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 3x4 or Gen 2x4

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

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:

WinddowsWin7/Win8/Win8.1/Win10/ Server2012 / Server2016/ Linux


Package content

1 x PCIe AQC107 Single- 10G Server NIC

1 x Users Manual

1 x CD driver

Low-profile bracket

Accessories

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 Category5e 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,with2-and3-pair cabling the adapter can only achieve speeds of up to 100Mbps

For 100BASE-TX.use Category 5 wiring.

For10BASE-T.use Category 3 or 5wiring

Cabling Requirements:

Transmission bandwidth Twisted pair type Transmission distance

10Gbps Cat 6a or better 100 meters

5Gbps Cat5e or better 100 meters

2.5Gbps Cat5e or better 100 meters

1000Mbps Cat5e or better 100 meters

100Mbps Cat5e or better 100meters

LED Indicators

Link speeds LED Green LED Orange

10Gbps ACT blinking 10G link

5Gbps/2.5Gbps/1000Mbps/100Mbps ACT blinking No bright


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_x32_Win_ver2.1.17.0.msi

For Windows 64bit

Type Driver\AQC107\Windows\WindowsInstaller\Aquantia_AQtion_x64_Win_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


Support

More information and settings, please refer to the Intel Adapter User Guides or you can contact us.