Highlights
  • Host Bus: PCI Express x4 Gen 3
    • Compliant with PCI Express Base Specification Revision 3.1
  • Four independent 5.0GBASE-T/ 2.5GBASE-T/ 1000BASE-T/ 100BASE-TX/ 10BASE-Te Gigabit Ethernet (POE+) ports
    • Support IEEE 802.3at for PoE+ (Power over Ethernet Plus)
    • Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE) design, provides data and up to 60W of power on four Ethernet ports
  • Supports jumbo frame to 16K bytes
Introduction

The GE5PX4-PCIE4XG301 is 4-port 5.0GBASE-T/ 2.5GBASE-T/ 1000BASE-T/ 100BASE-TX/ 10BASE-Te Ethernet (POE+) to PCI Express x4 Gen 3 Host Card.

GE5PX4-PCIE4XG301 is designed with Two key components.

  • 5-Port/8-Lane PCI Express Packet Switch (Configured as upstream PCIe x4 to four downstream PCIe x1).
  • Four 5.0GBASE-T/ 2.5GBASE-T/ 1000BASE-T/ 100BASE-TX/ 10BASE-Te Ethernet  to PCI Express x1 Host Controllers.

Utilizing the standard PCI Express Switch, the 5-Port / 8-Lane PCI Express Packet Switch provides the most efficient fan-out solution for integrating four 5.0GBASE-T/ 2.5GBASE-T/ 1000BASE-T/ 100BASE-TX/ 10BASE-Te Ethernet to PCI Express Single Chip Host controllers into a small board design. Each 5.0GBASE-T/ 2.5GBASE-T/ 1000BASE-T/ 100BASE-TX/ 10BASE-Te Ethernet to PCI Express Single Chip Host controller takes advantages of 4-lane PCI Express bus in both directions and is fully compliant with PCI Express Base specification 3.1. This solution provides full PCI Express and 5.0GBASE-T/ 2.5GBASE-T/ 1000BASE-T/ 100BASE-TX/ 10BASE-Te Ethernet functionality and performance.

The 5.0GBASE-T/ 2.5GBASE-T/ 1000BASE-T/ 100BASE-TX/ 10BASE-Te 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 5.0GBASE-T/ 2.5GBASE-T/ 1000BASE-T/ 100BASE-TX/ 10BASE-Te 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 1Gbps Ethernet and the IEEE 802.3bz specification for 2.5Gbps & 5Gbps Ethernet.

The 5.0GBASE-T/ 2.5GBASE-T/ 1000BASE-T/ 100BASE-TX/ 10BASE-Te 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

PCI Express
  • PCI Express 4-lane Gen 3  (8.0GT/s)
    • Compliant with PCI Express Base Specification Revision 3.1
    • Compliant with PCI Express CEM Specification Revision 3.0
    • Compliant with Advanced Configuration Power Interface (ACPI) Specification
  • Support up to 512-Byte Max Payload Size
Ethernet Feature
  • Integrated 10/100/1000M/2.5G/5G transceiver
  • Supports 5G Lite (2.5G date rate) mode, 2.5G Lite (1G date rate) and 1G Lite (500M date rate) mode
    • This allows two link partners to transmit half data rate if only two pairs (AB pairs) can be detected in the CAT.5 UTP cable
  • Auto-Negotiation with Extended Next Page capability (XNP)
  • Compatible with 2.5GBase-T/5.0GBase-T Alliance PHY Specification
    • 100 meters over Cat 5e (or better) at 5Gbps/ 2.5Gbps/ 1Gbps/ 100Mbps (Does not require any change in the existing infrastructure or cabling)
  • Supports PCI Express 3.0
  • Supports pair swap/polarity/skew correction
  • Crossover Detection & Auto-Correction
  • Supports 1-Lane 2.5/5/8Gbps 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/.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)
  • Operates from a 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 the following source (A, B, C)
  • A. From PCIe Slot
    • 25 W Slot (Max. 25W)
    • 75 W Slot (Max. 48W)
  • B. From  IDE Big 4 pin Power Connector or/and SATA Power Connector
    • IDE Power (Max. 60W)
    • SATA Power (Max. 48 W)
  • C. From Mini-Fit Jr. Dual Row 6pin Power Connector (Max. 60 W)
LED Indicators
  • POE LED (Up side)
    • On: POE Power enable (Green)
    • Off: POE Power disable
  • Link Speed & Activity LEDs (Down side)
    • Orange: 10/100/1000M/2.5G Link
    • Green: 5G Link
Number of Ports
  • Four 5GBASE-T RJ45 Ethernet (POE+) ports
Computer Platform
  • Computer with PCI Express slot ( x4, x8, x16)

    • Note:
    For the best performance (8.0 Gbps), It should be installed in a PCIe Gen 3 compliant slot in the host computer.
Operating System Requirements
  • Windows 10 or later
Physical Dimensions
  • 103.8mm(H) x 157.6mm(L)
  • NW: 161.4g (Unit Package:255g)
Certifications
  • CE Test: Pass
  • UKCA Test: Pass
  • FCC Test : Pass
  • VCCI Test: Pass
  • RCM Test: Pass