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AOC-PG-i2+ Add-on Card User ’ s Guide Revison 1.0a[...]

AOC-PG-i2+ 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 or[...]

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 [...]

AOC-PG-i2+ Add-on Card User ’s Guide iv Command Line Uninstall Example ......... .................... .............. ........... . 3-9 Command Line Reinstall/Repair ............ ........... .............. ........... .......... 3-9 Chapter 4 Linux Base Driver for the PRO/1000 Family of Adapters ................. .............. ............ ......[...]

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-PG-i2+ add-on card add-on card to their system. Product Features The AOC-PG-i2+ add-on card offers the following features: • Intel 82576 LAN chip • PCI-e x8 interface • Low-p[...]

AOC-PG-i2+ Add-on Card User ’s Guide vi Operating Systems Supported The AOC-PG-i2+ add-on card supports the following Operating Systems (OS): • Windows 2000/Windows XP/Windows 2003/Windows 2008/Windows Vista •L i n u x •V M W a r e An Import ant Note to Users All images and layouts shown in this user 's guide are based upon the latest [...]

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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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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2-1 Chapter 2 Card Components 2-1 Front Components Figure 2-1 shows the front components of the AOC-PG-i2+ add-on card. T able 2-1 lists the add-on card’s front components and their description. Figure 2-1. AOC-PG-i2+ Ad d-on Card Front Connectors and Jumpers T able 2-1. Front Co nnectors and Pin Definitions Number Name Description 1 LAN Connecto[...]

AOC-PG-i2+ 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-PG-i2+ add-on card. LAN Port s LAN ports allow the add-on card to connect to a maximum of two network cables. These are RJ-45 connectors. Each LA N port provides up to one gigabit per sec[...]

2-3 Chapter 2: Card Components 2-3 Riser Card The AOC-PG-i2+ add-on card requires a RSC- R1UU-E8PR riser card for connectio n to supported systems ( Figure 2-2 ). Figure 2-2. RSC-R1UU-E8PR R iser Card[...]

AOC-PG-i2+ Add-on Card User ’s Manual 2-4 2-4 System Inst allation The AOC-PG-i2+ add-on card and R SC-R1UU-E8PR riser card are installed in a PCI-E slot on the mainboard of the system. Simply connect the AOC-PG-i2+ add-on card to the RSC-R1UU-E8PR riser card and install the riser card into the PCI-E slot on t he mainboard ( Figure 2-3 ). Once in[...]

2-5 Chapter 2: Card Components Figure 2-4. Side View of Add-on Card in System AOC-PG-i2+ Add-on Card LAN Ports[...]

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3-1 Chapter 3 Installing the Drivers 3-1 Inst alling the Driver s in Microsoft W indows These instructions apply to all versions of Microsoft™ Windows™ 2000, Windows XP (including Windows XP x64 and Window s XP 64-bit Edition), Windows Vista™ (including Windows Vista x64), and Window s Server™ 2003 (including Windows Server 2003 x64 and Win[...]

AOC-PG-i2+ Add-on Card User ’s Manual 3-2 Inst alling Intel PROSet for Wi ndows Device Manager Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager is installed from the Product CD with the same process used to install drivers. Y ou can se lect Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager and Advanced Network Services from the Install Options dialog. Tips for PROS[...]

3-3 Chapter 3: Installing the Drivers • If RSS is not enabled for all adapters in a team, RSS will b e disabled for the team. • If an adapter that does not support RSS is added to a team, RSS will be disabled for the team. • If a non-Intel adapter is added to a team, RSS will be disabled for the team. • Non-Intel adapters with RSS enabled c[...]

AOC-PG-i2+ Add-on Card User ’s Manual 3-4 In addition, the following consider ations should be not ed when running SetupBD.exe for the driver installation: • If you uninstall an adapter ’s driver from Windows Device Manager , you must reboot before using SetupBD.exe to install a new driver . • If you install drivers on a system based on the[...]

3-5 Chapter 3: Installing the Drivers Using the DxSetup.exe Utility DxSetup.exe is a setup utility used for installing Intel PROSet. It detects the system language, searches for the appropriate transform file in the same folder, and then launches PROSETDX.msi in the language specific to th e operating system. The transform file translates the insta[...]

AOC-PG-i2+ Add-on Card User ’s Manual 3-6 Command Line Examp les Y ou can modify the paths for different operating systems and CD layouts and apply the following command line examples: Launches a Typical Install Silently: • DxSetup.exe /qn /liew • C:install.log Installing Components but Deselecting ANS, Setting ANS=0: • DxSetup.exe /qn ANS[...]

3-7 Chapter 3: Installing the Drivers Command Line Swit ches This section describes how to install Intel PROSet using PROSETDX.msi and msiexec.exe from the command line. For more information on msiexec.exe command line parameters, refer to the msiexec.exe command line options section. Windows Installer Service is installed by default in Windows 200[...]

AOC-PG-i2+ Add-on Card User ’s Manual 3-8 The following uninstalls all the Intel PROSet components. It can be used when the p ath to PROSETDX.msi is not available but the ProductCode of MSI package is known. <path to msiexec.exe> /x <ProductCode of PROSETDX.msi> /qn / liew <path to uninstall.log> Command Line Options Supported b[...]

3-9 Chapter 3: Installing the Drivers Installing Intel PROSet Silently on Windows Server 2003 for Itanium®-B ased Systems: C:WINNTSystem32msiexec.exe /i D:AppsPROSETDXWin64PROSETDX.msi /qn /liew C: install.log Installing Components but Deselecting ANS: Set the ANS=0 in the command line, for example: C:WINNTSystem32msiexec.exe /i D:Apps[...]

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4-1 Chapter 4: Linux Base Driver for the PRO/1000 Family of Adapters Chapter 4 Linux Base Driver for the PRO/1000 Family of Adapters 4-1 Overview This chapter describes the Linu x* Base Driver for the Intel ® PRO/1000 Family of Adapters. This driver supports the 2.4.x and 2. 6.x kernels. This driver includes support for Itanium ® 2-based systems.[...]

AOC-PG-i2+ Add-on Card User ’s Manual 4-2 4-3 Building and Inst allation T o build a binary RPM* package of this driver , run rpmbuild -tb <filename.tar.gz> Replace <filename.tar .gz> with the specific file name of the driver. Building a Binary RPM Package 1. Move the base driver tar file to the di rectory of your choice. For example,[...]

4-3 Chapter 4: Linux Base Driver for the PRO/1000 Family of Adapters rmmod e1000; modprobe e1000 6. Assign an IP address to the interface by entering the followin g, where <x> is the interface number: ifconfi g eth<x> <IP_address> 7. V erify that the interface wor ks. Enter the following, where <IP_address> is the IP address[...]

AOC-PG-i2+ Add-on Card User ’s Manual 4-4 T able 4-1. Command Line Parameter Settings Parameter Name V alid Rang e/ Settings Default Description AutoNeg 0x01-0x0F , 0x20-0x2F 0x2F This parameter is a bit mask that specifies which speed and duplex set tings the board advertises. When this parameter is used, the Spe ed and Duplex paramete rs must n[...]

4-5 Chapter 4: Linux Base Driver for the PRO/1000 Family of Adapters RxDescriptors 80-256 for 82542 and 82543-based adapters 80-4096 for all other supported adapters 256 This value specifies the number of recei ve buffer descriptors allocated by the driver . Increasing this value allows the driver to buf fer more incoming packet s, at the expense o[...]

AOC-PG-i2+ Add-on Card User ’s Manual 4-6 Notes on InterruptThrottleRate Since 7.3.x, the driver has two adaptive modes (setting 1 or 3) in which it dynamically adjusts the InterruptThrottleRate value based on the tr af fic that it receives. After determining the type of incoming traffic in the last time frame, it will adjust the InterruptThrottl[...]

4-7 Chapter 4: Linux Base Driver for the PRO/1000 Family of Adapters In dynamic conservative mode, the InterruptThrottleRate value is set to 400 0 for traf fic that falls in class “Bulk traffic”. If traf fic fa lls in the “Low latency” or “Lowest latency” class, the InterruptThrottleRate is increased stepwise to 20000. This de fault mod[...]

AOC-PG-i2+ Add-on Card User ’s Manual 4-8 If S peed = 10 or 100, then both S peed and Duplex should be set. Auto-negotiation is disabled, and the AutoNeg parameter is i gnored. Partner SHOULD also b e forced. The AutoNeg parameter is used when more control is required over the auto-negotiation process. It should be used when you wi sh to contr ol[...]

4-9 Chapter 4: Linux Base Driver for the PRO/1000 Family of Adapters 4-5 Additional Configurations Configuring the Driver on Diff erent Distributions Configuring a network driver to load properly when the system is started is distribution dependent. T ypically , the configuration pr ocess involves adding an alias line to /etc/modules.conf or /etc/m[...]

AOC-PG-i2+ Add-on Card User ’s Manual 4-10 Some Intel gigabit adapters that suppor t Jumbo Frames have a frame size limit of 9238 bytes, with a corresponding MTU size limi t o f 9216 bytes. The adapters with this limitation are based on the Intel® 82571EB, 82572EI, 82573L and 80003ES2LAN controllers. These correspond to the follow ing product na[...]

4-1 1 Chapter 4: Linux Base Driver for the PRO/1000 Family of Adapters Ethtool The driver utilizes the Ethtool interface for driver confi guration and diagnostics, as well as displaying statistical information. Ethtool version 1.6 or later is required for this functionality . The latest release of Ethtool can be found at: http://sourceforge.net/pro[...]

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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, aircraf t 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 o[...]

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