SMC Networks SMC9462TX manual

EZ Card1000 1000 Mbps Gigabit Ether net PCI Netw ork Card ◆ High performance for instant acces s to network resources ◆ 1000B ASE-T model for C ategory 5 UTP ◆ Supports PC I 32 and 64-bi t b us-mas ter architectures ◆ Full-duplex operation for up to 2 Gbps o f bandwidt h ◆ IP , TCP and U DP check sum off-loading capability reduces CPU o v[...]

[...]

6 Hughes Irvine, CA 9261 8 Phone: (9 49) 707-24 00 EZ Card 1000 User Guide From SMC’ s EZ line of feature-rich workgroup LAN solutio ns Mar ch 20 01 Pub. # 1 50416-102 R01[...]

Informati on furnished by SMC Networks, Inc. (SMC) is believed to be accu rate and r eliable. Ho wever , no re sponsibi lity is assumed b y SMC for its us e, no r for a ny inf ringe ment s of pat ents or oth er rig hts of thi rd part ies w hic h may r es ult fr om its use. No lice nse i s gra nted by imp lication or otherwise under any paten t or p[...]

L IMITED W ARRAN TY Limited Wa rranty Limited W arranty Statement: SMC Networks, Inc. (“SMC”) warrants its products to be free from d efects in workman ship and m aterials, under nor mal us e and service , for the applicable warranty ter m. All SMC prod ucts carry a standard 90-day limited warranty from the date of pur chase from SMC or its Aut[...]

L IMITED W ARRAN TY IN F ACT OR BY OPERA TION OF LA W , ST A TUTOR Y OR OTHER WISE, INCLUDING W ARRAN TIES OR CO NDIT IONS OF ME RCHAN T AB ILITY A ND F ITNES S FOR A P ARTICULAR PUR POSE. SMC N E ITHER A SSUMES NOR A U THORIZE S ANY OTHER PERSON TO A SSUME FOR IT A NY O THER LIABI LITY IN CO NNECT ION W ITH THE SALE, INST A LLA TION, MA INTENANCE [...]

i C OMPLIANCES FCC - Class B This equipm ent ha s been t ested and found to co mply with the limits for a Class B dig ital devic e, pur suant to Par t 15 of th e FCC Ru les. The se limi ts ar e desi gned t o pr ovide r ea- sona ble pro tection ag ainst harmful in terference i n a reside ntial insta llation. T his equip- ment genera tes, uses and ca[...]

C OMPLIANCES ii Industry Canada - Class B This digital appara tus does not exc eed the Cl ass B lim its for ra dio noi se emiss ions f rom dig ital appar atus as s et out in the inte rference -causi ng equip ment standa rd entit led “Digital Ap paratus, ” ICES-003 o f the D epartment of Communicati ons. Cet app are il nu mériqu e re spect e le[...]

iii T ABLE OF C ONTENTS 1 Installing The Network Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Intro duction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Hard ware Descr iption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 LED Indi cators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 P[...]

iv Network T ype . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 Network A ddress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 Jumbo Frame Siz e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 IEEE Co m pliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 Receive B uffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

1-1 C HAPTER 1 I NSTALLING T HE N ETWORK C ARD Introduction SMC’s EZ Card 1 000 network int erface card is a Gigabi t Ether net card fo r 32 and 64-bit PCI local bus c ompliant com puters. It oper ates u nder the 1 000BAS E-T sp ec ifica tio n over Cat egory 5 UTP Cable . This adap ter pro vides up to t en times th e bandwidth of Fast Ethern et. [...]

I NSTAL LING T HE N ETW ORK C ARD 1-2 Hardware Descr iption The EZ Card 1 000 is a Gi gabi t Ethe rnet n etw ork ca rd de signed for 32 and 6 4-bit PCI-bus comput ers. The SMC9462T X has a single RJ-45 con nector to att ach t o C ategor y 5 UTP cabl e an d su ppor ts 10 Mbps , 100 Mbps an d 100 0 Mbp s Ethe rne t oper ation s. It a lso supports ful[...]

I NSTA LLING T HE N ETWORK C ARD 1-3 LED Indicators The EZ Card 100 0 network c ard inc ludes stat us LED indicato rs as descr ibed in the foll owing figure and table. Figure 1-2. Statu s LE Ds LED Status Description Link On Green Indicates a valid 1000BASE-T connection on the fiber port. ACT Flashing Green Indicates that the adapter is transmittin[...]

I NSTAL LING T HE N ETW ORK C ARD 1-4 Package Contents After unpac king th e EZ Card 10 00, che ck the conte nts of th e box to be sur e you ha ve receive d the f ollowing compone nts: ◆ EZ Card 1000 net work card SM C9462TX ◆ SuperDisk™ network drivers di skette ◆ This Us er Guide ◆ SMC Warranty Registration Card Immediat ely infor m you[...]

I NSTA LLING T HE N ETWORK C ARD 1-5 System Require ments Befor e you ins tal l the EZ Ca rd 1000 card , chec k your sy stem f or the foll owin g requ irem ents : ◆ A PC and BI OS that supp ort the PC I Local Bu s Specificat ion v2.2 o r lat er ◆ An available bus-mast ering 32- bit or 64-bi t PCI slot ◆ Cate gory 5 or 5e UTP c able wi th RJ- [...]

I NSTAL LING T HE N ETW ORK C ARD 1-6 • Use a 64-bit P CI slot i f your PC sup ports thi s stand ard. • If usin g a 32-bit PCI sl ot, the end of th e card ’ s edge c onnect or will be expos ed. Be caref ul tha t it doe s not to uch a ny conduc ting pa rts on the P C mothe rboard. Note: Some PC mothe rboard desig ns may not provi de adequa te [...]

I NSTA LLING T HE N ETWORK C ARD 1-7 4. Replace the cha s sis cov er on yo ur PC an d power it on. 5. Th e EZ Card 10 00 shou ld b e autom atica lly co nfigu red by the host co mpute r ’ s BIOS . Ho weve r , if you ha ve a n olde r comp ut er , you may have to manual ly configu re the com puter ’ s BIOS settin gs. 6. The SMC SuperDisk that acco[...]

I NSTAL LING T HE N ETW ORK C ARD 1-8 Connecting Category 5 Cable To con nect to a 1 000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet device, use the RJ-45 conne ctor on the n etw ork c ard and Cate gory 5, 5 e o r be tter UTP cable. T his conn ectio n can be made dire ctly to the devi ce, or indi rectly vi a a wall outlet that has the proper wiring for an RJ-45 connec [...]

I NSTA LLING T HE N ETWORK C ARD 1-9 Connecting UTP Cable 1. Attac h the male RJ- 45 connector on one end of a UT P cable to the net wor k card ’ s RJ-45 port . Figure 1-4. Connecting UTP Cable 2. Attac h the ma le con nector on the other end of th e UTP cable dire ctly to an Ethernet or Fas t Ethe rnet device. OR Attac h the male co nnector on t[...]

I NSTAL LING T HE N ETW ORK C ARD 1-10[...]

2-1 C HAPTER 2 I NSTALLING AND C ONFIGURING N ETWORK D RIVERS Windows NT 4.0 In stallation Caution: Prior to inst alli ng the driv er, ma ke sur e you have upgraded to NT Se rvice P ack 4 or later. First-Time Installation If yo u have al ready ins talled a network c ard, configured Windows NT Net working, or conf igured a network dr iver , refer to[...]

I NSTAL LING AND C ONFIGURI NG N ETWORK D RIVE RS 2-2 4. Wh en p rompt ed to “ Select a Network Adapter , ” click on “ Have Disk. ” Insert the Sup erDisk when prompted an d click on “ OK. ” 5. Y ou ar e pr ese nted wi th the “ Select OE M Option ” window. Highl ight “ EZ Card 1000 ” and click on “ OK. ” 6. Wh en pr ompte d t[...]

I NSTALL ING AND C ONFI GURING N ETWORK D RIVER S 2-3 Secondary Installation Follo w thi s proce dur e if yo u have alrea dy ins tal led an othe r netw ork card or l oade d an othe r d river. 1. Be su re to i nstall W indows N T Service Packet 4 o r later if it is not already installed. 2. Install the SMC network card (if not already installed ), a[...]

I NSTAL LING AND C ONFIGURI NG N ETWORK D RIVE RS 2-4 Further Configuration Y ou can m odify c ard setti ngs, ins tall additi onal proto cols and o ther netwo rk comp onen ts vi a the Windo ws NT “ Net wor k ” applet. 1. Double- c lick on the “ My Co mput er , ” “ Contr ol Panel, ” an d “ Netw ork ” icons. T he “ Network ” dialo[...]

I NSTALL ING AND C ONFI GURING N ETWORK D RIVER S 2-5 Windows 2000 Insta llation The EZ Card 10 00 dr ive r for Wind ows 2000 confo rm s to the Network Dr iver Inte rface Specifi cation (NDIS) 5. 0 and can be found in the “ Win ntWin2 000 ” directory on the SMC SuperDisk drive r diske tte. 1. If W indows 200 0 is already inst alled on you r c[...]

I NSTAL LING AND C ONFIGURI NG N ETWORK D RIVE RS 2-6 Novell NetWare Installation NetWare Server 5.0 Instal ling the LAN dr iver is part of the NetW are installatio n process. Use the fo llowing i n struct ions with t hose in the NetW are installation manual to inst all the driver . Y ou will need th e SMC SuperDisk during this procedure . Shutdow [...]

I NSTALL ING AND C ONFI GURING N ETWORK D RIVER S 2-7 8. A scr een with thre e dialo g boxes i s disp layed. T o change th e driver configu r ation, t ab to the “ SMC9462_1 P aramet ers ” dia log box and modif y the d river p aramet ers. De pending on the network that the car d is attac hed to, the Link, Speed, Du plex Mode, an d Phy Type par a[...]

I NSTAL LING AND C ONFIGURI NG N ETWORK D RIVE RS 2-8 NetWare Server 4.11 Instal ling the LAN dr iver is part of the NetW are installatio n process. Use the fo llowing i n struct ions with t hose in the NetW are installation manual to inst all the driver . Y ou will need th e SMC SuperDisk during this proced ure. 1. Shutdown your co mputer an d ins[...]

I NSTALL ING AND C ONFI GURING N ETWORK D RIVER S 2-9 9. A scr een with thre e dialo g boxes i s disp layed. T o change th e driver configu r ation, t ab to the “ SMC9462_1 P aramet ers ” dia log box and modif y the d river p aramet ers. De pending on the network that the car d is attac hed to, the Link, Speed, Du plex Mode, an d Phy Type par a[...]

I NSTAL LING AND C ONFIGURI NG N ETWORK D RIVE RS 2-10 Linux 2.2. X or Later Installa tion This sectio n desc ribes t he proce dure for manual an d automatic loading and conf iguration of the EZ Card 1000 Uni x stream driv er for Linux 2.2 .X or later . The Lin ux driv er can b e found i n the “ linu x ” direct ory on the SMC Super Disk driver[...]

I NSTALL ING AND C ONFI GURING N ETWORK D RIVER S 2-11 RxBufSize: This is the size of the receive buffer memory spac e alloca ted pe r rece ive desc ript or (the labe l given to e ach pa cket receiv ed). The de fault value i s 2048. It should be set at 20 48 to ensure good p erformance wh en not using jumbo f rames. W hen using jumbo frames it shou[...]

I NSTAL LING AND C ONFIGURI NG N ETWORK D RIVE RS 2-12 BOOTPROTO=none BROADCAST=207.200.5.255 NETWORK=207.200.5.0 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 IPADDR=207.200.5.2 Automatic Installation This sectio n descri bes how to ins tall the Linux driver so that i t is automat ically l oaded and configured at boot tim e. The following descr iption is bas ed on th e R[...]

I NSTALL ING AND C ONFI GURING N ETWORK D RIVER S 2-13 where “ ethx ” will be “ eth0 ” i f you do not h ave any ot her adapters, “ eth1 ” i f you already have one, and so o n. The param eters are the ones di scuss ed in the pr eviou s para graph. 5. Fi nd o ut wh ere the netwo rk co nfig urati on scrip ts are , no rm ally in the “ /et[...]

I NSTAL LING AND C ONFIGURI NG N ETWORK D RIVE RS 2-14 Windows 98 Installation The EZ Card 100 0 driver for W indows 98 co nforms to the Netw ork Driver Interface Sp ecificat ion (ND IS) 5.0 and can be fo und in the “ W in98 ” dir ecto ry on the SMC Super Disk driv er di skett e. 1. If Wi ndows 98 is al ready ins talled o n your co mputer , pr[...]

I NSTALL ING AND C ONFI GURING N ETWORK D RIVER S 2-15 11. When Wind ows prompts with “ SMC EZ Card 1000 Adapter ” in the “ Add Ne w Hard ware Wi zard ” dialog box, clic k the “ Finis h ” button . 12. Remove the SM C SuperDisk dr iver d iskette from yo ur flop py drive. 13. Restart y our comput er to initializ e the network fu nction . [...]

I NSTAL LING AND C ONFIGURI NG N ETWORK D RIVE RS 2-16 Other Installa tions Refe r to the install ation document s on SMC ’ s SuperDisk for instr uctions on inst alling d rivers for us e with ot her op erating systems . Please n ote that n ew release s of SMC driv ers and operati ng systems may re sult i n proc edu res sli ghtly dif fer ent than [...]

3-1 C HAPTER 3 C ONFIGURING AND T ESTING THE N ETWORK C ARD Configuration This sectio n desc ribes t he confi g urati on procedure in a W indows envi ronment. Whe n you install the Wi ndows driver , the config uration ut ility is also ins talled. Y ou can run thi s utility by clicki ng on the “ Prop erti es ” button for the card i n the “ Net[...]

C ONFIGURING AND T ESTING THE N ETWORK C ARD 3-2 config uration th e switch will sense the link speed bu t will default to half duplex. If t he link pa rtner is conf igured to full d uplex, th e adapter w ill no t con nect co rrec tly re sulti ng in h igh e rror r ates and ineffic ient co m munic ation. T herefore , auto-ne gotiat ion shou ld be di[...]

C ONFIGURING AND T ESTING THE N ETWORK C ARD 3-3 Receive Buffer This field l ets you s et the number o f buffers alloc ated in t he memory for use by the ad apter whil e receivi ng packets. Decr easing the nu m ber of buffers reduc es the memory requirement of the adapter . Transmit Buffer This field l ets you s et the number o f buffers alloc ated[...]

C ONFIGURING AND T ESTING THE N ETWORK C ARD 3-4[...]

A-1 A PPENDIX A T ROUBLESHOOTING PCI Compatibility Early PCI B IOS vers ion s do no t prop erly supp ort the PCI specific ation and m ay “ hang ” whe n a netwo rk card dr iver tri es to load. If this occurs , make s ure your BIOS co rrectly supports the PCI Local B us Specificat ion (v2.2 or later) an d upgrade y our computer BIOS t o the late [...]

T R OUBLESHOOTI NG A-2 ◆ Make s ure th e PCI s lot is config ured to supp ort INT A. ◆ Ensure that INTA for the slot is assigne d to a free in terrupt (IRQ) numbe r. ◆ Check th e BIOS Setup prog ram ’ s PCI par amete rs for the slot where t he EZ Car d 1000 n etwork car d is ins talled. En sure the slot is co nf igur ed for l eve l-trig ge [...]

T R OU BLE SHOO TI NG A-3 Solutions for Common Problems Prob lems are of ten c aused by ca bling error s, c onfl icts wit h oth er devi ces inst alled in the same comp uter , or softwar e that h as been config ured inc orrectly . If y ou encou nter a pr oblem wi th the EZ Card 1000 netwo rk card, use the follo wing checkli s ts to identify an d cor[...]

T R OUBLESHOOTI NG A-4 Network Connection Problems If you r comput er cann ot find t he EZ Card 1 000 card or t he network driver does not instal l correctl y, check the following items be fore contacti ng SMC Technical Supp ort. ◆ Make su re the card is se curely seated in t he PCI s lot. C heck for any hard ware probl ems, su ch as physic al da[...]

B-1 A PPENDIX B C ABLES Cable Specifications Twisted-Pair Cable and Pin Assignments Caution: DO NOT pl ug a phone ja ck connec tor into any RJ -45 port. U se on ly twis ted-pai r cabl es with RJ-45 connect ors that confor m with FCC standards . For 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX connections, a twisted-pair cable must have two pa irs of w ires. Eac h wire pair[...]

C ABLES B-2 Caution: Each wir e pair must be at tached to the RJ-4 5 conn ectors in a specifi c orientati on. Figur e B-1 i llustr ates how the pins on the RJ -45 connect or are numb ered . Be su re to hold th e con nec tors i n the same or ient ati on when at taching the w ires to th e pin s. Figure B-1. RJ-45 Connector Pin Numbers[...]

C ABLE S B-3 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX Pin Assignments With 10BASE -T/1 00B ASE-T X cabl e, pin s 1 and 2 a re us ed for trans mitting data , and pins 3 and 6 for recei ving data. Th e “ + ” and “ - ” si gns in the tables below ar e used t o repr esent the polarity of the wire s that make up each wire pair . 1000BASE-T Pin Assignments The t able [...]

C ABLES B-4[...]

C-1 A PPENDIX C S PECIFICATIONS Bus Inter face 32-bit and 64-b it bus master , PCI Interrupt INT A Network Inter face 1000 BASE-T: UTP cabl e; Category 5, 5e or better 100BASE- TX: UTP cabl e; Category 5 10BAS E-T : UTP cabl e; Category 3, 4, or 5 Data Rate 1000 Mb ps, 100 Mbp s, 10 Mb ps half and full dupl ex Cabling 4 pa irs of C ategor y 5, 5e o[...]

S PECI FIC ATION S C-2 We i g h t 2.8 o z (80g ) Te m p e r a t u r e Operating 32 to 14 0 ° F (0 to 60 ° C) Storage - 40 to 18 ° F (-22 to 85 ° C) Humidity 5 to 9 5% (non- condensing ) Standar ds IEEE 8 02. 3ab 10 00BA SE-T IEEE 8 02. 3u 100B ASE -TX IEEE 80 2.3 10BASE-T IEEE 8 02. 3x Ful l-Dup lex f low co ntro l PCI v2.2 Compliances CE Mar k[...]

S PECIFICATIO NS C-3 Software Drivers ODI Drivers NetWare Ser ver 4.11 or later NDIS Dr ivers Windows NT 4.0 Windows 98 Windows ME Windows 2000 Unix Drivers Linux 2.2.X or late r[...]

S PECI FIC ATION S C-4[...]

Glossary-1 G LOSSARY 10BAS E-T IEEE 80 2.3 specificat ion for 1 0 Mbps Et hernet ov er two pair s of Cate gory 3, 4, or 5 UT P cabl e. 100BASE-TX IEEE 80 2.3u specificat ion for 1 00 Mbps F ast Eth ernet over t wo pairs of Cate gory 5 UTP cable . 1000BAS E-T IEEE 80 2.3ab specifi c ation fo r Gigabit Et hernet over four pai r s of Categ ory 5 UTP c[...]

Glossary-2 End Station A works tation, server , switch, bridge or rou ter . Ethernet A net work com municati on system develope d and stand ardized by DEC, Int el, and Xero x, us ing ba seband tr ansmissi on, CSM A/CD acces s, logi cal b us topolo gy, and coaxi al cable. T he suc cessor I EEE 802.3 s tandard p rovides f or integ ration int o the OS[...]

Glossary-3 IEEE 802.3 Defines carrie r sens e multip le acce ss with collis ion det ection (CSMA/CD) access method and physical layer specification s. IEEE 802.3u Defines CSMA/CD acce ss method and physical laye r specific ations for 100 BASE-TX Fas t Ethernet. IEEE 802.3ab Defines CSMA/CD acce ss method and physical laye r specific ations for 10 0[...]

Glossary-4 Network Dia meter Wire distance between tw o end stations in the same colli sion domai n. Switched Ports Ports t hat are on separa te colli sion dom ains or LA N segment s. Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Prot ocol (TCP/IP) Proto col sui te that in clude s TCP as t he prim ary trans port pr otocol , and IP as the ne two rk la yer [...]

Index-1 A Auto-Negotiation 2-2 B BIOS requirements 1-5 , A-1 bus-mastering 1-5 , A-1 C cable adjusting Category 5 cable 1-8 guidelines 1-7 RJ-45 pin assignments B-3 specifications B-1 card installation 1-5 Category 5 cable 1-8 checklist of contents 1-4 compli ance s i configuration Linux 2-10 Windows 98 2-14 Windows NT 2-4 connection guidelines 1-7[...]

I NDEX Index-2 N NetWare Installation 2-6 NetWar e Serv er 5.0 2-6 network status LEDs 1-3 P package contents 1-4 PC requirements 1-5 PCI bus specification 1-5 compatibility A-1 configuration 1-7 pin assignments B-1 R RELEASE.TXT file 1-7 requirements of system 1-5 RJ-45 connector 1-2 , B-2 RJ-45 po rts pinouts B-3 S specifications cable B-1 static[...]

[...]

6 Hughes Irvine, C A 9261 8 Phone: (949 ) 707-240 0 FOR TECHNICAL SUPPOR T , CALL: From U. S.A. an d Ca nada (8 :30 A M - 8 :00 PM Pacific Time) (800) SMC-4-YOU; (94 9) 707-240 0; (949) 707-2 460 (Fax) From Europe (8:00 AM - 5:30 PM UK Greenwich Mean T ime) 44 (0) 1189 7487 40; 44 (0) 11 89 74874 1 (Fax) INTERNET E-mail a ddresses: techsupp ort@smc[...]

6 Hughes Irvine, C A 9261 8 Phone: (949 ) 707-240 0[...]

-6[...]