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    AOC-R1UG-IBQ Add-on Card User ’ s Guide Revison 1.0[...]

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    AOC-R1UG-IBQ Add-on Card User ’s Guide ii The information in th is User’s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is bel ieved to be accurate. The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document, makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual, or to notif y any person [...]

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    iii Table of Contents Chapter 1 Safety Guidelines ............ ........... .............. ........... .......... 1-1 1-1 ESD Safety Guidelines ............ ........... .............. ........... .............. ....... 1-1 1-2 General Safe ty Guidelines ........... .............. ............ .............. ........... . 1-1 1-3 An Important Note to[...]

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    AOC-R1UG-IBQ Add-on Card User ’s Guide iv Notes[...]

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    v Introduction About this Manual This manual is written for system integr ators, PC technicians and kn owledgeable PC users who intend to integrate SuperMicro' s AOC-R1UG-IBQ add-on car d to their system. This add-on card is used to add an InfiniBand port to th e H8DGG-QF serverboard. Product Features The AOC-R1UG-IBQ add-on card offers the fo[...]

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    AOC-R1UG-IBQ Add-on Card User ’s Guide vi Operating Systems Supported The AOC-R1UG-IBQ add-on card supports the following Operating Systems (OS): • Windows 2003/Windows 20 08 • VMware ESX Server 3.5 •S L E S • RedHat • Fedora • CCS 2003 An Import ant Note to Users All images and layouts shown in this user 's guide are based upon [...]

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    vii Cont acting SuperMicro Headquarters Address: Super Micro Computer , Inc. 980 Rock Ave. San Jose, CA 95131 U.S.A. T el: +1 (408) 503-8000 Fax: +1 (408) 503-8008 Email: marketing@supermicro.com (General Information) support@supermicro.com (T echnical Supp ort) Web Site: www .supermi cr o. co m Europe Address: Super Micro Computer B.V . Het S terr[...]

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    AOC-R1UG-IBQ Add-on Card User ’s Guide viii Notes[...]

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    1-1 Chapter 1 Safety Guidelines T o avoid personal injury and property damage, carefully follow all t he safety step s listed below when accessing your system or handling the components. 1-1 ESD Safety Guidelines Electric St atic Discharge (ESD) can dama ge electronic components. T o prevent damage to your system, it is important to handle it very [...]

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    AOC-R1UG-IBQ Add-on Card User ’s Manual 1-2 Notes[...]

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    2-1 Chapter 2 Card Components 2-1 Front Components Figure 2-1 shows the front components of the AOC-R1UG-IBQ add-on card. T able 2-1 lists the add-on card’s front components and their description. 2-2 Front Connectors, Jumpers and LEDs This section describes the front c onnectors, jumpers and LEDs found on the AOC-R1UG-IBQ add-on card. QSFP Port [...]

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    AOC-R1UG-IBQ Add-on Card User ’s Manual 2-2 J1 Jumper The J1 jumper is used to tell the Mellanox chip that there is a Flash ROM present in the system. If the jumper is closed (enabled) it means that no Flash ROM is present, while open (disabled) means that a Flash ROM is present. J2 Jumper The J2 jumper is used for engineer debugging only . T abl[...]

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    3-1 Chapter 3 Installation 3-1 Hardware Inst allation User the directions below to install the AOC-R1UG-IBQ add-on card into your system. Before Inst allation Before Installation, do the following 1. Power down the system. 2. Remove the power cord from the wall socket. 3. Use industry standard anti-static equipment (i.e. gloves or wrist strap) and/[...]

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    AOC-R1UG-IBQ Add-on Card User ’s Manual 3-2 7. Plug the power cord into the wall socket and power up the system. 3-2 Inst alling Drivers and Firmware Use the procedures below to install both dr ivers and firmware for the AOC-R1 UG-IBQ add-on card for both Linux a nd Windows. Linux Drivers Use the following procedures for installing AOC-R1UG-IBQ a[...]

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    3-3 Chapter 3: Inst allation 3. Double-click to run and install the driver package file. Firmware Up date Procedures Use the following procedures for updating th e AOC- R1UG-IBQ add-on card firmware for both the Linux and Windows operating systems. Updating Firmware for the Linu x Operating System 1. From the CDR-NIC LAN driver CD or FT P site, go [...]

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    AOC-R1UG-IBQ Add-on Card User ’s Manual 3-4 Notes[...]

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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 facilitie s or syste ms, aircraf t, aircraft devices, aircraft/emergency communication devices or other critica l systems whose failure to perform be reasonably expected to result in significant inju ry or loss of[...]

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    AOC-R1UG-IBQ Add-on Card User ’s Manual Notes[...]