AQtion™ Multi-Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Multi-Gigabit Enterprise Client Connectivity
The AQtion devices are packaged in a 12 mm x 14 mm, 0.8 mm pitch ip-chip BGA.
SUMMARY OF BENEFITS
• Single-chip solution
• PCI Express Gen3 or Gen2
• Bus width
• MSI, MSI-X, and legacy INTx PCIe interrupts
• Two SMBus (Master/Slave + Slave)
• Integrated PCIe, MAC, and PHY minimizes board space and
power utilization
• Supports line rates of 8.0 GT/s and 5.0 GT/s per lane
• Supports Gen3 x4 or Gen2 x4
• Improved CPU utilization and network performance
• Communication and management function
DEVICE NAME
AQC107 12 mm x 14 mm
Following its success in pioneering and deploying AQrate, a new class of Ethernet
PHY connectivity solution capable of delivering Multi-Gigabit Ethernet over copper
cables such as Cat5e typically used for Gigabit, Aquantia has developed AQtion™, an
Enterprise-class client controller technology supporting Multi-Gigabit speeds.
Aquantia’s AQtion devices, the AQC107 and AQC108 support 5 and 2.5 Gigabit
Ethernet over copper, or 2.5/5GBASE-T, and are compliant with the NBASE-T speci-
cation and the new IEEE 802.3bz standard that was formally ratied in September
2016. 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 Cat6A copper cables, complying with the IEEE
standard 802.3an. The AQtion controller is 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), Mac OS X, and
Linux. Aquantia also provides UEFI and PXE boot code, as well as ROM program-
ming and Windows Installer utilities.
FEATURES
5-speed
SPEEDS
AQC108 12 mm x 14 mm
4-speed
PHY
• Integrated AQrate PHY featuring IEEE 802.3an/bz and
NBASE-T technology
• Advanced cable diagnostics
• Audio Video Bridging (AVB) and 1588v2
• EEE support
• 100 meters over Cat 6a at 10 Gbps
• 100 meters over Cat 5e and Cat 6a at 5 Gbps/2.5Gbps/1
Gbps/100 Mbps
- Requires no change to existing infrastructure or cabling
• On-chip high resolution cable analyzer
• Management of time-sensitive trac packets
PACKAGE
Version: 1.0
PB-N2100
APPLICATIONS
Aquantia’s AQtion Ethernet controller product family is a game changer that enables diverse environments ranging
from Enterprise and SMB networks to gaming connectivity to evolve beyond 1 Gbps to 10 Gbps, 5 Gbps, and 2.5 Gbps
data rates. Aquantia’s AQtion Ethernet controllers are ideally suited to provide a wide variety of Enterprise clients with
the ability to more easily perform more data-intensive applications such as video editing, image rendering, database
transfers, artistic simulations, and Enterprise-class backups involving big data stored in local Network-Attached Storage
(NAS).
Aquantia Corp.,
105 E Tasman Dr, San Jose, CA 95134
408.228.8300
www.aquantia.com
Aquantia Corp. reserves the right to make changes to the product(s) or information contained herein
without notice. No liability is assumed as a result of their use or application. Aquantia and the Aquantia
logo are trademarks of Aquantia Corp.
Copyright © 2017 Aquantia Corp.
SUMMARY OF BENEFITS
• LSO, RSS, Direct Cache Access (DCA) header checksum
• Wake-on-LAN (WoL) power management
• On-chip CPU DASH
• MACsec
• Quality of Service (QoS) support
• Jumbo frames (up to 16 Kbytes)
• IPv4, IPv6/TCP and IPv6/UDP checksum ooad
• Increased network performance and lower host
CPU utilization
• Supports low-power modes
• Desktop management
• Secured trac over Ethernet links
• Up to eight trac classes and Data Center Bridging
(DCB)
• Improves network performance with reduced CPU
utilization
• Ooading calculations and improved CPU usage
FEATURES MAC
