ASUS XG-C100C User Manual
Multi-Gigabit Enterprise Client Connectivity
AQtion Multi-Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Overview
Product Brief
AQtion Ethernet controllers leverage industry proven AQrate PHY
technology to deliver Multi-Gigabit Ethernet over copper cables,
including Cat5e and Cat 6, which were previously limited to Gigabit
Ethernet speeds.
Marvell’s AQtion devices, the AQC107 and AQC108 support 5/2.5
Gigabit Ethernet over copper, and 2.5/5GBASE-T respectively, and
are compliant with the NBASE-T specication and the new IEEE
802.3bz standard that was formally ratied in September 2016.
AQtion devices are packaged in a 12 mm x 14 mm, 0.8 mm pitch
ip-chip BGA.
Block Diagram
PCI Express Gen3 x4 or Gen2 x4
In addition, both devices also support backward compatibility with
100MbE and Gigabit Ethernet. The AQC107 has the extra feature
of supporting up to 10 Gigabit Ethernet, or 10GBASE-T, on Cat 6A
copper cables, complying with the IEEE standard 802.3an. These
AQtion controllers are designed with a PCI Express Gen2/3 x1, x2,
x4 for optimal line rate performance connecting to the CPU on the
system side.
The AQtion software includes drivers for Windows (10, 8.x, and 7),
macOS X, and Linux. Marvell also provides UEFI and PXE boot code,
as well as ROM programming and Windows Installer utilities.
Host
SMBus
CPU
Instr. RAM
Rx DMA Tx DMA
Tx + Rx Buffer
Rx Ofoads Tx Ofoads
SPI
Data RAM Packet Filter Scheduler
Ethernet MAC
10G/5G/2.5G/1G/100M
5-Speed Ethernet PHY
Network
Key Features
Features Benets
Single-chip solution • Integrated PCIe, MAC, and PHY minimizes board space and power
PCI Express Gen3/Gen2 • Supports line rate of up to 8.0 GT/s per lane
Bus width • Supports Gen3/Gen2 x1
MSI, MSI-X, and legacy INTx PCIe interrupts • Improves CPU utilization and network performance
Two SMBus (Master/Slave + Slave) • Supports communication and management function
PHY Specic Features Benets
Integrated Marvell AQrate PHY featuring NBASE-T technology • 100 meters over Cat 5e or better at 5 Gbps, 2.5 Gbps, 1 Gbps,
Advanced cable diagnostics • On-chip high resolution cable analyzer
Audio Video Bridging (AVB) and PTP/1588v2 • Management of time-sensitive trafc packets
MAC Specic Features Benets
• Large Send Ofoad (LSO)
• Receive Side Scaling (RSS)
• Direct Cache Access (DCA)
• Header checksum
utilization
• 100 Mbps (requires no change to existing infrastructure or cabling)
• Increased network performance and lower host CPU utilization
Wake-on-LAN (WoL) power management • Supports lower power modes
On-chip CPU DASH • Desktop management
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) • Supports diagnostic, error, and operational information messages
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) • Resolves network layer addresses into link layer addresses
Multicast Domain Name System (mDNS) • Resolves host names to IP addresses
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Keepalives (KA) • Supports link checking between devices
Quality of Service (QoS) • Suppor ts up to eight trafc classes and Data Center Bridging (DCB)
Jumbo Frames (up to 16Kbytes) • Improves network performance while reducing CPU utilization
IPv4/v6, IPv6/TCP, and IPv6/UDP checksum ofoad • Ofoads calculations and improves CPU usage
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