Gbord EN-203 User manual

EN-203
2Port PCIe 10G 5-Speed Multi-Gigabit Network Card
User’s Manual
1st Ed –20 August 2019

Overview
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All other product names or trademarks are properties of their respective owners.
Compliances and Certification
CE Certification

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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
0.1
2019.08.20
Preliminary

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 5
1.1 Module Physical Features ............................................................................................................ 6
1.2 System Requirements.................................................................................................................. 6
1.3 Package contents ........................................................................................................................ 7
Chapter 2: Getting Started..................................................................................................................... 8
2.1 Hardware Layout.......................................................................................................................... 8
2.2 Hardware Installation ................................................................................................................... 9
2.3 Driver Installation for Windows .................................................................................................... 9
2.4 Driver Installation for Linux........................................................................................................ 10
2.5 Verifying the installation ............................................................................................................ 10

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Chapter 1: Introduction
This card is a Multi-Gigabit network adapter that’s runs on a high speed PCIe x4 host bus interface.
This card hosts the Tehuti’s new 3rd generation TN4010 controller, and optimized 10 Gigabit
Ethernet MAC designed for low-power, low-cost, single-port connectivity required by Application
Servers and Workstations. The TN4010 MAC is paired with Marvell® Alaska® 88X3310P transceiver,
a low-power, high-performance 10 Gigabit Ethernet PHY, to enable five-speed connectivity
(10GBase-T, 5GBase-T 2.5GBase-T 1000Base-T, and 100Base-TX) over low-cost standard CAT-6a
Ethernet cabling, up to 100m (Cat-5e and CAT-6 are supported compliant to Link Segment
specifications). This combination creates a new gateway to cost-conscious consumer applications,
as well as to intensive data environments.
Features
Support 5-Speed 10Gb/5Gb/2.5Gb/1Gb/100Mb auto
negotiation
Runs up to 10G at 100m Cat 6A cable and 5G at 100m
Cat 5e/Cat 6 cable
Backward compatibility with 1000Base-T, 100Base-T
Networks
PCI Express Gen-2 x4 host bus interface
EEE (Energy Efficient Ethernet)
9K Jumbo Frames
IP, TCP, UDP checksum offloading
IEEE 802.1Q VLAN
Virtual NIC support
Reduced CPU utilization and improved throughput

1.1 Module Physical Features
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 are (both 32 and 64 bits)
Windows 7
Windows 8.1
Windows 10
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2
Linux 2.6.32 or later
VMware ESXi 5.x/6.0
Mac OS X 10.12.6 or later

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1.3 Package contents
Check your package for the following items.
1 x PCIe 10G 5-Speed Multi-Gigabit Network Card
1 x Low profile bracket
1 x Driver CD
1 x User Manual
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 PCIe 10G 5-Speed Multi-Gigabit 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 5-Speed Multi-Gigabit
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 5GBase-T/2.5GBase-T/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.
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 for Windows
1. 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.

2. Please click “PCIe 10G” to start the installation.
3. Follow the instructions on screen to install the driver.
2.4 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 “tn40xx-x.x.x.x.tgz” from the CD folder
“.\Driver\10G\TN4010\Linux” to a certain folder on hard drive)
# tar xf tn40xx-x.x.x.x.tgz
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 tn40xx.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:
# make install
2.5 Verifying the installation
2.5.1 Verifying for Windows
1. Click on the “Device Manager” tab in the Windows Control Panel.
Start > Control Panel > Device Manager

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2. Entry “Network adapters” item, and you can read “TN9710P 10GBase” in the
Device Manager.
2.5.2 Verifying for Linux
1. You can check whether the driver is loading by using following commands:
# lsmod | grep tn40xx
# ifconfig –a
If there is a device name, ethX, shown on the monitor, the linux driver is load. Then,
you can use the following command to activate the ethX.
# ifconfig ethX up, where X=0,1,2,…