levelone GNC-0210 Gigabit PCIe x4 Network Card User Guide

GNC-0210
10-Gigabit PCIe x4 Network Card, 1 x RJ45
User Guide

EN ver2.01

Overview

The PCI Express AQ107 10GbE Ethernet card is a high-performance, Multi- gigabit Ethernet card that supports the 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.

Specification

• Compliant with PCI 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/2.5GBASE-T/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)
• Support Operation Systems: Winddows®Win7/Win8/Win8.1/Win10/ Server2012 / Server2016/ Linux

Package content

• Quick Installation Guide
• User Guide
• Resource CD (Driver)
• Low Profile Bracket

System Requirements

• FreeBSD, Linux, VMWare ESXi, Win7/ Win-server2012/ Win-server2008/ Win8/Win8.1/Win-server2016/win10
• One available PCI Express x4 slot

Cabling Requirements:

Intel 10 Gigabit adapters

• For 10GBASE-T on Category 6, Category6a, or Category 7 wiring, twisted 4-pair copper:
• Category 6 wiring supports 55 meters max.
• Category 6a wiring supports 100 meters max.
• Category 7 wiring supports up to 100 meters.

Intel 1 Gigabit adapters

• For 1000BASE-T or 100BASE-TX.use Category 5 or Category 5e wiring, twisted 4-pair copper:
• Make sure you use Category 5 cabling that complies with the TIA-568 wiring specification for more information on this specification.
• Length is 100 meters max.
• Category 3 wiring supports only 10Mbps.

CAUTION : If using less than 4-pair cabling, you must manually configure the speed and duplex setting of the adapter and the link partner. In addition, with 2 and 3-pair cabling the adapter can only achieve speeds of up to 100Mbps.

• For 100BASE-TX. use Category 5 wiring.
• For 10BASE-T. use Category 3 or 5 wiring.

Cabling Requirements:

Transmission bandwidth| Twisted pair type| Transmission distance
---|---|---
10 Gbps| Cat 6a or better| 100 meters
5 Gbps| Cat 5e or better| 100 meters
2.5 Gbps| Cat 5e or better| 100 meters
1000 Mbps| Cat 5e or better| 100 meters
100 Mbps| Cat 5e or better| 100 meters

LED Indicators

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\Windows Installer\Aquantia_AQtion_x32_Win_ver2.1.1 7.0.msi”
   For Windows 64bit
   Type
   “Driver\AQC107\Windows\Windows Installer\Aquantia_AQtion_x64_Win_ver2.1.1 7.0.msi”

4. Double clicks 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

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