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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-PG-i2+ Add-on Card User’s Guide Command Line Uninstall Example ....................................................... 3-9 Command Line Reinstall/Repair .......................................................... 3-9 Chapter 4 Linux Base Driver for the PRO/1000 Family of Adapters ....................................................... 4-1 4-1 Overview ............................................................................................. 4-1 4-2 Identifying Your Adapter ...........................
Introduction About this Manual This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users who intend to integrate SuperMicro's AOC-PG-i2+ add-on card add-on card to their system. Product Features The AOC-PG-i2+ add-on card offers the following features: • Intel 82576 LAN chip • PCI-e x8 interface • Low-profile, half-length PCI-e x8 proprietary form factor card • Two RJ-45 connectors • Jumbo frames support up to 9.
AOC-PG-i2+ Add-on Card User’s Guide Operating Systems Supported The AOC-PG-i2+ add-on card supports the following Operating Systems (OS): • Windows 2000/Windows XP/Windows 2003/Windows 2008/Windows Vista • Linux • VMWare An Important Note to Users All images and layouts shown in this user's guide are based upon the latest revision available at the time of publishing. The card you have received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in this manual.
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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-PG-i2+ add-on card. Figure 2-1. AOC-PG-i2+ Add-on Card Front Connectors and Jumpers 2 1 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 (2) Housing with two RJ-45 connectors.
AOC-PG-i2+ 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-PG-i2+ add-on card. LAN Ports LAN ports allow the add-on card to connect to a maximum of two network cables. These are RJ-45 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 and LAN2. LAN Port LEDs Each LAN port includes two LEDs.
Chapter 2: Card Components 2-3 Riser Card Figure 2-2. RSC-R1UU-E8PR Riser Card The AOC-PG-i2+ add-on card requires a RSC-R1UU-E8PR riser card for connection to supported systems (Figure 2-2).
AOC-PG-i2+ Add-on Card User’s Manual 2-4 System Installation Figure 2-3. Add-on and Riser Cards in System RSC-R1UU-E8PR Riser Card AOC-PG-i2+ Add-on Card The AOC-PG-i2+ add-on card and RSC-R1UU-E8PR riser card are installed in a PCI-E slot on the mainboard of the system. Simply connect the AOC-PG-i2+ add-on card to the RSC-R1UU-E8PR riser card and install the riser card into the PCI-E slot on the mainboard (Figure 2-3).
Chapter 2: Card Components Figure 2-4.
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Chapter 3 Installing the Drivers 3-1 Installing the Drivers in Microsoft Windows These instructions apply to all versions of Microsoft™ Windows™ 2000, Windows XP (including Windows XP x64 and Windows XP 64-bit Edition), Windows Vista™ (including Windows Vista x64), and Windows Server™ 2003 (including Windows Server 2003 x64 and Windows Server 2003 64-Bit Edition). This driver installation updates the drivers for all supported Intel® PRO network adapters in your system.
AOC-PG-i2+ Add-on Card User’s Manual NOTE: You must have administrator rights to install or use Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager. Installing Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager is installed from the Product CD with the same process used to install drivers. You can select Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager and Advanced Network Services from the Install Options dialog.
Chapter 3: Installing the Drivers • If RSS is not enabled for all adapters in a team, RSS will be disabled for the team. • If an adapter that does not support RSS is added to a team, RSS will be disabled for the team. • If a non-Intel adapter is added to a team, RSS will be disabled for the team. • Non-Intel adapters with RSS enabled cannot be added to a team. 3-3 Installing the Base Driver and Intel PROSet via the Command Line Installation Methods The base driver install utility (SetupBD.
AOC-PG-i2+ Add-on Card User’s Manual Table 3-2. SetupBD.exe Options Option Description SetupBD Installs and/or updates the driver(s) and displays the GUI. SetupBD /s Installs and/or updates the driver(s) silently. SetupBD /s /r Installs and/or updates the driver(s) silently and forces a reboot. SetupBD /s /r /nr Installs and/or updates the driver(s) silently and forces a reboot (/nr is ignored). SetupBD /u Uninstalls all drivers from the system.
Chapter 3: Installing the Drivers Using the DxSetup.exe Utility DxSetup.exe is a setup utility used for installing Intel PROSet. It detects the system language, searches for the appropriate transform file in the same folder, and then launches PROSETDX.msi in the language specific to the operating system. The transform file translates the installation instructions to the language associated with your operating system. Table 3-3 displays and describes DxSetup.
AOC-PG-i2+ Add-on Card User’s Manual NOTE: Public properties are case sensitive. All characters are uppercase with no white space between characters. For example: DxSetup.exe /qn ANS=1 Any white space in “ANS=1” makes the setting invalid. “ans=1” is not a valid setting. Command Line Examples You can modify the paths for different operating systems and CD layouts and apply the following command line examples: Launches a Typical Install Silently: • DxSetup.exe /qn /liew • C:\install.
Chapter 3: Installing the Drivers 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.
AOC-PG-i2+ Add-on Card User’s Manual 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.
Chapter 3: Installing the Drivers 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.mst in the command line.
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Chapter 4: Linux Base Driver for the PRO/1000 Family of Adapters Chapter 4 Linux Base Driver for the PRO/1000 Family of Adapters 4-1 Overview This chapter 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-PG-i2+ 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 the 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 the 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-PG-i2+ 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 the 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-PG-i2+ 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 the 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.
AOC-PG-i2+ 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 the 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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