Supermicro AOC-M25G-m4S User Manual

User's Guide

Revision 1.0

AOC-M25G-m4S

User's Guide Revision 1.0

Release Date: Nov 28, 2017

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Preface

About this User's Guide

This user's guide is written for system integrators, PC technicians and

knowledgeable PC users. It provides information for the installation and use of the

AOC-M25G-m4S add-on card.

About this Add-on Card

The Supermicro® AOC-M25G-m4S is one of the most feature rich 25GbE control-

lers in the market. With 4-ports of 25GbE SFP28 connectivity in small form factor

SIOM, it provides unparalleled density, performance, and functionality. Based on

the Mellanox® ConnectX-4 Lx EN with features such as VXLAN, NVGRE and

RoCE; it provides exible connectivity for different networking requirements. It is

also compatible with 10GbE networks and is the most cost effective upgrade from

10GbE to 25GbE in Data Center and Cloud deployments.

An Important Note to the User

All images and layouts shown in this user's guide are based upon the latest PCB

Revision available at the time of publishing. The card you have received may or

may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in this user's guide.

Returning Merchandise for Service

A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required before

any warranty service will be rendered. You can obtain service by calling your ven-

dor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization (RMA) number. When returning the

add-on-card to the manufacturer, the RMA number should be prominently displayed

on the outside of the shipping carton, and the shipping package is mailed prepaid

or hand-carried. Shipping and handling charges will be applied for all orders that

must be mailed when service is complete. For faster service, You can also request

a RMA authorization online (http://www.supermicro.com).

This warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not cover damages in-

curred in shipping or from failure due to the alternation, misuse, abuse or improper

maintenance of products.

During the warranty period, contact your distributor rst for any product problems.

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Conventions Used in the User's Guide

Pay special attention to the following symbols for proper system installation and to

prevent damage to the system or injury to yourself:

Warning: Important information given to ensure proper system installation

or to prevent damage to the components or injury to yourself.

Note: Additional information given to differentiate between various models

or provides information for correct system setup.

Naming Convention

SMC Networking Add-on Cards

Confidential

Supermicro Networking Adapter List

Model Type Form Factor Controller Connection

Dimension

(w/o Brackets) (L x H)

Power

(W)

AOC-MGP-i2 GbE SIOM Intel® i350 AM2 2 RJ45 (1Gb/port) 3.622" (92mm) x 3.428" (87.08mm) 3.7

AOC-MGP-i4 GbE SIOM Intel® i350 AM4 4 RJ45 (1Gb/port) 3.622" (92mm) x 3.428" (87.08mm) 4.4

AOC-MTGN-i2S 10GbE SIOM Intel® 82599ES 2 SFP+ (10Gb/port) 3.622" (92mm) x 3.428" (87.08mm) 7.2

AOC-MTG-i4S 10GbE SIOM Intel® XL710-BM1 4 SFP+ (10 Gb/port) 3.622" (92mm) x 3.428" (87.08mm) 7

AOC-MTG-i2T 10GbE SIOM Intel® X550-AT2 2 RJ45 (10GBase-T) 3.622" (92m m) x 3.428" (87.08mm) 13

AOC-MTG-i4T 10GbE SIOM 2x Intel® X550-AT2 4 RJ45 (10GBase-T) 3.622" (92m m) x 3.428" (87.08mm) 26

AOC-MHIBF-m1Q2G

FDR IB

GbE

SIOM

Mellanox® ConnectX-3 Pro
Intel® i350

1 QSFP (56Gb/port)
2 RJ45 (1Gb/port)

3.622" (92mm) x 3.428" (87.08mm) 9

AOC-MHIBF-m2Q2G

FDR IB

GbE

SIOM

Mellanox® ConnectX-3 Pro
Intel® i350

2 QSFP (56Gb/port)
2 RJ45 (1Gb/port)

3.622" (92mm) x 3.428" (87.08mm) 11

AOC-MH25G-m2S2T 25GbE SIOM

Mellanox® ConnectX-4 Lx EN
Intel® X550-AT2

2 SFP28 (25Gb/port)
2 RJ45 (10GBase-T)

3.622" (92mm) x 3.428" (87.08mm) 25

AOC-MHFI-i1C

Omni-

Path

SIOM

Intel® OP HFI ASIC
(Wolf River WFR-B)

1 QSFP28 (100Gb/port) 3.622" (92mm) x 3.428" (87.08mm) 15

Character Representation Options

1st Product Family AOC: Add On Card

2nd Form Factor S: Standard, P: Proprietary, C: MicroLP,

M: Super IO Module (SIOM), MH: SIOM Hybrid

3rd Product Type/Speed G: GbE (1Gb/s), TG: 10GbE (10Gb/s), 25G: 25GbE (25Gb/s), 40G:

40GbE (40Gb/s), 50G: 50GbE (50Gb/s), 100G: 100GbE (100Gb/s),
IBE: EDR IB (100Gb/s), IBF: FDR IB (56Gb/s), IBQ: QDR IB
(40Gb/s), HFI: Host Fabric Interface

4th Chipset Model (Optional) N: Niantec (82599), P: Powerville (i350), S: Sageville (X550),

F: Fortville (XL710/X710), L: Lewisburg (PCH)

5th Chipset Manufacturer i: Intel, m: Mellanox, b: Broadcom

6th Number of Ports 1: 1 port, 2: 2 ports, 4: 4 ports

7th Connector Type (Optional) S: SFP+/SFP28, T: 10GBase-T, Q: QSFP+, C: QSFP28

8th 2

nd

Controller/Connector Type

(Optional)

G: 1x GbE RJ45, 2G: GbE 2x RJ45, S: 1x 10G SFP+, T: 10GBase-T,
2T: 2x 10GBase-T

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Confidential

Supermicro Networking Adapter List

Model Typ e Form Factor Interface Controller Connection

Dimension

(w/o Brackets) (L x H)

Power

(W)

AOC-SGP-i2 GbE Standard LP PCI-E x4 Intel® i350 AM2 2 RJ45 (1Gb/port) 3.9” (99mm) x 2.73” (69mm) 3.5

AOC-SGP-i4 GbE Standard LP PCI-E x4 Intel® i350 AM4 4 RJ45 (1Gb/port) 3.9” (99mm) x 2.73” (69mm) 5

AOC-STG-i2T 10GbE Standar d LP PCI-E x8 Intel® X540-AT2 2 RJ45 (10GBase-T) 5.9” (150mm) x 2.73” (69mm) 13

AOC-STGS-i1T 10GbE S tandard LP PCI-E x4 Intel® X550-AT 1 RJ45 (10GBase-T) 5.9” (150mm) x 2.73” (69mm) 9

AOC-STGS-i2T 10GbE S tandard LP PCI-E x4 Intel® X550-AT2 2 RJ45 (10GBase-T) 5.9” (150mm) x 2.73” (69mm) 11

AOC-STG-i4T 10GbE Standar d LP PCI-E x8 Intel® XL710-BM1 4 RJ45 (10GBase-T) 5.9” (14.99cm) x 2.73”(6.9cm) 15.5

AOC-STGN-i1S 10GbE Standard LP PCI-E x8 Intel® 82598EN 1 SFP+ (10Gb/port ) 4.0” (102mm) x 2.73” (69mm) 10

AOC-STGN-i2S 10GbE Standard LP PCI-E x8 Intel® 82599ES 2 SFP+ (10Gb/p ort) 4.0” (102m m) x 2.73” (69mm) 11.2

AOC-STGF-i2S 10GbE S tandard LP PCI-E x8 Intel® X710-BM2 2 SFP+ (10Gb/port) 5.19” (132mm) x 2.73” (69m m) 5.6

AOC-STG-b4S 10GbE Standard LP PCI-E x8 Broadcom® BCM57840S 4 SFP+ (10Gb/port) 5.4” (137mm) x 2.73” (69mm) 14

AOC-STG-i4S 10GbE Standard LP PCI-E x8 Intel® XL710-BM1 4 SFP+ (10Gb/port) 5.9” (150mm) x 2.73” (69mm) 8

AOC-S25G-m2S 25GbE S tandard LP PCI-E x8 Mellanox® CX-4 LX 2 SFP28 (25Gb/port) 5.6" (142mm) x 2.713“ (69mm ) 8.7

AOC-S40G-i1Q 40GbE Standar d LP PCI-E x8 Intel® XL710-BM1 1 QSFP+ (40Gb/por t) 5.9” (150mm) x 2.73” (69mm) 6.5

AOC-S40G-i2Q 40GbE Standar d LP PCI-E x8 Intel® XL710-BM2 2 QSFP+ (40Gb/por t) 5.9” (150mm) x 2.73” (69mm) 7

AOC-S100G-m2C 100GbE Standard LP PCI-E x16 Mellanox® CX-4 EN 2 QSFP28 (100Gb/port) 6.6” (168mm) x 2.73” (69mm) 16.3

Confidential

Supermicro Networking Adapter List

Model Typ e Form Factor Interface Controller Connection

Dimension

(w/o Brackets) (L x H)

Power

(W)

AOC-PTG-i1S 10GbE Proprietary PCI-E x8 Intel® 82599EN 1 SFP+ (10Gb/port) 10.04” (255mm) x .78” (20mm) 7.5

AOC-UG-i4 GbE UIO FH PCI-E x8 Intel® 82571EB 4 RJ45 (1Gb/port) 6.6” (167mm) x 3.9” (98mm) 10

AOC-CGP-i2 GbE MicroLP PCI-E x4 Intel® i350 AM2 2 RJ45 (1Gb/port) 4.45” (113mm) x 1.54” (39mm ) 4

AOC-CG-i2 GbE MicroLP PCI-E x4 Intel® 82580 2 RJ45 (1Gb/port) 4.45” (113mm) x 1.3” (34mm) 4

AOC-CIBF-m1 FDR IB MicroLP P CI-E x8 Mellanox® ConnectX-3 1 QSFP (56Gb/port) 4.85" (123mm) x 1.54" (39mm) 7

AOC-CTG-i1S 10GbE MicroLP PCI-E x8 Intel® 82599EN 1 SFP+ (10Gb/port) 4.85" (123mm) x 1.54" (39mm) 10

AOC-CTG-i2S 10GbE MicroLP PCI-E x8 Intel® 82599ES 2 SFP+ (10Gb/port) 4.85" (123mm) x 1.54" (39mm) 11

AOC-CTG-i2T 10GbE MicroLP PCI-E x8 Intel® X540-AT2 2 RJ45 (10GBase-T) 4.8” (123mm) x 2.75” (77mm) 13

AOC-CTGS-i2T 10GbE MicroLP PCI-E x4 Intel® X550-AT2 2 RJ45 (10GBase-T) 4.45” (113mm) x 1.54” (39mm) 12

AOC-C25G-m1S

25GbE MicroLP PCI-E x8 Mellanox® CX-4 Lx EN 1 SFP28 (28Gb/port) 4.45” (113mm) x 1.54” (39mm) 8.5

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Contacting Supermicro

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 Overview

1-1 Overview ......................................................................................................... 1-1

1-2 Key Features ................................................................................................... 1-1

1-3 Specications .................................................................................................. 1-1

1-4 Available SKUs ............................................................................................... 1-5

1-5 Similar Products .............................................................................................. 1-5

1-6 Optional Parts List ........................................................................................... 1-6

Chapter 2 Hardware Components

2-1 Add-On Card Image and Layout ..................................................................... 2-1

2-2 Major Components .......................................................................................... 2-2

2-3 SFP28 Ethernet Connections.......................................................................... 2-3

2-4 System Management Bus (SMB) .................................................................... 2-4

Chapter 3 Installation

3-1 Static-Sensitive Devices .................................................................................. 3-1

3-2 Before Installation ........................................................................................... 3-2

3-3 Installing the Add-on Card .............................................................................. 3-2

3-4 Installing Drivers (for Mellanox® ConnectX®-4 Lx En) .................................. 3-5

Linux Drivers ................................................................................................... 3-5

Windows Drivers ............................................................................................. 3-6

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