Compatibility

Mac Compatibility

• Mac Pro 14,8 (2023)

• macOS 13 - macOS 14
• macOS Sonoma compatible

• Mac Pro 7,1 (2019)(1)

• macOS 12(1)

• Thunderbolt Expansion System

• macOS 12 - macOS 14
• macOS Sonoma compatible

• Some SSDs are not currently compatible with macOS. See M.2 NVMe SSDs Compatibility PDF.

Windows Compatibility

• Windows computer with an available x8 PCIe slot
• Windows 11 and 10
• Windows Server 2022 and 2019

Linux Compatibility

• Linux computer with an available x8 PCIe slot
• Linux Kernel 5.4+

Thunderbolt Expansion System Compatibility

• PCIe card installed in a Thunderbolt Expansion System with an available x8 PCIe slot
• Any Mac, Windows, or Linux computer with Thunderbolt ports

M.2 NVMe SSDs Compatibility(2)

• For a list of compatible M.2 NVMe SSDs, see the following PDF

Hardware

Part Number

• G10E-USBC-M2-E

Warranty

• 2-year

Form Factor

• Full-height, half-length+ (7.25 in.), 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
• For a list of supported SSDs, see M.2 NVMe SSDs Compatibility PDF

• 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 2x2; 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

Support Links

Support Knowledge Base

McFiver PCIe Card Support

Product Manual