Sonnet McFiver 10GBASE-T, 2-port USB-C & Dual M.2 PCIe Card

Sonnet McFiver 10GBASE-T, 2-port USB-C & Dual M.2 PCIe Card

Multifunction Adapter Card with Dual M.2 NVMe SSD Slots, 10Gb Ethernet, and Two 10Gbps USB-C Ports

Compatibility

Mac Compatibility

Mac Pro® 7,1 (2019)
macOS 12+
macOS Monterey compatible

Windows Compatibility

Computer with available x8 PCIe slot
Windows 11, 10
Windows Server 2022, 2019

Linux Compatibility

Computer with available x8 PCIe slot
Linux Kernel 5.4+

Thunderbolt PCIe Expansion System Compatibility(1)

Mac computer with Thunderbolt ports via a Thunderbolt 3 or Thunderbolt 2 to PCIe card expansion system with available x8 PCIe card slot.
Windows 10 computer with Thunderbolt 4 or Thunderbolt 3 ports via a Thunderbolt 3 to PCIe card expansion system with available x8 PCIe card slot. Windows 11 is not currently supported. We are working with Microsoft to resolve the issue.
Linux computer with Thunderbolt 4 or Thunderbolt 3 ports via a Thunderbolt 3 to PCIe card expansion system with available x8 PCIe card slot.

Hardware

Part Number

G10E-USBC-M2-E

Warranty

2-year

Form Factor

Full-height x8 PCIe card

Bus Interface

PCI Express 3.0 x8

M.2 SSD Sockets Specifications

Internal Connectors

Two M-keyed (NVMe) M.2 slots

SSDs Supported(2)

M.2 2280 NVMe PCIe SSDs

Supported SSDs Compatibility Chart

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macOS Boot Support

Only from a single SSD (not RAIDed)
Mac Pro 7,1
Any Thunderbolt Mac

Windows/Linux Boot Support

No

RAID Support

macOS, Windows, Linux
RAID 0 or 1

NVMe Support

Yes

S.M.A.R.T. Status Data Reporting Support

Yes

10Gb Ethernet Port Specifications

External Connectors

One RJ45 port

10GbE Controller

Marvell AQC113S

Network Support

10GBASE-T (100 meters using Cat 6A cabling; 55 meters using Cat 6 cabling)
5GBASE-T(3), 2.5GBASE-T(3),1000BASE-T (100 meters using Cat5e [or better] cabling)

Packets

Maximum packet size: 16352 bytes (jumbo frames); 9000 bytes under macOS

Data Rates Supported

10 Gb/s, 5 Gb/s, 2.5 Gb/s, 1 Gb/s, 100 Mb/s

Advanced Features

Flow control support
MSI (Message Signaled Interrupts)
RSS (Receive-Side Scaling)
Interrupt coalescing
Multicast filtering
Energy-Efficient Ethernet (IEEE 802.3az)
64-bit address support for systems using more than 4GB of physical memory
Wake-on-LAN support

Stateless Offloads

TCP, UDP, and IPv4 checksum offloading
TSO (TCP Segmentation Offload, AKA Large Send Offload)
LRO (Large Receive Offload)
RSS (Receiver Side Scaling)

USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 Ports Specifications

Peripherals Supported

Industry standard USB 3.2 Gen 1, Gen 2 and 2×2; USB 3.1 Gen 1 and 2; USB 3.0, 2.0 and 1.1
Thunderbolt-only peripherals are NOT supported

Bus-Powered Peripherals Supported

HD, SSD, SSD RAID, etc.
7.5W (5V @ 1.5A) per port advertised using USB Type-C Charging

Cables Supported

USB-C (10Gbps)
USB4
Thunderbolt 4
Thunderbolt 3 (≤ 0.8 meter)

USB 3 Chipset

ASMedia 3142

USB Standard

Complies with OHCI (Open Host Controller Interface), EHCI (Enhanced Host Controller Interface), and xHCI (eXtensible Host Controller Interface) standards

UASP

USB attached SCSI protocol supported under macOS 12+, Windows 11 and 10

Hot Plug

Supports hot-pluggable and hot swappable device connection

Boot Support

Booting not supported via devices attached to USB-C ports

Operating Temperatures

0ºC to 35ºC (32ºF to 95ºF)

Compliance

RoHS 3 (Directive 2015/863)
IEC62368-1 and IEC62368-2 Safety

Package Contents

McFiver PCIe Card
Documentation

McFiver (Dual M.2 NVMe SSD slots • 10GbE • Two 10Gbps USB-C ports)