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Table of Contents Chapter 1 Safety Guidelines .......................................................... 1-1 1-1 ESD Safety Guidelines ..................................................................... 1-1 1-2 General Safety Guidelines ............................................................... 1-1 1-3 An Important Note to Users ............................................................. 1-1 Chapter 2 Card Components .........................................................
AOC-SG-i4 Add On Card User’s Guide Command Line Uninstall Example ....................................................... 3-9 Command Line Reinstall/Repair .......................................................... 3-9 Chapter 4 Linux Base Driver for PRO/1000 Family of Adapters ..................................................................................................... 4-1 4-1 Overview .............................................................................................
Introduction Introduction About this Manual This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users who intend to integrate SuperMicro's AOC-SG-i4 add-on card to their system. Product Features The AOC-SG-i4 add-on card offers the following features: • Dual Intel 82576 LAN chips • PEX 8518 PCI Bridge chip • PCI-e x8 interface • Low-profile, half-length PCI-e x8 standard card, dimensions (without end brackets): (HxL): 6.4cm (2.5") x 14.7cm (5.
AOC-SG-i4 Add On Card User’s Guide Contacting SuperMicro Headquarters Address: Super Micro Computer, Inc. 980 Rock Ave. San Jose, CA 95131 U.S.A. Tel: +1 (408) 503-8000 Fax: +1 (408) 503-8008 Email: marketing@supermicro.com (General Information) support@supermicro.com (Technical Support) Web Site: www.supermicro.com Europe Address: Super Micro Computer B.V.
Introduction Returning Merchandise for Service A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required before any warranty service will be rendered. You can obtain service by calling your vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization (RMA) number. When returning to the manufacturer, the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton, and mailed prepaid or hand-carried.
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Chapter 1 Safety Guidelines To avoid personal injury and property damage, carefully follow all the safety steps listed below when accessing your system or handling the components. 1-1 ESD Safety Guidelines Electric Static Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic components. To prevent damage to your system, it is important to handle it very carefully. The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD. • Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge.
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Chapter 2 Card Components 2-1 Front Components Figure 2-1 shows the front components of the AOC-SG-i4 add-on card. Figure 2-1. AOC-SG-i4 Add On Card Front Connectors and Jumpers 3 1 3 2 Table 2-1 lists the add-on card’s front components and their description. Table 2-1. Front Connectors and Pin Definitions Number Name Description 1 LAN Connector Ports Housing with four RJ45 connectors. (4) 2 J2 Jumper: 3.3V STBY See table for jumper settings.
AOC-SG-i4 Add On Card User’s Manual 2-2 Front Connectors, Jumpers and LEDs This section describes the front connectors, jumpers and LEDs found on the AOC-SG-i4 add-on card. LAN Ports LAN ports allow the add-on card to connect to a maximum of four network cables. These are RJ45 connectors. Each LAN port provides up to one gigabit per second connection speed which require CAT6 cables for maximum throughput. The ports are designated LAN1, LAN2, LAN3 and LAN4. LAN Port LEDs Each LAN port includes two LEDs.
Chapter 2: Card Components Table 2-3 lists the add-on card’s front jumpers and their pin definitions. Table 2-3. Front Jumpers and Pin Definitions Jumper Jumper Settings Description 3.3V STBY On = Enabled 3.
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Chapter 3 Installing the Drivers 3-1 Updating iSCSI Option ROM Firmware If you need to update your add-on card’s firmware to use iSCSI option ROM, follow the procedure below. Updating iSCSI Option ROM Firmware 1. Download the iSCSI boot image BootIMG.FLB at ftp://ftp.supermicro.com/ CDR-NIC_1.22_for_Add-on_NIC_Cards/Intel/LAN/APPS/BootUtil/ 2. Download the DOS flash utility BootUtil.exe at ftp://ftp.supermicro.com/ CDR-NIC_1.22_for_Add-on_NIC_Cards/Intel/LAN/APPS/BootUtil/DOS/ 3.
AOC-SG-i4 Add On Card User’s Manual Installing the Drivers 1. If you are installing drivers from the Product CD, insert the CD. If you do not have the Product CD, download drivers from the support web site and transfer them to the system. 2. If the FOUND NEW HARDWARE WIZARD screen is displayed, click CANCEL. 3. The SUPERMICRO window appears on the screen. Click on the computer button next to AOC-SG-i4. 4. Click on INSTALL DRIVERS AND SOFTWARE. 5. Follow the prompts on screen to complete the installation.
Chapter 3: Installing the Drivers Removing Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager Use ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS from the CONTROL PANEL to uninstall Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager. Receive Side Scaling RSS must be enabled for Intel® I/O Acceleration Technology to function. You must also install Microsoft’s Scalable Networking Pack (SNP) for RSS to function. Intel® PROSet will not display the RSS setting if SNP is not installed.
AOC-SG-i4 Add On Card User’s Manual Base Driver Installation Driver installation is started by running the SetupBD.exe file. Command Line Options SetupBD.exe supports the following command line switches and options as shown in Table 3-1 and Table 3-2. Table 3-1. SetupBD.
Chapter 3: Installing the Drivers • You can use the /r and /nr switches only with a silent install (such as with the “/s” option). Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager Installation This section describes how to install Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager from the command line. NOTE: Intel PROSet can be installed with DxSetup.exe or msiexec.exe. Intel recommends using DxSetup.exe. DxSetup.exe detects the system’s language, searches for the appropriate transform file, and applies it to MSI package.
AOC-SG-i4 Add On Card User’s Manual Table 3-4. DxSetup.exe Public Properties Switch Description ANS1 Property settings are: • 0 - Deselect / hide ANS • 1 - Select ANS (default setting) DMIX Property settings are: • 0 - Deselect / hide Intel PROSet feature • 1 - Select Intel PROSet feature (default setting) 1. The ANS property should only be set to ANS=1 if DMIX=1 is set. If DMIX=0 and ANS=1, the ANS=1 is ignored and only the base driver will be installed. DxSetup.
Chapter 3: Installing the Drivers • Msiexec also sets an error level on return that corresponds to system error codes. For further details, see: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library on the Microsoft web site.
AOC-SG-i4 Add On Card User’s Manual Command Line Switches Table 3-5. Command Line Switches Switch Description /i Install /x Uninstall /q[r|n] Silent install options: • r - Reduced GUI Install • n - Silent install /l[i|w|e|a] Log file options: • i - Log status messages. • w - Log non-fatal warnings. • e - Log error messages. • a - Log the start of all actions. Transforms A property used to apply transforms (a *.mst file) to an MSI package.
Chapter 3: Installing the Drivers Table 3-6. Property Settings Property Description BD Property settings are: • 0 - Deselect / do not execute SetupBD. • 1 - Execute SetupBD to install the drivers. NOTE: In this release, it is set to “1” by default. It is always installed by default in this release. BD should only be set to 0 if the Base Drivers have already been installed prior to running PROSETDX.msi. ANS Property Settings are: • 0 - Deselect / hide ANS. • 1 - Select ANS.
AOC-SG-i4 Add On Card User’s Manual Notes Installing Intel PROSet Silently on Windows Server 2003 for Itanium®-Based Systems: C:\WINNT\System32\msiexec.exe /i D:\Apps\PROSETDX\Win64\PROSETDX.msi /qn /liew C:\ install.log Installing Components but Deselecting ANS: Set the ANS=0 in the command line, for example: C:\WINNT\System32\msiexec.exe /i D:\Apps\PROSETDX\Win32\PROSETDX.msi /qn ANS=0 /liew C:\ install.log Applying a Transform File to MSI Using msiexec.exe: Set the TRANSFORMS=filename.
Chapter 4: Linux Base Driver for PRO/1000 Family of Adapters Chapter 4 Linux Base Driver for PRO/1000 Family of Adapters 4-1 Overview This file describes the Linux* Base Driver for the Intel® PRO/1000 Family of Adapters. This driver supports the 2.4.x and 2.6.x kernels. This driver includes support for Itanium® 2-based systems. This driver is only supported as a loadable module. Intel is not supplying patches against the kernel source to allow for static linking of the driver.
AOC-SG-i4 Add On Card User’s Manual 4-3 Building and Installation To build a binary RPM* package of this driver, run rpmbuild -tb Replace with the specific file name of the driver. NOTE: For the build to work properly, the currently running kernel MUST match the version and configuration of the installed kernel sources. If you have just recompiled the kernel reboot the system now. NOTE: PM functionality has only been tested in Red Hat distributions.
Chapter 4: Linux Base Driver for PRO/1000 Family of Adapters rmmod e1000; modprobe e1000 6. Assign an IP address to the interface by entering the following, where is the interface number: ifconfi g eth 7. Verify that the interface works.
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Chapter 4: Linux Base Driver for PRO/1000 Family of Adapters Table 4-1. Command Line Parameter Settings (Continued) Parameter Name RxDescriptors RxIntDelay RxAbsIntDelay Speed Valid Range/ Settings Default Description 80-256 for 82542 and 82543-based adapters 256 80-4096 for all other supported adapters This value specifies the number of receive buffer descriptors allocated by the driver.
AOC-SG-i4 Add On Card User’s Manual Table 4-1. Command Line Parameter Settings (Continued) Parameter Name Valid Range/ Settings TxDescriptors 80-256 for 82542 and 82543-based adapters 80-4096 for all other supported adapters TxIntDelay TxAbsIntDelay XsumRX 0-65535 (0=off) 0-65535 (0=off) 0-1 Default Description 256 This value is the number of transmit descriptors allocated by the driver. Increasing this value allows the driver to queue more transmits. Each descriptor is 16 bytes.
Chapter 4: Linux Base Driver for PRO/1000 Family of Adapters In dynamic conservative mode, the InterruptThrottleRate value is set to 4000 for traffic that falls in class “Bulk traffic”. If traffic falls in the “Low latency” or “Lowest latency” class, the InterruptThrottleRate is increased stepwise to 20000. This default mode is suitable for most applications.
AOC-SG-i4 Add On Card User’s Manual If Speed = 10 or 100, then both Speed and Duplex should be set. Auto-negotiation is disabled, and the AutoNeg parameter is ignored. Partner SHOULD also be forced. The AutoNeg parameter is used when more control is required over the auto-negotiation process. It should be used when you wish to control which speed and duplex combinations are advertised during the auto-negotiation process.
Chapter 4: Linux Base Driver for PRO/1000 Family of Adapters 4-5 Additional Configurations Configuring the Driver on Different Distributions Configuring a network driver to load properly when the system is started is distribution dependent. Typically, the configuration process involves adding an alias line to /etc/modules.conf or /etc/modprobe.conf as well as editing other system startup scripts and/or configuration files. Many popular Linux distributions ship with tools to make these changes for you.
AOC-SG-i4 Add On Card User’s Manual NOTE: The maximum MTU setting for Jumbo Frames is 16110. This value coincides with the maximum Jumbo Frames size of 16128. Some Intel gigabit adapters that support Jumbo Frames have a frame size limit of 9238 bytes, with a corresponding MTU size limit of 9216 bytes. The adapters with this limitation are based on the Intel® 82571EB, 82572EI, 82573L and 80003ES2LAN controllers.
Chapter 4: Linux Base Driver for PRO/1000 Family of Adapters Ethtool The driver utilizes the Ethtool interface for driver configuration and diagnostics, as well as displaying statistical information. Ethtool version 1.6 or later is required for this functionality. The latest release of Ethtool can be found at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/gkernel. NOTE: Ethtool 1.6 only supports a limited set of ethtool options.
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Disclaimer The products sold by Supermicro are not intended for and will not be used in life support systems, medical equipment, nuclear facilities or systems, aircraft, aircraft devices, aircraft/emergency communication devices or other critical systems whose failure to perform be reasonably expected to result in significant injury or loss of life or catastrophic property damage.
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