QNAP QXG-5G4T-111C User Manual

Aqtion AQC111C & AQC112C

5 GbE & 2.5 GbE PCI Multi-Gig Ethernet Controllers

PRODUCT OVERVIEW

The Marvell AQtion AQC111C 5G and the AQC112C 2.5G are high-performance, Multi-Gig Ethernet controllers
housed in compact 9 mm x 9 mm packages. Their ultra-small footprint and low-cost design makes these
controllers the perfect solution for PCIe LAN on Motherboard (LOM) implementations as well as other
embedded platforms. By offering Multi-Gig Ethernet speeds up of 5 GbE and 2.5 GbE, Marvell AQtion AQC111C
and AQC112C controllers offer flexible design options for OEMs of desktop workstations, mass-market PCs and
motherboards looking to offer a seamless Multi-Gig upgrade path to their customers.

End-users will benefit from the out-of-the-box Multi-Gig experience, without the need to upgrade, and can
easily maximize the benefit of the existing Cat 5e cabling that is commonly found in most buildings.

With support for PCI Express Gen3/Gen2 x1, the AQtion architecture easily handles up to 5 GbE line-rate
performance. Both the AQC111C and the AQC112C incorporate the industry proven Marvell AQrate PHY technology
which delivers 5 GbE and 2.5 GbE network connectivity speed through 100 meters of the Cat 5e cabling.

The AQC111C controller supports both 5 and 2.5 Multi-Gig Ethernet over copper, or 5/2.5GBASE-T, and is
compliant with the IEEE 802.3an/bz standard, as well as the NBASE-T Alliance PHY specification.

All AQtion controllers are backward-compatible with legacy 1000BASE-T Ethernet or Gigabit Ethernet. The
AQC111C and AQC112C are also backward-compatible to support 100Mb Ethernet. Both controllers integrate
Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE), and deliver wire-speed performance at all supported rates.

PART NUMBER SPEED PACKAGE

AQC111C 4-Speed 9 mm x 9 mm

AQC112C 3-Speed 9 mm x 9 mm

This AQtion device is in a 9 mm x 9 mm, 0.8 mm pitch 100-pin FCBGA

KEY FEATURES AND BENEFITS

FEATURES BENEFITS

Single-chip solution Integrated PCIe, MAC, and PHY minimizes board space

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

Two SMBus (Master/Slave + Slave) Supports communication and management function

and power utilization

Improves CPU utilization and network performance

AQC111C & AQC112C Ethernet Controllers

PHY & MAC FEATURES AND BENEFITS

PHY FEATURES & BENEFITS

Integrated Marvell AQrate PHY
featuring NBASE-T technology

Advanced cable diagnostics On-chip high resolution cable analyzer

Audio Video Bridging (AVB)
and PTP/1588v2

MAC FEATURES & BENEFITS

Large Send Offload (LSO)
Receive Side Scaling (RSS)
Direct Cache Access (DCA)
Header checksum

Wake-on-LAN (WoL) power
management

On-chip CPU DASH Desktop management

Internet Control Message Protocol
(ICMP)

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) Resolves network layer addresses into link layer addresses

Multicast Domain Name System
(mDNS)

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

Management of time-sensitive traffic packets

Increased network performance and lower host CPU utilization

Supports lower power modes

Supports diagnostic, error, and operational information messages

Resolves host names to IP addresses

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
Keepalives (KA)

Quality of Service (QoS) Supports up to eight traffic 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 offload

Supports link checking between devices

Offloads calculations and improves CPU usage

TARGET APPLICATIONS

Motherboards, PCs, Workstations, docking stations, NAS, Routers, Gateways, and other embedded applications.

Drivers: Windows 10 (32-bit/64-bit), Windows 8.0/8.1 (32-bit/64-bit), Windows 7 (32-bit/64-bit),
Linux 3.10 and higher FreeBSD 12, DPDK, VMware ESXi

Utilities: ROM programming and Windows installer

Boot Options: UEFI and PXE