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    10 Gigabit/s Ethernet card PEB-10G/57840-2S PEB-10G Series PEB-10G/57811-1S User Guide[...]

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    ii E9427 First Edition June 2014 Copyright © 2014 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. All Rights Reserved. No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means, except documentation kept by the purchaser [...]

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    iii Contents Contents ...................................................................................................................... iii About this guide ......................................................................................................... iv How this guide is organized ...................................................[...]

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    iv About this guide This user guide contains the information you need when installing and conguring the server management board. How this guide is organized This guide contains the following parts: • Chapter1:Productintroduction This chapter describes the PEB-10G Series Ethernet card features and the new technologies it supports. ?[...]

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    v T ypography Bold text Indicates a menu or an item to select. Italics Used to emphasize a word or a phrase. <Key> Keys enclosed in the less-than and greater-than sign means that you must press the enclosed key. Example: <Enter> means that you must press the Enter or Return key. <Key1>+<Key2>+<Key3> If you must press t[...]

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    vi PEB-10G Series specifications summary * Please refer to ASUS website for Approved Vendor List (AVL). ** Specifications are subject to change without notice. PEB-10G/57840-2S PEB-10G/57811-1S Speed & Ports 10 Gigabit/s Ethernet Fiber; Dual Port 10 Gigabit/s Ethernet Fiber; Single Port Ethernet Controller PHY Broadcom 57840S Broadcom 57811S Co[...]

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    1 Product introduction This chapter offers the PEB-10G Series Ethernet card features and the new technologies it supports. Chapter 1: Product introduction[...]

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    1-2 Chapter 1: Product introduction 1.1 Welcome! Thank you for buying an ASUS ® PEB-10G Series 10 Gigabit/s Ethernet card! Before you start installing the Ethernet card, check the items in your package with the list below. 1.2 Package contents Check your package for the following items. PEB-10G/57840-2S PEB-10G/57811-1S 1.3 System requirements Bef[...]

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    ASUS PEB-10G Series 1-3 1.4 Card layout 1. LC Fiber Optic Connector 1 2. LC Fiber Optic Connector 2 3. PCI Express x8 interface 4. SFP2LED2 LED 5. SFP2LED1 LED 6. PCIELINK1 LED LED indications Speed/Link Status Description SFP2LED1 / SFP2LED2 Green 10 Gbps link Amber 1 Gbps link Blinking Data Activity Status Description PCIELINK1 Green PCIE link PE[...]

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    1-4 Chapter 1: Product introduction 1.5 Replacing the card bracket ThePEB-10GSeriesEthernetcardisbundledwithafull-lengthbracket,alow-prolebracket, and an ASUS proprietary bracket. By default, the card is pre-installed with a full-length bracket. The proprietray bracket supports ASUS Z10PH-D16 series, ES4[...]

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    2 Boot Agent Conguration This chapter provides instructions on setting the Broadcom NetXtreme Ethernet Boot Agent. Chapter 2: Boot Agent Conguration[...]

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    2-2 Chapter 2: Boot Agent Conguration 2.1 Broadcom NetXtreme Ethernet Boot Agent The Broadcom NetXtreme Ethernet Boot Agent provides hardware-based Ethernet card congurations. To start the Broadcom NetXtreme Ethernet Boot Agent and access the main screen: 1. Turn on the system. 2. During POST, press <Ctrl+S> when the following screen ap[...]

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    ASUS PEB-10G Series 2-3 For PEB-10G/57811-1S: Comprehensive Conguration Management v7.8.21 Copyright (C) 2000-2013 Broadcom Corporation All rights reserved. Device Hardware Conguration MBA Conguration iSCSI Boot Conguration Main Menu Congure MBA Parameters [Enter]:Enter Next Menu; [ ↑|↓ ]:Next Entry; [ESC]:Quit Menu Current Adapt[...]

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    2-4 Chapter 2: Boot Agent Conguration 2.1.1 Device Hardware Configuration Menu Comprehensive Conguration Management v7.8.21 Copyright (C) 2000-2013 Broadcom Corporation All rights reserved. Multi-Function Mode : SF DCB Protocol : Disabled Max Number of PF MSIX Vectors: 0 Device Hardware Conguration Congure NIC Hardware Mode (Read Only) [...]

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    ASUS PEB-10G Series 2-5 Boot Strap T ype [Auto] Conguration options: [Auto] [BBS] [Int18h] [Int19h] Hide Setup Prompt [Disabled] Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Setup Key Stroke [Ctrl-S] Conguration options: [Ctrl-S] [Ctrl-B] Banner Message Timeout [10 Seconds] Conguration options: [1 Second] – [14 Seconds] Link Speed [10Gbp[...]

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    2-6 Chapter 2: Boot Agent Conguration 2.1.3 iSCSI Boot Configuration Comprehensive Conguration Management v7.8.21 Copyright (C) 2000-2013 Broadcom Corporation All rights reserved. General Parameters Initiator Parameters 1st Target Parameters 2nd Target Parameters Secondary Device Parameters iSCSI Boot Main Menu Congure General Boot Paramet[...]

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    ASUS PEB-10G Series 2-7 General Parameters TCP/IP Parameters via DHCP [Enabled] This option applies to IPv4. [Enabled] The iSCSI boot host software acquires the IP address from the DHCP server. [Disabled] The iSCSI boot host software acquires the static IP address. iSCSI Parameters via DHCP [Enabled] [Enabled] The iSCSI boot host software acquires [...]

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    2-8 Chapter 2: Boot Agent Conguration [One Time Disabled] On the rst system boot, the iSCSI boot host software does not attempt to boot from the iSCSI target. On subsequent system reboots, the iSCSI boot host software will attempt to boot from the iSCSI target. This option is useful when doing a remote install of the OS to an iSCSI target. ?[...]

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    ASUS PEB-10G Series 2-9 CComprehensive Conguration Management v7.8.21 Copyright (C) 2000-2013 Broadcom Corporation All rights reserved. IP Address : 0.0.0.0 Subnet Mask : 0.0.0.0 Default Gateway : 0.0.0.0 Primary DNS : 0.0.0.0 Secondary DNS : 0.0.0.0 iSCSI Name : iqn.1995-05.com.broadcom.iscsiboot CHAP ID : CHAP Secret : Initiator Parameters Con[...]

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    2-10 Chapter 2: Boot Agent Conguration 2.1.4 NIC Partition Configuration Menu (PEB-10G/57840-2S only) Comprehensive Conguration Management v7.8.21 Copyright (C) 2000-2013 Broadcom Corporation All rights reserved. Flow Control : Tx/Rx Flow Control PF#0 L2=00:10:1802:14:3C(P) Eth PF#2 L2=00:10:1802:14:40C(P) Eth PF#4 L2=00:10:1802:14:44(P) Eth [...]

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    3 Driver installation This chapter provides instructions for installing the Ethernet card drivers on different operating systems. Chapter 3: Driver installation[...]

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    3-2 Chapter 3: Driver installation 3.1 Windows ® Server OS Driver Installation To update the Ethernet card driver for Windows ® Server OS: 1. Restart the computer, and then log on with Administrator privileges. 2. Insert the Support CD to the optical drive. The Support CD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your compu[...]

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    ASUS PEB-10G Series 3-3 5. Toggle I accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next to continue. 6. Follow the screen instructions to complete the installation. 7. If the Windows Security window appears during the driver installation, click Install this driver software anyway to continue.[...]

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    3-4 Chapter 3: Driver installation 8. Click Finish to exit the installation wizard. 9. Restart the system.[...]

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    ASUS PEB-10G Series 3-5 1. Within the Linux Terminal, install the source RPM package: rpm -ivh netxtreme2-<version>.src.rpm 3.2 Linux OS Driver Installation To install the Ethernet card driver for Linux OS: 2. CD to the RPM path and build the binary driver for your kernel: cd /usr/src/{redhat,OpenLinux,turbo,packages,rpm ..} (For RHEL 6.0 and[...]

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    3-6 Chapter 3: Driver installation rpm -bb SPECS/netxtreme2.spec or (For RPM version 4.x.x) rpmbuild -bb SPECS/netxtreme2.spec Note that the RPM path is different for different Linux distributions. The driver will be compiled for the running kernel by default. To build the driver for a kerneldifferentthantherunningone,specifyth[...]

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    ASUS PEB-10G Series 3-7 rpm -ivh RPMS/<arch>/netxtreme2-<version>.<arch>.rpm where <arch> is the machine architecture such as i386: For Red Hat Linux:[...]

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    3-8 Chapter 3: Driver installation For SuSE Linux:[...]

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    ASUS PEB-10G Series 3-9 rpm -ivh RPMS/i386/netxtreme2-<version>.i386.rpm  Notethatthe--forceoptionmaybeneededonsomeLinuxdistributionsifconictsare reported. The drivers will be installed in the following path: 2.4.x kernels: /lib/modules/<kernel_version>/kernel/drivers/net/bnx2.o /lib/mo[...]

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    3-10 Chapter 3: Driver installation 4. Unload existing driver if necessary: rmmod bnx2 rmmod bnx2x If the cnic driver is loaded, it should also be unloaded along with dependent drivers: rmmod bnx2fc rmmod bnx2i rmmod cnic 5. Load the bnx2 driver for the BCM5706/BCM5708/5709/5716 devices: insmod bnx2.o or insmod bnx2.ko (on 2.6.x kernels) or modprob[...]

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    ASUS PEB-10G Series 3-11 insmod bnx2fc.ko or modprobe bnx2fc service bnx2fcd start Note that the inbox kernel may have an older version of bnx2, bnx2x and cnic driver. It isimportantforFCoEofoadusertounloadtheseinboxversionsbeforeattemptingto load bnx2fc driver. You can do either of these two options: a)[...]

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    3-12 Chapter 3: Driver installation[...]

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    ASUS contact information ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. Address 15 Li-Te Road, Peitou, Taipei, Taiwan 11259 Telephone +886-2-2894-3447 Fax +886-2-2890-7798 E-mail info@asus.com.tw Web site http://www.asus.com Technical Support Telephone +86-21-38429911 Fax +86-21-58668722 ext: 9101 Online Support http://support.asus.com/techserv/techserv.aspx ASUSTeK COMPUT[...]

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    EC Declaration of Confo rmity We, the undersigned, Manufacturer: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. Address: 4F, No. 150, LI-TE Rd., PEITOU, TAIPEI 112, TA IWAN Aut horized representative in Europe: ASUS COMPUTER GmbH Address, City: HARKORT STR. 21-23, 4088 0 RATINGEN Country: GERMANY declare the follo wing apparatus : Product name : 10G LAN Card Model name : P[...]