Highlights
  • Host Bus: PCI Express x2 Gen 3 ; Low Profile PCI Form Factor
  • 10GBASE-T/ 5.0GBASE-T/ 2.5GBASE-T/ 1000BASE-T/ 100BASE-TX/ 10BASE-Te Gigabit Ethernet port
  • Supports IEEE 1588v1, IEEE 1588v2, IEEE 802.1AS time synchronization, also know as Precision Time Protocol (PTP)
  • Supports jumbo frame to 16K bytes
Introduction

The GE10-PCIE2XG321 is 10GBASE-T/ 5GBASE-T/ 2.5GBASE-T/ 1000BASE-T/ 100BASE-TX/ 10BASE-Te Ethernet to PCIe x2 Gen 3 Host Card.

The GE10-PCIE2XG321 Ethernet controller combines a six-speed IEEE 802.3 compliant Media Access Controller (MAC) with a six-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 6 or CAT 6a UTP 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 GE10-PCIE2XG321 Ethernet controller supports the PCI Express 3.0 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 2.5/5Gbps Ethernet and the IEEE 802.3an specification for 10Gbps Ethernet.

The GE10-PCIE2XG321 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 10BASE-Te, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T and 2.5G/5G/10GBASE-T 802.3 compatible transceiver
  • Supports 10G Lite (5G date rate) mode, 5G Lite (2.5G date rate) , 2.5G Lite (1G date rate) and GIGA Lite (500M date rate) mode.
  • Auto-Negotiation with Extended Next Page capability (XNP)
  • Compatible with NBase-T Alliance PHY Specification
    • 100 meters over Cat 6 and Cat 6a at 10Gbps/ 5Gbps/ 2.5Gbps/ 1Gbps/ 100Mbps  (Does not require any change in the existing infrastructure or cabling)
  • Supports up to PCI Express 3.0 with 2-Lane as default configuration, capable of operating as a 2-Lane 2.5/5/8 Gbps PCI Express bus
  • Supports pair swap/polarity/skew correction
  • Crossover Detection & Auto-Correction
  • 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
  • Self-Loopback diagnostic capability
  • Thermal management
  • Supports ECMA-393 ProxZzzy Standard for sleeping hosts
  • Supports LTR (Latency Tolerance Reporting)
  • Wake-On-LAN and RealWoWI Technology (remote wake-up) support
  • Supports PCIe L1 substate L1.1 and L1.2
  • Compatible with IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3ab, IEEE 802.3bz
  • Supports Synchronous Ethernet and Precision Time Protocol (PTP) including IEEE 1588v1, IEEE 1588v2, IEEE 802.1AS
  • Supports IEEE 802.1P Layer 2 Priority Encoding
  • Supports IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging
  • Supports IEEE 802.1ad Double VLAN
  • Supports IEEE 802.3az (Energy Efficient Ethernet)
  • Supports IEEE 802.3an (10GBase-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 quad core Receive-Side Scaling (RSS)
  • Supports Protocol Offload (ARP & NS)
LED Indicators
  • Link Speed & Activity LEDs (Up side)
    • Orange: 10/100/1000M/2.5G/5G Link
    • Green: 10G Link
Ethernet Port
  • One 10GBASE-T RJ45 Ethernet port with Screw Holes for thumbscrew locking Type Ethernet Cable
Computer Platform
  • Computer with PCI Express x4 slot
Operating System Requirements
  • Windows 10 or later
Physical Dimensions
  • 64.4mm(H) x 107.1mm(L)
  • NW: 52.5g
Optional Accessories
  • Low Profile PCI Bracket (BR-00194-31-1020)