Highlights
  • Supports PCI Express Specification Revision 2.1
  • Single (x1) PCI Express Lane, Low-Profile Form Factor
  • 10/100/1000M/2.5G Gigabit Ethernet (POE+) port
  • Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE) design, provides data and up to 30W of power on Ethernet port
    • Support IEEE 802.3at for PoE+ (Power over Ethernet Plus)
    • Isolated Flyback Design
      • DC-DC Converter is Isolated flyback design so that it's power output is electrically isolated from the power input
  • Supports jumbo frame to 16K bytes
  • Supports IEEE 1588v1, IEEE 1588v2, IEEE 802.1AS time synchronization, also know as Precision Time Protocol (PTP)
Introduction

The GE2P-PCIE1XG201 is 10/100/1000M/2.5G Ethernet (POE+) to PCI Express x1 Gen 2 Host Card.

The 10/100/1000M/2.5G Ethernet controller combines a four-speed IEEE 802.3 compliant Media Access Controller (MAC) with a four-speed Ethernet transceiver, PCI Express bus controller, and embedded memory. With state-of-the-art DSP technology and mixed-mode signal technology, it offers high-speed transmission over CAT 5 UTP cable or CAT 3 UTP (10Mbps only) cable. Functions such as Crossover Detection and Auto-Correction, polarity correction, adaptive equalization, cross-talk cancellation, echo cancellation, timing recovery, and error correction are implemented to provide robust transmission and reception capability at high speeds.

The 10/100/1000M/2.5G Ethernet controller supports the PCI Express 2.1 bus interface for host communications with power management, and is compliant with the IEEE 802.3u specification for 10/100Mbps Ethernet and the IEEE 802.3ab specification for 1000Mbps Ethernet and the IEEE 802.3bz specification for 2500Mbps Ethernet.

The 10/100/1000M/2.5G Ethernet controller is fully compliant with Microsoft NDIS5, NDIS6 (IPv4, IPv6, TCP, UDP) Checksum and Segmentation Task-offload (Large send and Giant send) features, and supports IEEE 802.1P Layer 2 priority encoding and IEEE 802.1Q Virtual bridged Local Area Network (VLAN) and IEEE 802.1ad Double VLAN. The above features contribute to lowering CPU utilization, especially benefiting performance when in operation on a network server.

Technical Specifications
Ethernet Feature
  • Integrated 10/100/1000M/2.5G transceiver
  • Support 2.5G and 1G lite mode
  • Auto-Negotiation with Extended Next Page capability (XNP)
  • Compatible with 2.5GBase-T Alliance PHY Specification
  • Supports PCI Express 2.1
  • Supports pair swap/polarity/skew correction
  • Crossover Detection & Auto-Correction
  • Supports 1-Lane 2.5/5Gbps PCI Express Bus
  • Supports hardware ECC (Error Correction Code) function
  • Supports hardware CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) function
  • Transmit/Receive on-chip buffer support
  • Supports PCI MSI (Message Signaled Interrupt) and MSI-X
  • Supports power down/link down power saving/PHY disable mode
  • LAN disable with GPIO pin
  • Self-Loopback diagnostic capability
  • Thermal management
  • Supports ECMA-393 ProxZzzy Standard for sleeping hosts
  • Supports LTR (Latency Tolerance Reporting)
  • Supports PCIe L1 substate L1.1 and L1.2
  • Compatible with IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3ab
  • Supports IEEE 1588v1, IEEE 1588v2, IEEE 802.1AS time synchronization, also know as Precision Time Protocol (PTP)
  • Supports IEEE 802.1Qav credit-based shaper algorithm
  • Supports IEEE 802.1P Layer 2 Priority Encoding
  • Supports IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging
  • Supports IEEE 802.1ad Double VLAN
  • Supports IEEE 802.3az-2010 (EEE)
  • Supports IEEE 802.3bz (2.5GBase-T)
  • Supports Full Duplex flow control (IEEE 802.3x)
  • Microsoft NDIS5, NDIS6 Checksum Offload (IPv4, IPv6, TCP, UDP) and Segmentation Task-offload (Large send v1 and Large send v2) support
  • Supports jumbo frame to 16K bytes
  • Supports Virtual Machine Queue (VMQ)
  • Supports quad core Receive-Side Scaling (RSS)
  • Supports Protocol Offload (ARP & NS)
POE+ Feature
  • Supports IEEE 802.3at Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE)
  • Isolated Flyback Design
    • DC-DC Converter is Isolated flyback design so that it's power output is electrically isolated from the power input
  • Operates at 54 V supply
  • Provides PD real-time protection through the following mechanisms: overload, under-load, over-voltage, over-temperature, and short-circuit.
  • Auto mode – allows turning PDs on and off automatically.

Power Input for POE

Step-Up 12V from either PCIe Slot or auxiliary SATA power connector

  • From PCIe Slot
    • 25 W Slot (Max. 25W)
    • 75 W Slot (Max. 30W)
  • From SATA Power Connector
    • SATA Power (Max. 30 W)
LED Indicators
  • Right LED  (Green)
    • On: Port Power On (normal operation--with POE)
    • 0.4Hz Blink: Power Management event
    • 0.8Hz Blink: Port Over Load / Port Short Circuit / Port failed at Startup
    • 3.3Hz Blink: Vmain_Out of Range or Over Temp
    • Off: Port Off
  • Left LEDs (Green & Orange)
    • Green: 10/100/1000M Link
    • Orange: 2.5G Link
Ethernet Port
  • 2.5G Ethernet (POE+) port
    • 2.5GBASE-T Single-Port Magnetics/RJ-45 with POE+
Computer Platform
  • Computer with PCI Express x1 slot
  • Note:
    For the best performance (5.0 Gbps), It should be installed in a PCIe Gen 2 compliant slot in the host computer.

Operating System Requirements
  • Windows 7/ 8/ 10
  • Linux kernel 3.x
Certifications
  • CE Test: Pass
  • UKCA Test: Pass
  • FCC Test : Pass
  • VCCI Test: Pass
  • RCM Test: Pass

      

Physical Dimensions
  • 64mm(H) x 118mm(L)
  • NW: 73.6g (Unit Package:151.5g)
Optional Accessories
  • Low Profile PCI Bracket (BR-00194-30-1020)