ADLINK XMC-E540 User Manual

XMC-E540

Dual-port 10GBASE-T Ethernet XMC module

with Intel® Ethernet Controller X540

User’s Manual

Manual Rev.: 2.00
Revision Date: August 7, 2013
Part No: 50-1Z124-1000

Advance Technologies; Automate the World.

Revision History

Revision Release Date Description of Change(s)

2.00 2013/08/07 Initial release

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XMC-E540

Preface

Copyright 2013 ADLINK Technology, Inc.

This document contains proprietary infor mation protected by cop y­right. All rights are reserved. No part of this manual may be repro­duced by any mechanical, electronic, or other means in any form
without prior written permission of the manufacturer.

Disclaimer

The information in this document is subject to change without prior
notice in order to improve reliability, design, and function and does
not represent a commitment on the part of the manufact ur er.

In no event will the manufacturer be liable for direct, indirect, spe­cial, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use or
inability to use the product or documentation, even if advised of
the possibility of such damages.

Environmental Responsibility

ADLINK is committed to fulfill its social responsibility to global
environmental preservation through compliance with the Euro­pean Union's Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) direc­tive and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
directive. Environmental protection is a top priority for ADLINK.
We have enforced measures to ensure th at our products, manu­facturing processes, components, and raw materials have as little
impact on the environment as possible. When produ ct s ar e at th eir
end of life, our customers are encouraged to dispose of them in
accordance with the product disposal and/or recovery programs
prescribed by their nation or company.

Trademarks

Product names mentioned herein are used for identification pur­poses only and may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks
of their respective companies.

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Using this Manual

Audience and Scope

The XMC-E540 User’s Manual is intended for hardware

technicians and systems operators with knowledge of installing,
configuring and operating industrial grade computer systems.

Manual Organization

This manual is organized as follows:
Chapter 1, Introduction: Introduces the XMC-E540, its features,

block diagrams, and package contents.
Chapter 2, Specifications: Presents detailed specification infor-

mation.
Chapter 3, Board Interfaces: Describes the XMC-E540 connec-

tors and switches.
Chapter 4, Getting Started: Describes the installation of the

XMC-E540 to the carrier and driver installation.
Important Safety Instructions: Presents safety instructions all

users must follow for the proper setup, installation and usage of
equipment and/or software.

Getting Service: Contact information for ADLINK’s worldwide
offices.

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Conventions

Take note of the following conventions used throughout this
manual to make sure that users perform certain tasks and
instructions properly.

Additional information, aids, and tips that help users perform
tasks.

NOTE:

NOTE:

Information to prevent minor physical injury, component dam­age, data loss, and/or program corruption when trying to com-

CAUTION:

WARNING:

plete a task.

Information to prevent serious physical injury, component
damage, data loss, and/or program corruption when trying to
complete a specific task.

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XMC-E540

Table of Contents

Revision History...................................................................... ii

Preface.................................................................................... iii

List of Figures........................................................................ ix

List of Tables.......................................................................... xi

1 Introduction ........................................................................ 1

1.1 Overview.............................................................................. 1

1.2 Features............................................................................... 1

1.3 Block Diagram ..................................................................... 2

1.4 Package Contents ............................................................... 3

2 Specifications..................................................................... 5

2.1 XMC-E540 Module .............................................................. 5

2.2 Intel® Ethernet Controller X540-AT2................................... 6

2.3 Power Consumption ............................ ... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... 7

3 Board Interfaces................................................................. 9

3.1 XMC-E540 Board Layout..................................................... 9

3.2 Connector Pin Assignments .............................................. 10

4 Getting Started ................................................................. 13

4.1 Installing the Module.......................................................... 13

4.2 Driver Installation................................................. ... ... ... .... . 14

Important Safety Instructions.............................................. 15

Getting Service...................................................................... 17

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List of Figures

Figure 1-1: XMC-E540 Functional Block Diagram .............................2

Figure 3-1: XMC-E540 Board Layout................................................. 9

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List of Tables

Table 2-1: XMC-E540 Power Consumption...................................... 7

Table 3-1: RJ-45 10GbE Connector Pin Definitions....................... 10

Table 3-2: XMC Connector Pin Definition........ ... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... .. 11

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1 Introduction

1.1 Overview

The XMC-E540 is a dual-port 10GBASE-T Ethernet XMC module
with equipped with an Inte® Ethernet Controller X540. Featured
are dual RJ-45 copper ports supporting 10G/1000/100BASE-T
with auto-negotiation, jumbo frames up to 15.5KB, TCP/UDP seg­mentation, IPv6 IP/TCP, IP/UDP receive checksum offload, FCoE
Tx/Rx CRC offload, and 256KB FCoE transmit segmentation. The
XMC-E540 is compliant with the VITA 42.3-2006 XMC PCI
Express Protocol Layer Standard.

1.2 Features

X Compliant with VITA 42.3 XMC standard with XMC.3 con-

nector

X Dual-port Intel® 10Gigabit Ethernet Controller X540-AT2
X 10G/1G/100Mbps copper PHYs integrated on-chip
X Jumbo frames up to 15.5KB
X TCP/UDP segmentation, IPv6 IP/TCP, IP/UDP receive

checksum offload

X FCoE Tx/Rx CRC offload, 256KB FCoE transmit segmenta-

tion

X Compliant with PCI Express Base Specification Rev. 2.1

(5GT/s)

X Compatible with PCIe x1, x2, x4, x8 lanes
X Dual RJ-45 copper ports
X Backward compatible with 1000BASE-T by auto-negotiation
X Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) support

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Introduction 1

1.3 Block Diagram

MDI0

MDI1

Intel X540

PCIe x1 / x2 / x4 / x8

Figure 1-1: XMC-E540 Functional Block Diagram

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XMC-E540

1.4 Package Contents

The XMC-E540 is packaged with the following components. If any
of the items on the contents list are missing or damaged, retain the
shipping carton and packing material and contact the dealer for
inspection. Please obtain authorization before returning any prod­uct to ADLINK. The packing contents of the XMC-E540 are
non-standard configurations and may vary depending on customer
requests.

X XMC-E540 module
X ADLINK All-in-One DVD
X User’s manual

This product must be protected from static discharge and
physical shock. Never remove any of the components

CAUTION:

except at a static-free workstation. Use the anti-static bag
shipped with the product when putting the board on a sur­face. Wear an anti-static wrist strap properly grounded on
one of the system's ESD ground jacks when installing or
servicing system components.

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2 Specifications

2.1 XMC-E540 Module

Standards VITA 42.3-2006 XMC PCI Express Protocol Layer Standard
Form Factor • IEEE P1386, Standard XMC.3

• 74 mm x 149 mm x 8.2 mm (single width)

Controller Intel® Ethernet Controller X540-AT2

• Dual port 100Mb/1000Mb/10Gb data rate

• Intel® Virtualization Technology for Connectivity (VMDq,
SR-IOV)

• Fiber Channel over Ethernet

• MACsec IEEE 802.1 AE

• IEEE 1588

• Intel® Data Direct I/O Technology

• Intelligent Offloads

• Storage Over Ethernet (iSCSI, FCoE, NFS)

Interface • PCI Express base specification 2.1 (2.5GT/s or 5GT/s)

• Supports PCI Express x1, x4, x8 lanes

• 64-bit address support for systems using more than 4 GB
of physical memory

I/O • Two RJ-45 10G/1000/100BASE-T ports

• Auto-negotiation of 10 Gb/s, 1 Gb/s, 100Mb/s mode

OS
Compatibility

Environmental • Operating Temperature: 0°C to 60°C (with forced air flow)

EMI • CE EN55022

• Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit

• Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 R2 (32-bit x86)

• Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008 64-bit

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 x86

• Other OS support upon request

• Storage Temperature: -40°C to 85°C

• Humidity: 95%@60°C non-condensing

• Vibration: Operating 2Grms, 5-500Hz

• FCC Class A

Specifications are subject to change without prior notice.

NOTE:

NOTE:

Specifications 5

2.2 Intel® Ethernet Controller X540-AT2

The following section describes the features and functions of
Intel® Ethernet Controller X540-AT2

X 10 GbE/1 GbE/100 Mb/s copper PHYs integrated on-chip
X Support for jumbo frames of up to 15.5 KB
X Flow control support: send/receive pause frames and

receive

X FIFO thresholds
X Statistics for management and RMON
X 802.1q VLAN support
X TCP segmentation offload: up to 256 KB
X IPv6 support for IP/TCP and IP/UDP receive checksum

offload

X Fragmented UDP checksum offload for packet reassembly
X Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI)
X Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI-X)
X Interrupt throttling control to limit maximum interrupt rate

and improve CPU usage

X Flow Director (16 x 8 and 32 x 4)
X 128 transmit queues
X Receive packet split header
X Receive header replication
X Dynamic interrupt moderation
X DCA support
X TCP timer interrupts
X No snoop
X Relaxed ordering
X Support for 64 virtual machines per port (64 VMs x 2

queues)

X Support for Data Center Bridging (DCB);(802.1Qaz,
X 802.1Qbb, 802.1p)
X PCIe base specification 2.1 (2.5GT/s or 5GT/s)
X Bus width - x1, x2, x4, x8

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XMC-E540

2.3 Power Consumption

The power consumption data of the XMC-E540 was measured
installed in an ADLINK cPCI-6510 carrier blade using a Spirent
SmartBits network performance analysis system.

Power Consumption

Engine Clock Current @ 5V Power (W)

Idle Load 0.44 A 2.2 W

Max. Load 1.50 A 7.5 W

Table 2-1: XMC-E540 Power Consumption

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3 Board Interfaces

This chapter illustrates the board layout, connector pin
assignments, and switch settings to familiarize users with the
XMC-E540.

3.1 XMC-E540 Board Layout

CN3

U2

CN2

XMC-E540

CN1

U2 Intel X540
CN1 XMC connector
CN2/3 RJ-45 10GbE connectors

Figure 3-1: XMC-E540 Board Layout

Figure 3-2: XMC-E540 Front Panel

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3.2 Connector Pin Assignments

RJ-45 10G Ethernet Connectors (CN2/3)

Pin # 100BASE-TX 10G/1000BASE-T

1 TX+ LAN_TX0+
2TX- LAN_TX0­3 RX+ LAN_TX1+
4 -- LAN_TX2+
5 -- LAN_TX2­6RX- LAN_TX1­7 -- LAN_TX3+
8 -- LAN_TX3+

Table 3-1: RJ-45 10GbE Connector Pin Definitions

Status ACT SPEED

Network link is not established

or system powered off

100 Mbps

(100BASE-T)

1000 Mbps

(1000BASE-TX)

10 Gbps

(10GBASE-T)

Link On (Green)

Active Blinking

Link On (Green)

Active Blinking

Link On (Green)

Active Blinking

Off Off

81

ACT SPEED

Off

Yellow

Blue

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XMC-E540

XMC Connector (CN1)

A19A1

F19F1

Pin# A B C D E F

1 PET0p0 PET0n0 3.3V PET0p1 PET0n1 VPWR
2 GND GND Reserved GND GND MRSTI#
3 PET0p2 PET0n2 3.3V PET0p3 PET0n3 VPWR
4 GND GND Reserved GND GND Reserved
5 PET0p4 PET0n4 3.3V PET0p5 PET0n5 VPWR
6 GND GND Reserved GND GND NC
7 PET0p6 PET0n6 3.3V PET0p7 PET0n7 VPWR
8GNDGNDNCGNDGND NC

9NC NCNCNCNCVPWR
10 GND GND NC GND GND Reserved
11 PER0p0 PER0n0 Reserved PER0p1 PER0n1 VPWR
12 GND GND Reserved GND GND MPRESENT#
13 PER0p2 PER0n2 Reserved PER0p3 PER0n3 VPWR
14 GND GND Reserved GND GND Reserved
15 PER0p4 PER0n4 N.C. PER0p5 PER0n5 VPWR
16 GND GND Reserved GND GND Reserved
17 PER0p6 PER0n6 N.C. PER0p7 PER0n7 N.C.
18 GND GND N.C. GND GND N.C.
19 REFCLK+0 REFCLK-0 N.C. N.C. N.C. N.C.

Table 3-2: XMC Connector Pin Definition

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4 Getting Started

4.1 Installing the Module

1. Remove the XMC slot filler faceplate from the front panel
of the host board.

2. Insert the faceplate of the XMC module into the XMC slot
in the front panel of the host board.

3. Carefully align the male connectors of the XMC module
(component-side down) to the female connectors of the
host board and firmly press down.

4. Secure the XMC module with the four screws provided
from the bottom side of the host board.

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Getting Started 13

4.2 Driver Installation

The XMC-E540 drivers can be found on the ADLINK All-In-One
DVD at X:\XMC\XMC-E540\LAN, or at the ADLINK website (http:/
/www.adlinktech.com). Driver installation procedures for Win­dows 7 are described below.

1. Install the Windows operating system before installing any
driver. Most standard I/O device drivers are installed during
Windows installation.

2.

Install the LAN drivers by extracting and running the execut­able file in

We recommend using the drivers provided on the ADLINK
All-in-One DVD or downloaded from the ADLINK website to
ensure compatibility.

...\LAN\Intel_Network_Adapter_AllOS_v16.6.zip

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XMC-E540

Important Safety Instructions

For user safety, please read and follow all instructions,
WARNINGS, CAUTIONS, and NOTES marked in this manual

and on the associated equipment before handling/operating the
equipment.

X Read these safety instructions carefully.
X Keep this user’s manual for future reference.
X Read the specifications section of this manual for detailed

information on the operating environment of this equipment.

X When installing/mounting or uninstalling/removing

equipment:

Z Turn off power and u nplug any power cords/cables.

X To avoid electrical shock and/or damage to equipment:

Z Keep equipment away from water or liquid sources;
Z Keep equipment away from high heat or high humidity;
Z Keep equipment properly ventilated (do not block or

cover ventilation openings);

Z Make sure to use recommended voltage and powe r

source settings;

Z Always install and operate equipment near an easily

accessible electrical socket-outlet;

Z Secure the power cord (do not place any obje ct on /ove r

the power cord);

Z Only install/attach and operate equipment on stable

surfaces and/or recommended mountings; and,

Z If the equipment will not be used for long periods of time,

turn off and unplug the equipment from its power source.

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X Never attempt to fix the equipment. Equipmen t sho u ld on ly

be serviced by qualified personnel.

A Lithium-type battery may be provided for uninterrupted, backup
or emergency power.

Risk of explosion if battery is replaced with one of an incorrect

WARNING:

type. Dispose of used batteries appropriately.

X Equipment must be serviced by authorized technicians

when:

Z The power cord or plug is damaged;
Z Liquid has penetrated the equipment;
Z It has been exposed to high humidity/moisture;
Z It is not functioning or does not function according to the

user’s manual;

Z It has been dropped and/or damaged; and/or,
Z It has an obvious sign of breakage.

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Getting Service

Contact us should you require any service or assistance.

ADLINK Technology, Inc.

Address: 9F, No.166 Jian Yi Road, Zhonghe District
New Taipei City 235, Taiwan

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Fax: [phone]
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Ampro ADLINK Technology, Inc.

Address: 5215 Hellyer Avenue, #110, San Jose, CA 95138, USA
Tel: [phone]
Toll Free: [phone] (USA only)
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Pudong New Area, Shanghai, 201203 China
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XMC-E540

ADLINK Technology Beijing

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LiPPERT ADLINK Technology GmbH

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Rm. 801, Power Creative E, No. 1, B/D

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2F, C Block, Bldg. A1, Cyber-Tech Zone, Gao Xin Ave. Sec. 7,

High-Tech Industrial Park S., Shenzhen, 518054 China

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ADLINK Technology, Inc. (French Liaison Office)

Address: 15 rue Emile Baudot, 91300 Massy CEDEX, France
Tel: [phone]
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ADLINK Technology Japan Corporation

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Address: 84 Genting Lane #07-02A, Cityneon Design Centre,

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Address: 1st Floor, #50-56 (Between 16th/17th Cross) Margosa Plaza,

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Singapore 349584

Margosa Main Road, Malleswaram, Bangalore-560055, India

ADLINK Technology, Inc. (Israeli Liaison Office)

Address: 6 Hasadna St., Kfar Saba 44424, Israel
Tel: [phone]
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