eiRa AQC107 10GbE Ethernet Card Chipset Installation Guide

eiRa AQC107 10GbE Ethernet Card Chipset Installation Guide

Introduction

This PCI Express AQC107 10GbE Ethernet card is a high-performance, multi- gigabit
Ethernet card that supports 10GBASE-T/5GBASE-T/2.5GBASE-T/1000BASE-T/ 100BASE-T, with a PCI Express Gen3x4 or Gen2x4, the AQtion Ethernet controller easily handles the 10GbE Line-rate performance. The AQC107 incorporates Aquantia’s AQrate® PHY technology which delivers 10GbE network connectivity speed through Cat 6a and delivers 5 GbE and 2.5 GbE network connectivity speed through 100 meters of Cat 5e or better cabling enabling higher data rates with zero change to legacy cabling.

Product Highlights:

• Compliant with PCIE Express Revision 3.0 and downstream with PCI Express Reivison2.0
• Supports line rate of 8.0GT/s and 5.0GT/s per lane
• Supports Gen 3×4 or Gen 2×4
• Supports communication and management function
• Integrated Aquantia AQrate PHY featuring NBASE-T technology
• Supports PHY specifications with 10GBASE-T/5GBASE T/2.5GBASET/1000BASE-T /100BASE-T.
• On-chip high resolution cable analyzer for advanced cable diagnostics
• Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) Support
• Supports IEEE1588v2 Precision Time Protocol
• Support large send offload, Receive Side Scaling (RSS), Direct Cache Access (DCA) and Header checksum for increased network performance and lower host CPU utilization
• Wake-On-LAN (WoL) power management
• Supports IPv4, IPv6 and IPv6/UDP checksum offload
• Supports Jumbo frame (up to 16kbytes)
• Quality of Service (QoS)
• Supports up to eight traffic classes and Data Center Bridging (DCB)

Technical Specifications

64bits, Linux Kernels3.10 and above
Accessories| 1 x CD-driver, 1 x Low profile bracket, 1 x PCIe Card
Warrant| 1 year

System Requirements

• Win7/ Win8/Win8.1/Win10/Win11/ Server2012/ Server2016 32 or 64bits, Linux Kernels3.10 and above
•  Available PCI Express x4/x8/x16 slot

Package Contents

• 1 x PCI Express AQ107 10GbE Ethernet card
• 1 x User’s Manual
• 1 x CD driver
• 1 x Low-profile bracket

Cabling Requirements:

LED Indicators:

Hardware description

Hardware Installation

1. Turn off the computer and unplug the power cord
2. Remove the computer cover and the adapter slot cover from the slot that matches your adapter
3. Insert the adapter edge connector into the slot and secure the bracket to the chassis
4. Replace the computer cover, then plug in the power cord
5. Power on the computer

Install Drivers and software
Windows Operating Systems
You must have administrative rights to the operating system to install the drivers.

1. Insert the CD driver bound with PCI Express AQ107 10GbE Ethernet card driver into your CD-ROM drive:
2. If the Found New Hardware Wizard screen is displayed, click Cancel
3. Open the location of the driver file and select the driver file according to the system type. For Windows 32bit: Type “Driver\AQC107\Windows\WindowsInstaller\Aquantia_AQtion_x32Win ver2.1.17.0.msi” For Windows 64bit: Type “Driver\AQC107\Windows\WindowsInstaller\Aquantia_AQtion_x64Win ver2.1.17.0.msi”
4. Double click it
5. Follow the instructions in the install wizard to finish it

Installing Linux Drivers from Source Code

1. Download and expand the base driver tar file.
2. Compile the driver module
3. Install the module using the modprobe command
4. Assign an IP address using the ifconfig command

References

• eiratek.com

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