Highlights
  • Host Bus: PCIe x4 Gen 2 (20.0 Gb/s), Low-Profile PCI Form Factor
    • Compliant with PCI Express Base Specification Revision 2.0
  • IEEE 802.3an 10G, 1G and 100M over up to 100m of Cat6a (or better) cables
  • 5G and 2.5G over up to 100m of Cat5e (or better) cables
  • Virtual NIC support
  • Reduced CPU utilization and improved throughput
  • Ethernet and Media support
    • Jumbo frame support (16K)
    • Full IEEE Std 802.3ae Compliant
    • 10G/5G/2.5G/1000M/100M auto negotiation support
    • IEEE 802.1Q VLAN
    • RFC 2819 RMON MIB Statistics
    • Multicast
    • IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation
  • Performance enhancements
    •  Microsoft Scalable Networking
    •  Receive-side scaling (RSS)
    •  MSI
    •  IP, TCP and UDP checksum offloading
    •  Large Send (up to 64 KB)
    •  Low Latency (< 4 uS)
Introduction

GE10-PCIE4XG201 is 10G/ 5G/ 2.5G/ 1000BASE-T/ 100BASE-TX Ethernet to PCI Express x4 Gen 2 Host Card .

Designed to support high-volume enterprise wireless local area network (WLAN) OEM systems requiring multi-Gigabit Ethernet connectivity, such as 802.11ac Wave 2 wireless access points, the GE10-PCIE4XG201 adapter reference design offers a low-power, small form factor and low cost solution enabling pervasive NBASE-T™ connectivity. NBASE-T™ technology boosts the speed of broadly deployed Cat5e twisted pair copper cabling up to 100 meters in length well beyond the designed limits of 1Gbps.

The GE10-PCIE4XG201 design supports auto-negotiation allowing the NBASE-T™ solution to optimally select the best speed: 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE), 5 Gigabit Ethernet (5GbE), 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet (2.5GbE), 1Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) or 100 Megabit Ethernet (100MbE) over Cat5e/Cat6 or better cabling.
Technical Specifications
PCI Express
  • PCI Express Rev 2.0 specification (5 GT/s)
  • PCI Express Gen2 x4 Host Bus interface
Ethernet Feature
  • 10 Gigabit performance
  • Ethernet and Media support
    • Jumbo frame support (16K)
    • Full IEEE Std 802.3ae Compliant
    • 10G/ 5G/ 2.5G/ 1000M/ 100M auto negotiation support
    • IEEE 802.1Q VLAN
    • RFC 2819 RMON MIB Statistics
    • Multicast
    • IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation
  • Performance enhancements
    •  Microsoft Scalable Networking
    •  Receive-side scaling (RSS)
    •  MSI
    •  IP, TCP and UDP checksum offloading
    •  Large Send (up to 64 KB)
    •  Low Latency (< 4 uS)
  • 100-meter over Cat 6A at 10G
  • 100-meter over Cat 5e and Cat 6 at 5G/ 2.5G/ 1G/ 100M
Power Input
  • Voltage: 3.3V
  • Power consumption (Full bidirectional traffic, 100m cable):
    • 10G speed: 6.41W
    • 5G speed: 4.83 W
    • 2.5G speed: 3.97W
    • 1G speed: 2.94W
    • 100M speed: 2.21W
LED Indicators
  • Link / Activity
Number of Port
  • One 10GBASE-T RJ45
Computer Platform
  • Computer with PCI Express slot ( x4, x8, x16)
Operating System Requirements
  • Windows 7, Windows 8.1
  • Windows Server 2012, Server 2008 R2
  • Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview 64 bit
  • Linux 2.6.x, Linux 3.x
  • vmware® ESXi 5.x, ESXi 6.0
  • Apple OS X 10.10.3 or later
Physical Dimensions
  • 63.5mm(H) x 83.6mm(L)
  • NW: 49g
Kit includes
  • GE10-PCIE4XG201
Optional Accessories
  • Low Profile PCI Bracket ---S-BR-00194-18-1020

 

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