXLAN (VMware environments)

• NVGRE support

Standards Compliance:

• IEEE 802.3ae

• 802.1Q (VLAN)

• 802.1p

• 802.1Qaz (ETS)

• 802.1Qbb (Priority Flow Control – PFC)

🔹 Server Compatibility

The Cisco VIC 1385 is specifically engineered for Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers.

Supported models include:

• Cisco UCS C220 M4

• Cisco UCS C220 M5

• Cisco UCS C240 M4

• Cisco UCS C240 M5

• Cisco UCS C460 M4

• Cisco UCS C480 M5

Management Requirement:

• Requires Cisco UCS Manager Release 2.2(4) or later for integrated policy-based management.

This adapter may also be referenced under the following part numbers:

• 73-16469-06

• 68-5350-06

• UCSC-PCIE-C40Q-03

These numbers may represent Cisco manufacturing identifiers, assembly numbers, or regional distribution variants. All correspond to the same Cisco VIC 1385 dual-port 40Gb QSFP+ CNA when specifications match.