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    AOC-UIBQ-m1/m2 Add-on Card User ’ s Guide Revison 1.0b[...]

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    AOC-UIBQ-m1/m2 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 perso[...]

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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-UIBQ-m1/m2 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-UIBQ- m1/m2 add-on card add-on card to their system. Product Features The AOC-UIBQ-m1/m2 add-on card offers the following features: • Mellanox® ConnectX-2 QDR • Single QSFP co[...]

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    AOC-UIBQ-m1/m2 Add-on Card User ’s Guide vi Operating Systems Supported The AOC-UIBQ-m1/m2 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 Required Cables The AOC-UIBQ-m1/m2 add-on card requires 7m+ of QSFP passive copper cable suppor[...]

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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 cro.com Europe Address: Super Micro Computer B.V . Het S terrenb[...]

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    AOC-UIBQ-m1/m2 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-UIBQ-m1/m2 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-UIBQ-m1/m2 add-on card. T able 2-1 lists the add-on card’s front components and their description. Figure 2-1. AOC-UIBQ-m1/m2 Ad d-on Card Front Components T able 2-1. Front Com ponents Number Name Description 1 QSFP Conn ector Port Port for a sing[...]

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    AOC-UIBQ-m1/m2 Add-on Card User ’s Manual 2-2 2-2 Front Connectors, Jumpers and LEDs This section describes the front c onnectors, jumpers and LEDs found on the AOC-UIBQ-m1/m2 add-on card. QSFP Port The single or dual QSFP ports allows the add-on card to connect to a QSFP passive copper network cable at speeds up to 40 Gb ps using four channels. [...]

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    3-1 Chapter 3 Installation 3-1 Hardware Inst allation User the directions below to install the AO C-UIBQ-m 1/m2 add-on card into your server 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 [...]

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    AOC-UIBQ-m1/m2 Add-on Card User ’s Manual 3-2 4. Secure the add-on card to the chassis. If required, use the screw that yo u previously removed. 5. Replace the chassis cover . 6. Connect the incoming QSFP cable to the QSFP port pr ovided on the card. 7. Plug the power cord into the wall socket and power up the system. 3-2 Inst alling Drivers and [...]

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    3-3 Chapter 3: Inst allation Installing InfiniBand Drivers for the Windows Operating System 1. From the CDR-NIC LAN driver CD or FT P site, go to the following directory: M ELLANOX Æ I NFINI B AND Æ W INDOWS . 2. Choose the desired InfiniBand Windows driver package file. 3. Double-click to run and install the driver package file. Installing 10G D[...]

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    AOC-UIBQ-m1/m2 Add-on Card User ’s Manual 3-4 flint –d <pci_cr0 device name> -i <firmware file name>.bin b[...]

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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-UIBQ-m1/m2 Add-on Card User ’s Manual Notes[...]