M.2 AQC107S Single-10G mGig Industrial Server NIC

Interface: M.2 B+M KEY with PCI Express protocol

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 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

Features table

Model Name: M.2 AQC107S 10GbE Ethernet card

Interface: M.2 B+M KEY

Bus Width: Support PCI Express Gen3x2 or Gen2x2

Media Type: Copper:

100 meters over Cat 6a at 10Gbps

100 meters over Cat 5e (or better) at 5Gbps/2.5Gbps/1Gbps/ 100Mbps (requires no change to existing infrastructure or cabling)

Network protocol: IEEE802.3an, IEEE802.3bz, IEEE802.3ae, IEEE1588v2, IEEE802.3ab, IEEE802.3z, IEEE802.3u.

Jumbo frames: 16Kbytes

IPv4/IPv6 Flow Control support

Typical Power 3.8W at 10Gbps,3.0W at 5Gbps

Boot Options UEFI and PXE

Operating Temperature: 0~108(32F~226.4F)

Storage Temperature: -50~150(-67F~302F)

Operating Systems: Windows: Win7/Win8/Win8.1/Win10

Windows Server: Win-server2008 R2/Win-server2012-R2/ Win-server2016 /Win-server2019

Linux kernel:2.6.32/3.x/4.x or higher

Linux CentOS/RHEL6.5/7.X or higher

Ubuntu:14.x/15.x/16.x or higher

VMware: ESX/ESXi 4.x/5.x/6.x or higher

Package content

1 x M.2 AQC107S 10G mGig Network Adapter Card

1 x Users Manual

1 x CD

1 x Precision harness cable

Accessories

System Requirements

Linux Kernels3.10 and above

Win7/ Win8/Win8.1/Win10/Server2012/ Server2016 32 or 64bits

One available M.2 B+M KEY with PCI Express protocol slot

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

Hardware installation

1.Turn off the computer and unplug the power cord

2.Line up and insert the M.2 adapter (B+M KEY) into the M.2 M KEY slot on the system board, make sure to match up the gap in the card edge connector, with the notch in the slot.

3.Securely fasten the card to the motherboard. Note: Different systems may have different methods for installing M.2 adapter, so please refer to documentation for your system board for more specific installation instruction for your particular application.

4.Insert the FPC cable into the FPC connector, and press the buckle to secure it.

5.Locate an open expansion card slot and remove the metal cover plate on the rear of the system case/chassis

6.Place the expansion card bracket from the m.2 adapter in the opening and fasten the cards bracket to the rear of the case

7.Replace the computer cover, then plug in the power cord

8.Power on the computer

Install Drivers

Windows Operating Systems

You must have administrative rights to the operating system to install the drivers.

1.insert the CD driver bound with M.2 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\AQC107S\Windows\WindowsInstaller\ Aquantia_AQtion_x32_Win_ver2.1.17.0.msi

For Windows 64bit

Type Driver\AQC107S\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 Adapter User Guides or you can contact us.