SMC Networks SMC10GPCIE-XFP manual

USER GUIDE TigerC ard TM 10G 10GB ASE - T and XFP E thernet S erver A dapte rs SMC10GPCIe- 10B T SMC10GPCIe- X FP[...]

20 Mason Ir vine, CA 92618 Phone: ( 949) 679- 8000 Tig erCar d 10G User Guide F rom SMC ’ s Tiger line of feature-r ich wo rkgroup LAN so lution s June 2008 Pub. # SFMMANUA L-0002 E062008- CS-R02[...]

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DISCLOSE THE ALLEGED DEFECT IN THE PRODUCT DOES NOT EXIST OR W AS CAUSED BY CUSTOMER’S OR ANY THIRD P ERSON’S MISUSE, NEGLECT , IMPROPE R INST ALLA TION OR TE STING , UNAUTHORIZED A TTEMP TS TO RE P AIR, OR ANY OTHER CAUSE BEYOND THE RANGE OF THE I NTENDED USE, OR BY ACCIDENT , FIRE, LIGHTNING , OR OTHER HAZARD. LIMIT A TION OF LIABI LITY : IN [...]

i Compliances Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and f ound to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Ru les. These limits are des igned to provide reasonable protection against harmful interf erence w hen the equipment is operated in a commercial envir[...]

ii CE Mark Co nformance De claration - Class A SMC contact for these products in Eu rope is: SMC Network s Europe, Edificio Conata II, Calle Fructuós Gelabert 6-8, 2 o , 4 a , 08970 - Sant Joan Despí, Barcelona, S pain. This information technology equipment com plies with the requirements of the Council Directive 89/336/EE C on the App roximation[...]

iii About This Gui de Purp ose This guide det ails of the hardware features of the Ethernet adapter card, including it s physical and perfor mance-related charact eristics, and how to ins tall the card. Audience The guide is intended f or use by s ystem adm inis trators who are responsible for install ing and setting up com puter network equipmen t[...]

iv Contents Chap ter 1: In trod ucti on 1-1 Advanc ed Features 1-1 Hardware Description 1-3 LED Indicat ors 1-4 Equipm ent Checklist 1-5 Chap ter 2: Har dwar e Ins tall ati on 2-1 Chap ter 3: Dr ive r Ins tall at ion 3-1 Window s Driver I nstallation 3-1 Linux Ins tallation Instructi ons 3-6 Inst all atio n From a Bi nary R PM 3-6 RedHat Ent erpris[...]

1-1 Chapter 1: Introduction The SMC TigerCard™ 10G 10GBASE -T and XFP Ethernet Serv er Adapters combine t he spee d and perfor mance of cu tting edge networ king with the ease of deployme nt and u ser frien dliness o f traditi onal Ether net. The s peed a nd efficiency of 10G n etworking cou pled wi th iSC SI sup port e nables conver ged net work[...]

Advanced Fea tures 1-2 • IP/UDP/TCP Checksum Offload – Calcul atio n and vali dati on for the checks ums found in IP, TC P and UDP h eaders. This featur e saves a sign ificant amount of valuable CPU cycles. • Transm it Rate Pacing (p er queue) – Provides a mechani sm for enf orcing bandwid th quot as acro ss all gu est ope rating sy stems .[...]

Hardware Description 1-3 Hardware Description SMC T ig erCard™ 10G 10GBAS E-T Etherne t Server Adapter co mes equipp ed with: • One RJ-45 co nnector fo r 10 Gbps connectio ns • Three LED indic ators The comp onents of the SMC TigerCard™ 10G 10GBA SE-T Ether net Server Adap ter are sh own in t he fi gure b elow . Note: A Low-P rofile bracket[...]

Hardware Description 1-4 The SMC TigerCard™ 10G 10GBASE -XFP Ethernet Server Adapter comes equippe d with: • One XFP slot for 10 Gbps XFP t ransceive rs (SR or LR) • Three LED indic ators The comp onents of the SMC TigerCard™ 10G 10GBA SE-XFP Ethern et Server Adap ter are sh own in t he fi gure b elow . Note: Shown with an XFP transceiver ([...]

Equipmen t Checklist 1-5 Equipment Checklist After unpacking th e T igerC ard™ 10G Ethernet Server Ada pter , check t he contents of the box to be sure you ha ve recei ved the fol lowing ite ms: • SMC Ti gerC ard™ 10G, SMC10GP CIe-1 0BT or SM C10GPC Ie-XF P • Driv er and Docum entat ion CD • SMC Warranty Registratio n Card • Low-Profile[...]

2-1 Chapter 2: Hardware Installation Caution: Netw ork ca rds a re sensi tiv e to s tati c elec tric ity . T o p rote ct the card, avoi d touching its elec trical compon ents and always touch the m etal c hassis of your com puter bef ore handl ing the car d. 1. Switch off the com puter , unpl ug the powe r cord, and r emove t he compu ter ’s cove[...]

2-2 5. Replace the com puter ’s cov er and p ower it on. Th e TigerCard™ 10G sh ould be autom atically con figured by the host comp uter ’s BIOS. How ever , if you have an older com puter , you may have to manua lly configur e the compu ter ’s BIOS settings . See “T rou bleshoo ting” on page A- 1.” Once hardware i nstallati on is comp[...]

3-1 Chapter 3: Driv er Installation The Drive r and Docum entation CD that accom panies the TigerCard™ 10G con tains all the ope rating sy stem drivers supp orted b y this ca rd. See t he “RELEAS E.TXT” fi le on the CD fo r a list of all drivers. Refer to t his guide for ins tructions on inst alling drivers. Any new or up dated driv ers can b[...]

Windo ws Driv er Ins tallat ion 3-2 Microsoft Windows Se rver® 200 8: Microsoft Windows Se rver® 200 3: 2. Double clic k on the MSI insta llation file.[...]

Windo ws Driv er Ins tallat ion 3-3 After a brief pause the Setup Wi zard is dis played. C lick “Next” to co ntinue with the inst allation. 3. The software en d-use r license agr eement is displayed. T o ins tall the drivers, you must indicat e you accept this agree ment an d click “Nex t.”[...]

Windo ws Driv er Ins tallat ion 3-4 4. Select the destinatio n folder fo r the driver packa ge and click “Next.” 5. No furt her config uration o f the installat ion proces s is nece ssary . Click “Ins tall” to begin the dr iver installat ion. 6. The driver installation proce ss can take a few minutes. Th e Setup Wiza rd displays its status [...]

Windo ws Driv er Ins tallat ion 3-5 7. Once dri ver installati on is complete the fi nal page of the Setup Wizard is displayed. Click "Finish " to complete the inst allation. • Open Networ k Connections — Selec ting this cau ses the W indow s Netw ork Conn ecti ons cont rol pane l to be dis playe d when th e Setup Wiz ard has complet [...]

Linux Ins tallatio n Instructi ons 3-6 Linux Installation Instructi ons SMC rec ommen ds users install the TigerCard™ 1 0G in to the target ma chine be fore installing the L inux net work driver s. The Lin ux driver s are availa ble both in a so urce R PM or pre-b uilt binary RPMs for a selectio n of distrib utions and k ernel vari ants. The sour[...]

Linux Ins tallatio n Instructi ons 3-7 RedHat Enterprise Linux Distribut ions Thes e inst ructi ons cov er inst alla tion an d confi gurat ion of the S MC Serve r Adapte r on Re dHat En terprise Linux 4 and 5 d istributio ns (RH EL4 and RH EL5). 1. Install the RPM s. The follow ing is an exam ple for Red Hat Enterpris e 4: [root@myhost1 i686]# rpm [...]

Linux Ins tallatio n Instructi ons 3-8 2. Install the RPM s. The follow ing is an exam ple for SLE S9: [root@myhost1 i586]# rpm -ivh kernel-module-sfc-2.6.5-7.244 -smp-2.1.0111-0.sf.1.SLES9.i586.rpm 3. Run "yast" to co nfigure the SM C Server Ad apter . Y ou will see two ne w Etherne t Controll ers ava ilable for configu ration, only on e[...]

Linux Ins tallatio n Instructi ons 3-9 - The rpmb uild proc ess shoul d print out the location of the rpm towar ds the end of the bui ld process , but it can be har d to find am ongst the output. - Typically the rpm wil l be placed in /usr/src/<dir>/RPMS/<arch>/ , wher e <dir> is dis tribution specific . Possible folders are "[...]

A-1 Appendix A: Tro ubleshooting PCI Expres s Bus Width Unlike the older PCI and PCIX bus interfa ces, PCI Expr ess (PC Ie) is implemen ted with s erial link s or “ lanes.” As a conse quence, PCIe s lots come in d ifferent wi dths, which are referred to as “by x” wher e “x” mea ns multipli ed. Curre ntly there ar e 1x, 4x, 8x, and 16 x [...]

Network Con nection Probl ems A-2 Network Connection Problems There ma y be a networ k connect ion probl em if LEDs on the card' s bracket do not turn o n, or i f you cannot acces s any netwo rk res ources from t he com puter. Check the followi ng items be fore contacti ng SMC T echnical Su pport. • Be s ure you are u sing th e appropr iate [...]

B-1 Appendix B: Cable T ypes UTP Cables The SMC TigerCard™ 10G 10GBASE-T Ethernet Server Adapter suppo rts tra nsmis sion o ver se veral cable types. The p rimar y cabl e spec ified for 10GBASE -T is augme nted Categor y 6 (Cat 6a). Othe r type s also work, bu t the specific i nstallation may have to be qualified f or 10G oper ation. See the IEEE[...]

C-1 Appendix C: Specification s St andard s IEEE 802.3an -2006 10G BASE-T IEEE 802.3ae-2 002 10G BASE-SR, 10GBASE-L R IEEE 80 2.3x Flo w Cont rol IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tags and Prior ity Inte rfac e SMC10GPCIe-10BT: 1 Cat. 6a RJ-45, Auto MDI/MDI-X - Cat. 5e up to 45 meters - Cat. 6 up to 55 meters - Cat. 6a up to 100 mete rs - Cat. 7 up to 10 0 meters S[...]

C-2 Operating Humidity 10% to 90 % (Non-c onden sing) Cer tif icat io ns FCC Part 15, Class A CE Mark Class A RoHs compliant Operating Sy stems Linux® 2.4 Ke rnels (32 bi t and 64 bit) Linux® 2.6 Ke rnels (32 bi t and 64 bit) Prebuilt Linux Support RedHat Enterprise Li nux 4 RedHat Enterprise Li nux 5 SUSE Linux E nterprise Server 9 SUSE Linux En[...]

Glossary-1 Glossary 10BASE-T IEEE 802. 3 specificat ion for 10 Mbps Et hernet over two pairs of Categ ory 3, 4, or 5 UTP cable. (Now inco rpor ated in IEEE 802.3-20 05.) 100BASE-TX IEEE 802.3u s pecifica tion for 100 M bps Ethernet over two pairs of Catego ry 5 UTP cable. (No w incorpo rated in IEE E 802.3 -2005. ) 1000BA SE-T IEEE 80 2.3ab specifi[...]

Glos sary Glossary-2 End Station A workstatio n, server , or oth er device th at does no t forward traffic. Ethernet A netwo rk com municat ion s ystem d evelope d an d standar dized by DE C, Intel, and Xerox, u sing base band transm ission, CSMA/C D acce ss, logica l bus topol ogy , and coaxial ca ble. The successor IEEE 802.3 stan dard prov ides [...]

Glos sary Glossary-3 LED Light emit ting diod e used for mo nitoring a dev ice or netw ork cond ition. LAN Segment A separate LA N or collision dom ain. Local Area Network (L AN) A group of inter connect ed comp uter and supp ort device s. A LAN is m ade up of server s, workstation s, a networ k operat ing system and com munic ations links . Server[...]

Glos sary Glossary-4 RJ-45 Connec tor A connector for twisted-p air wiring . RSS Receive Side Scal ing, raises utilizati on levels of multi- core servers dramatical ly by distribut ing the I/O load acro ss all CPUs and cores. STP Shielded t wisted-pair ca ble. Switched Ports Ports that are on s eparate collis ion domai ns or LAN seg ments. TIA T e [...]

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