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Intel PCIe 10G 5-Speed Multi-Gigabit NIC
User’s Manual
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Overview
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Online Resources
The listed websites are links to the on-line product
information and technical support.
http://www.gbord.com/
Copyright and Trademarks
This document is copyrighted, © 2018. All rights are
reserved. The original manufacturer reserves the right to
make improvements to the products described in this
manual at any time without notice.
No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied,
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manufacturer. Information provided in this manual is
intended to be accurate and reliable. However, the
original manufacturer assumes no responsibility for its
use, nor for any infringements upon the rights of third
parties that may result from such use.
Acknowledgement
Intel, Pentium and Celeron are registered trademarks of
Intel Corp.
Microsoft Windows and MS-DOS are registered
trademarks of Microsoft Corp.
All other product names or trademarks are properties of
their respective owners.
Compliances and Certification
CE Certification
This product has passed the CE test for environmental
specifications. Test conditions for passing included the
equipment being operated within an industrial enclosure.
In order to protect the product from being damaged by
ESD (Electrostatic Discharge) and EMI leakage, we
strongly recommend the use of CE-compliant industrial
enclosure products.
FCC Class A Certification
This equipment has been tested and found to comply
with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to
Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to
provide reasonable protection against harmful
interference when the equipment is operated in a
commercial environment. This equipment generates,
uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not
installed and used in accordance with the instruction
manual, may cause harmful interference to radio
communications. Operation of this equipment in a
residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in
which case the user will be required to correct the
interference at his own expense.
Revision History
Version
Date
Descriptions
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2019.05.29
Preliminary
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 4
1.1 Module Physical Features ............................................................................................................ 4
1.2 System Requirements .................................................................................................................. 5
1.3 Package contents ........................................................................................................................ 5
Chapter 2: Installation ........................................................................................................................... 6
2.1 Hardware Layout .......................................................................................................................... 6
2.2 Hardware Installation ................................................................................................................... 7
2.3 Driver Installation ........................................................................................................................ 7
Chapter 1: Introduction
This 10Gbase-T network card (NIC) lets you add one RJ45 port to your server or desktop computer and access your
network at multiple speeds: 10G, 5G, 2.5G, 1G and 100Mbps.
Compliant with IEEE 802.3u/ab/an and IEEE P802.3bz standards, the network card delivers a dependable way to
upgrade or replace your existing network ports with one 100Mbps/1G/2.5G/5G/10G compatible RJ45 port, providing
throughput capability of up 10Gbps in each direction (20Gbps total). It connects through a single, four-lane (x4 or higher)
PCI Express slot.
Features
Add one 100Mbps/1G/2.5G/5G/10G compatible RJ-45 Ethernet port
Compliant with 10GBase-T and NBASE-T specifications
Fully compliant with IEEE 802.3an, IEEE 802.3ab, IEEE 802.3u
Up to 20Gbps (full duplex) bandwidth
Up to 9K jumbo frame support
Designed to meet PCI Express Specification Revision 3.0
Four lane (x4) PCI Express compatible with x4, x8 and x16 PCI Express slots
1.1 Module Physical Features
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1.2 System Requirements
Hardware
The following system specs are recommended minimum
PCIe slot: Available 4-Lanes PCI-Express slot gen 2.0 or later
Processor: Quad Core 3.0GHz or higher
RAM: 4GB memory or higher
Software
Operating systems supported
Windows 7 (64-bit)
Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
Windows Server 2012 (64-bit)
Windows 8.1 (64-bit)
Windows Server 2012 R2 (64-bit)
Windows 10 (64-bit)
Linux 2.6.24 or later
VMware ESXi 5.x/6.0
1.3 Package contents
Check your package for the following items.
1 x 5-Speed Multi-Gigabit Network Card
1 x Driver CD
If any of the above items is damaged or missing, contact your retailer.
Chapter 2: Getting Started
2.1 Hardware Layout
Link/Activity Indicator:
When the LED is off, there is no link between the 10Gbase-T network card and the network
When the LED is on, a link is established, but there is no traffic on the network
When the LED is flashing, there is traffic on the network to which the 10Gbase-T network card is
connected
Link Speed Indicator:
When the LED is lit orange, a 10GBase-T link is established
When the LED is lit green, a 1000Base-T link is established
When the LED is off, a 100Base-T link is established
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2.2 Hardware Installation
I. Turn off the power to your computer.
II. Unplug the power cord and remove your computer’s cover.
III. Remove the slot bracket from an available PCIe slot.
IV. To install the card, carefully align the card’s bus connector with the selected PCIe slot on the
motherboard. Push the board down firmly. This card works in PCI Express slots of additional lanes (x4,
x8 or x16 slots)
V. Replace the slot bracket’s holding screw to secure the card.
VI. Secure the computer cover and reconnect the power cord.
2.3 Driver Installation
The following section shows you how to install 5-Speed Multi-Gigabit Network Card driver on different
operating systems.
Installation for Windows
Insert the provided CD into your disk drive. The CD-ROM will start automatically. The following screen will show up
and please click “Install Driver”.
*Note: Actual image may vary
Note: If the install program doesn’t run automatically, please locate and double-click on the Autorun.exe file in
the CD to launch the install program.
Please click “PCIe Intel” to start the installation.
Follow the instructions on screen to install the driver.
Installation for Linux
1. Insert the provided CD into your CD-ROM drive.
2. Extract the compressed driver source file to a certain directory by the following command: (Please copy
the driver file “ixgbe-x.x.x.tar.gz” from the CD folder “.\ Driver\Intel\PROXGB\LINUX” to a certain folder on
hard drive)
# tar xf ixgbe-x.x.x.tar.gz
3. Now, the driver source files should be extracted under the current directory. Executing the following
command to compile the driver:
# make
4. If the compilation is well, the ixgbe-x.x.x.ko will be created under the current directory.
5. If you want to use modprobe command to mount the driver, executing the following command to install
the driver into your kernel:
6. # make install
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