Axiomtek AX92324-PoE 2 Port 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe Card

Next-generation 10GbE cameras send high-resolution images at speed, and each one still needs power at the far end of the cable. The AX92324-PoE is the PoE build in the Axiomtek AX92324 series, a 2-port 10GbE PoE PCI Express card that Axiomtek designed to combine 10GbE with IEEE 802.3at power on one cable. It targets machine vision, intelligent surveillance and network applications, and we fit it to the systems we build.

The card carries two RJ45 ports driven by an Intel X550-AT2 controller. Data rates are 10 Gbps, 1 Gbps and 100 Mbps, with 5 Gbps and 2.5 Gbps available under Linux. The controller supports 15.5KB jumbo frames and IEEE 1588, and the host interface is PCI Express x4, which suits high-bandwidth, low-latency camera links. RJ45 connectors keep the cabling standard, and the lower link rates let the card work with Gigabit cameras too.

Both ports are IEEE 802.3at compliant. On PCIe slot power the card supplies up to 20 W of PoE in total; with the 6-pin ATX power connector the total rises to 60 W. Axiomtek quotes two different per-port figures, so we confirm camera loads against the 60 W total when we specify it. Power Manager software and an API switch PoE on or off and set power budgets. The AX92324 is the same card without PoE, and our PoE standards FAQ compares 802.3af, at and bt.

The ATX connector takes 12 V DC, drawing 6 A, or 24 V DC at 3 A in Axiomtek’s own systems only, and the PoE output has overload protection. The card operates from 0 to +55 °C with air flow and stores from -20 to +80 °C. It measures 168 x 111 mm and supports Windows 7/10 and Linux.