Supermicro AOC-STG-i2T operation manual

AOC-STG-i2T

User's Guide

Revision 1.0c

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User's Guide Revision 1.0c

Release Date: September 23, 2015

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Preface

About this User's Guide

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

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

AOC-STG-i2T add-on card.

About this Add-on Card

The Supermicro AOC-STG-i2T is the most energy-efcient and cost-effective

10GbE adapter solution for data centers in today's market. The AOC-STG-i2T offers

auto-negotiation between 1GbE and 10GbE, supporting backward compatibility for

smooth transition from 1GbE to 10GbE. It addresses the demands of bandwidth-

intensive applications at a fraction of the cost of a traditional 10GbE adapter by

utilizing RJ-45 connections for a longer cabling distance. The Supermicro AOC-

STG-i2T 10GbE adapter is truly a best-in-class solution for advanced data centers.

This add-on card is intended to be used with Supermicro's servers or motherboards

as an integrated solution package. For more information regarding product support

or updates, please refer to our website at http://www.supermicro.com/products/nfo/

networking.cfm#adapter.

Preface

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

motherboard 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/RmaForm/).

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.

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Confidential

Naming Convention for Networking Adapters

Confidential

Networking Adapter List

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

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

A O C – S T G N – i 2 S

1 – 2 3 4 – 5 6 7

Character Representation Options

1st Product Family AOC: Add On Card

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

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

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

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 (Opt ional) S: SFP+, T: 10GBase-T, Q: QSFP+

(40Gb/s), IBF: FDR IB (56Gb/s), IBQ: QDR IB (40Gb/s)

S: Sageville (X550)

SMC Networking Add-on Cards

Model Type Form Factor Interface Controller Connection

SGP-i2 GbE Standard LP PCI-E x4 Intel® i350 AM2 2 RJ45 (1Gb/port) 3.9” (9.9cm) x 2.73” (6.9cm) 3.5

SGP-i4 GbE Standard LP PCI-E x4 Intel® i350 AM4 4 RJ45 (1Gb/port) 3.9” (9.9cm) x 2.73” (6.9cm) 5

STG-b4S 10Gb E Standard LP PCI-E x8 Broadcom® BCM 57840S 4 SFP+ (10Gb/port) 5.4” (13.7cm) x 2.73” (6.9cm) 14

STG-i2T 10GbE Standard LP PCI-E x8 Intel® X540 2 RJ45 (10Gb/port) 5.9” (14.99cm) x 2.73” (6.9cm) 13

STGN-i2S 10GbE Standard LP PCI-E x8 Intel® 82599ES 2 SFP+ (10Gb/port) 4.0” (10.2cm) x 2.73” (6.9cm) 11.2

STGN-i1S 10GbE Standard LP PCI-E x8 Intel® 82598EN 1 SFP+ (10Gb/port) 4.0” (10.2cm) x 2.73” (6.9cm) 10

STG-i4S 10GbE Standard LP PCI-E x8 Intel® XL710-AM1 4 SFP+ (10Gb/port) 5.9” (14.9cm) x 2.73” (6.9cm) 8

S40G-i2Q 40GbE Standard LP PCI-E x8 Intel® XL710 AM2 2 QSFP+ (40Gb/port) 5.9” (14.9cm) x 2.73” (6.9cm) 7

PTG-i1S 10GbE Proprietary PCI-E x8 Int el® 82599EN 1 SFP+ (10Gb/port) 10.04” (25.5cm) x .78” (2.0cm) 7.5

UG-i4 GbE UIO FH PCI-E x8 Intel® 82571EB 4 RJ45 (1Gb /port) 6.6” (16.7cm) x 3.9” ( 9.8cm) 10

UIBF-m1 FDR IB UIO LP PCI-E x8 Mellanox® ConnectX-3 1 QSFP (56Gb/port) 5.63” (14.3cm) x 2.73” (6.9cm) 7

UIBQ-m1 QDR IB UIO LP PCI-E x8 Mellanox® ConnectX-2 1 QSFP (40Gb/port) 5.63” (14.3cm) x 2.73” (6.9cm) 7

UIBQ-m2 QDR IB UIO LP PCI-E x8 Mellanox® ConnectX-2 2 QSFP (40Gb/port) 5.63” (14.3cm) x 2.73” (6.9cm) 8

CGP-i2 GbE M icroLP PCI-E x4 Intel® i350 AM2 2 RJ45 (1Gb/port) 4.45” (11.3cm) x 1.54” (3.9cm) 4

CG-i2 GbE MicroLP PCI-E x4 Intel® 82580 2 RJ45 (1Gb/port) 4.45” (11.3cm) x 1.3” (3.4cm) 4

CIBF-m1 FDR IB MicroLP PCI-E x8 Mellanox® ConnectX-3 1 QSFP (56Gb/port) 4.85" (12.3cm) x 1.54" (3.9cm) 7

CIBQ-m1 QDR IB MicroLP PCI-E x8 Mellanox® ConnectX-3 1 QSFP (40Gb/port) 4.85" (12.3cm) x 1.54" (3.9cm) 7

CTG-i1S 10GbE MicroLP PCI-E x8 Intel® 82599EN 1 SFP+ (10Gb/port) 4.85" (12.3cm) x 1.54" (3.9cm) 10

CTG-i2S 10GbE MicroLP PCI-E x8 Intel® 82599ES 2 SFP+ (10Gb/port) 4.85" (12.3cm) x 1.54" (3.9cm) 11

CTG-i2T 10GbE MicroLP PCI-E x8 Intel® X540 2 RJ45 (10Gb/port) 4.8” (12.3cm) x 2.75” (7.7cm ) 13

CTGS-i2T 10GbE M icroLP PCI-E x4 Intel® X550 2 RJ45 (10Gb/port) 4.45” (11.3cm) x 1.54” (3.9cm)

Dimension

(w/o Brackets) (L x H)

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Power

(W)

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Contacting Supermicro

Headquarters

Address: Super Micro Computer, Inc.

980 Rock Ave.

San Jose, CA 95131 U.S.A.

Tel: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Email: [e-mail] (General Information)

[e-mail] (Technical Support)

Website: www.supermicro.com

Europe

Address: Super Micro Computer B.V.

Het Sterrenbeeld 28, 5215 ML

's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

Tel: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Email: [e-mail] (General Information)

[e-mail] (Technical Support)

[e-mail] (Customer Support)

Website: www.supermicro.nl

Preface

Asia-Pacic

Address: Super Micro Computer, Inc.

3F, No. 150, Jian 1st Rd.

Zhonghe Dist., New Taipei City 235

Taiwan (R.O.C)

Tel: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Website: www.supermicro.com.tw

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Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 Overview

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

1-2 Product Highlights ........................................................................................... 1-1

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

1-4 Compliance/Operating Environment ............................................................... 1-4

Chapter 2 Hardware Components

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

2-2 Major Components .......................................................................................... 2-4

2-3 Differences between Rev. 2.01, Rev. 2.00 and Rev. .01 ................................ 2-4

2-4 Jumpers and Indicators for Rev. 1.01 ............................................................. 2-5

Explanation of Jumpers .................................................................................. 2-5

3.3V Standby Power Enable ...................................................................... 2-5

GLAN Port LEDs ........................................................................................ 2-6

2-5 Jumpers and Indicators for Rev. 2.00 and Rev. 2.01 ..................................... 2-7

JP1 5-Pin Connnector ................................................................................ 2-7

JP2 Thermal Alert Connector ..................................................................... 2-7

S1 DIP Switch ............................................................................................ 2-7

GLAN Port LEDs ........................................................................................ 2-8

LED1 Thermal Alert Status LED ................................................................2-8

Chapter 3 Installation

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

Precautions ..................................................................................................... 3-1

Unpacking ....................................................................................................... 3-1

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

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

3-4 Installing Drivers on Windows ......................................................................... 3-3

3-5 Installing Drivers on Linux ............................................................................... 3-3

Build a Binary RPM Package.......................................................................... 3-3

3-6 Installing Drivers on FreeBSD ........................................................................ 3-5

3-7 Asset Management Features .......................................................................... 3-8

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Chapter 1: Overview

Chapter 1

Overview

1-1 Overview

Congratulations on purchasing your add-on card from an acknowledged leader in

the industry. Supermicro products are designed with the utmost attention to detail

to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance. For product

support and updates, please refer to our website at http://www.supermicro.com/

products/nfo/networking.cfm#adapter.

1-2 Product Highlights

The product highlights of this add-on card include the following:

• Dual RJ45 Connectors

• Low-Prole, Short Length Standard Form Factor

• PCI Express 2.1 (2.5GT/s or 5GT/s)

• Asset Management Features (SMC systems only) (Rev. 2.00 and 2.01)

• Intel® QuickData Technology

• VMDq, Next-Generation VMDq, and PC-SIG SR-IOV for Virtualized Environ

ments

• Jumbo Frame Support up to 15.5KB

• Load Balancing on Multiple CPUs

• iSCSI Remote Boot Support

1-3 Technical Specications

General

• Intel® X540 10GbE controller with integrated 10GBase-T copper PHYs

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• Compact size low-prole standard form factor

• PCI-E x8 2.1 (2.5GT/s or 5GT/s) interface

• Dual RJ-45 connectors with speed up to 10Gb/port

• Load balancing on multiple CPUs

• Intel® PROSet Utility for Windows® Device Manager

• Maximum power consumption: about 13W

I/O Features

• Intel® QuickData Technology: DMA engine that enhances data acceleration and

lowers CPU usage

• Support for jumbo frames of up to 15.5KB

• 802.1q VLAN support

• Two integrated independent 10GBase-T interfaces operate at 10GBase-T

(10Gb/s) and 1000Base-T (1Gb/s) modes

• Direct Cache Access (DCA) to avoid cache misses

• MSI-X support to minimize interrupt overhead and to allow load-balancing be-

tween multiple cores/CPUs

• Receives and Transmits Side Scaling for Windows environment and Scalable

I/O for Linux environments

Performance

• TCP/UDP Segmentation Ofoad

• IPv6 Support for IP/TCP and IP/UDP Receive Checksum Ofoad

• Supports Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)

• Low latency interrupts

• DCA support

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Chapter 1: Overview

Virtualization

• Support for Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq and Next-generation VMDq)

• L2 Ethernet MAC address and VLAN lters

• PC-SIG SR-IOV implementation

• Advanced Packet Filtering

• VLAN support to allow creation of multiple VLAN segments\

• VXLAN through Software

Manageability

• Asset Management Features (SMC systems only) (Rev. 2.00 and 2.01)

• Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) support

• Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and Remote Network Monitoring

(RMON) statistics counters

• iSCSI remote boot

Required Cables

• RJ-45 Category-6 up to 55m; Category-6A up to 100m.

OS Support

The AOC-STG-i2T add-on card supports the following operating systems (OS):

• Windows® Server 2008 R2 SP1, 7 SP1, Server 2008 SP2, Vista SP2, Server

2003 R2, 2003 SP2, 2008 SP2.

• Linux Kernel version 3.1.x & 2.6.X

• FreeBSD

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Dimensions

The AOC-STG-i2T add-on card supports both full-height and low-prole brackets.

The dimensions of the card is listed below:

• Rev. 1.01: 5.4 in. (13.7 cm) x 2.73 in (6.93 cm) (L x H)

• Rev. 2.00: 6.4 in (16.26 cm) x 2.73 in (6.93 cm) (L x H)

• Rev. 2.01: 5.9 in. (14.99 cm) x 2.73 in (6.93 cm) (L x H)

Platform Support

The following platforms are supported by the AOC-STG-i2T add-on card:

• Motherboards with minimum PCI-E x8 slot support

• Server systems with low-prole or full-height PCI-E x8 expansion slots

Note: This product is intended to be used with Supermicro server systems

or motherboards as an integrated solution package.

1-4 Compliance/Operating Environment

The AOC-STG-i2T add-on card is compliant with the following environmental regula-

tions:

• RoHS Compliant 6/6, Pb Free

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Chapter 2: Hardware Components

Chapter 2

Hardware Components

2-1 Add-On Card Image and Layout

1

6

6

2

3

5

4

The AOC-STG-i2T R2.01 Image

5.9"

1

6

LED1

2

3

DESIGNED IN USA

JLAN1

JLAN2

Intel X540
LAN Chip

AOC-STG-i2T

FAN1

REV: 2.01

1

JP1

2.73"

S1

5

1

JP2

4

The AOC-STG-i2T R2.01 Layout

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1

5

6

6

2

3

The AOC-STG-i2T R2.00 Image

6.4"

DESIGNED IN USA

6

LED1

2

3

JLAN1

JLAN2

1

Intel X540
LAN Chip

AOC-STG-i2T

REV: 2.00

S1

5

JP2

4

4

1

JP1

2.73"

1

The AOC-STG-i2T R2.00 Layout

4

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4

1

2

3

The AOC-STG-i2T R1.01 Image

5.4"

1

U216

JLAN1

JLAN2

LAN Port1

(R)

U201

LAN Port2

U202

Intel X540
LAN Chip

FAN1

2

3

4

J2

3V Standby
PWR Enable

2.73"

AOC-STG-i2T

Rev. 1.01

The AOC-STG-i2T R1.01 Layout

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2-2 Major Components

The following major components are installed on the AOC-STG-i2T R1.01:

1. Intel® X540 10Gb LAN Controller

2. (RJ45 Ethernet) LAN Port 1 & LAN1 LED Indicator

3. (RJ45 Ethernet) LAN Port 2 & LAN2 LED Indicator

4. 3.3V Standby Power Enable (Jumper)

The following major components are installed on the AOC-STG-i2T R2.00 and

R2.01:

1. Intel® X540 10Gb LAN Controller

2. (RJ45 Ethernet) LAN Port 1 & LAN1 LED Indicator

3. (RJ45 Ethernet) LAN Port 2 & LAN2 LED Indicator

4. Thermal Alert Connector (JP2)

5. DIP Switch (S1)

6. LED1 (Thermal Alert LED Status)

2-3 Differences between Rev. 2.01, Rev. 2.00 and Rev.

1.01

Refer to the table below for the differences between the two revisions.

Rev. 2.01 Rev. 2.00 Rev. 1.01

1. LAN connectors updated 1. Passive heatsink (no fan) 1. Active heatsink (with fan)

2. FH/LP brackets updated 2. Asset Management 2. No Asset Management

3. PCB shortened: 5.9 in. (14.99
cm) x 2.73 in (6.93 cm) (L x H)

3. Both FH and LP brackets are
perforated for better air cooling

4. Card dimension: 6.4 in (16.26 cm)
x 2.73 in (6.93 cm) (L x H)

2-4

3. Non-perforated brackets

4. Card dimension: 5.4 in (13.72
cm) x 2.73 in (6.93 cm) (L x H)

2-4 Jumpers and Indicators for

Connector

Pins

Jumper

Cap

Setting

Rev. 1.01

Explanation of Jumpers

To modify the operation of the add-on card, a

jumper can be used to choose between optional

settings. A jumper creates shorts between two

pins to change the function of the connector. Pin

1 is identied with a square solder pad on the

printed circuit board. See the add-on card layout

on Page 2-1 for the jumper location.

Note: On two-pin jumpers, "Closed"

means the jumper is on and "Open"

means the jumper is off the pins.

Chapter 2: Hardware Components

3 2 1

3 2 1

Pin 1-2 short

3.3V Standby Power Enable

The 3.3V Standby Power Enable jumper is

located at J2 on the add-on card. Refer to the

layout on Page 2-1 for the location of the jump-

er. Close Pins 1 & 2 to enable 3.3V Standby

Power for Wake-on-LAN support. The default

setting is Disabled.

Note: If this jumper is set to "Enabled", LAN chip overheat may occur.

Be sure to provide adequate system cooling when the jumper is enabled.

2-5

3.3V Standby PWR Enable
Jumper Settings

Jumper setting Denition

1-2 Enabled

(See the note below)

2-3 Disabled (default)

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GLAN Port LEDs

Two LAN ports (LAN 1/LAN 2) are

located on the add-on card. Each

Ethernet LAN port has two LEDs. The

green LED on the left indicates activity;

while the other LED on the right may

be green, amber or Off to indicate the

speeds of the connections. See the ta-

bles on the right for more information.

Activity LED

LAN 1/LAN 2 Activity LED (Left)

LED State

Color Status Denition

Green Flashing Active

LAN 1/LAN 2 Link LED (Right)

LED State

LED Color Denition

Green 10 Gbps

Amber 1 Gbps

Off 100 Mbps or No Con-

Pin# Denition

1 M_MDI0_P0

2 M_MDI0_N0

3 M_MDI0_P1 9 LINK0_10G

6 M_MDI0_N1 10 LINK0_1G

4 M_MDI0_P2 11 LINK0_LINKUP

5 M_MDI0_N2 12 LINK0_ACT_N

7 M_MDI0_P3 13 GND

8 M_MDI0_N3 14 GND

nection

LAN Ports

Pin Denition

Link LED

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Chapter 2: Hardware Components

2-5 Jumpers and Indicators for Rev. 2.00 and Rev. 2.01

JP1 5-Pin Connnector

This jumper is for debug purposes and is not

for general use.

JP2 Thermal Alert Connector

Connect an external cable (not included) to this

jumper to monitor the chipset die temperature.

Refer to the table on the right for pin denition.

S1 DIP Switch

This DIP Switch provides SMBUS address se-

lection. You can congure the card with static

SMBUS address. Refer to the tables below for

address selections.

JP2 Pin Denition

Pin Denition

Pin 1 GND

Pin 2 Thermal_Alert_N

Pin 3 GND

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GLAN Port LEDs

Two LAN ports (LAN 1/LAN 2) are

Activity LED

located on the add-on card. Each

Ethernet LAN port has two LEDs. The

green LED on the left indicates activity;

while the other LED on the right may

be green, yellow or Off to indicate the

speeds of the connections. See the

table on the right for more information.

LED Color Denition

Link Solid Green 10 Gb

Activity Solid Green LINKUP

LED1 Thermal Alert Status LED

When the LAN chipset die temperature

exceeds the threshold, this LED will

light up. You can also check the actual

temperature through Asset Manage-

ment.

Link LED

LAN Port LED Denition

Solid Yellow 1 Gb

Off 100 Mb or no connection

Blinking Green Package In/Out

Note: The Standby Power Enable jumper and Wake-on-LAN feature are

not available on the AOC-STG-i2T Rev. 2.00 and Rev. 2.01.

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Chapter 3

Installation

3-1 Static-Sensitive Devices

Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic com ponents. To avoid dam-

aging your add-on card, it is important to handle it very carefully. The following

measures are generally sufcient to protect your equipment from ESD.

Precautions

• Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge.

• Touch a grounded metal object before removing the add-on card from the

antistatic bag.

• Handle the add-on card by its edges only; do not touch its components, or

peripheral chips.

• Put the add-on card back into the antistatic bags when not in use.

• For grounding purposes, make sure that your system chassis provides excellent

conductivity between the power supply, the case, the mounting fasteners and

the add-on card.

Unpacking

The add-on card is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid static damage. When

unpacking your component or system, make sure that you are static protected.

Note: To avoid damaging your components and to ensure proper installa-

tion, be sure to always connect the power cord last, and always remove it

before adding, removing or changing any hardware components.

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3-2 Before Installation

To install the add-on card properly, be sure to follow the instructions below.

1. Power down the system.

2. Unplug the power cord.

3. Use industry standard anti-static equipment (such as gloves or wrist strap)

and follow the precautions on Page 3-1 to avoid damage caused by ESD.

4. Familiarize yourself with the server, motherboard, and/or chassis documenta-

tion.

5. Conrm that your operating system includes the latest updates and hotxes.

3-3 Installing the Add-on Card

Follow the steps below to install the add-on card into your system.

1. Remove the server cover and, if any, set aside any screws for later use.

2. Remove the add-on card slot cover. If the case requires a screw, place the

screw aside for later use.

3. Position the add-on card in the slot directly over the connector, and gently

push down on both sides of the card until it slides into the PCI connector.

4. Secure the add-on card to the chassis. If required, use the screw that you

previously removed.

5. Attach any necessary external cables to the add-on card.

6. Replace the chassis cover.

7. Plug the power cord into the wall socket and power up the system.

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Chapter 3: Installation

3-4 Installing Drivers on Windows

Follow the steps below to install the drivers for Windows. Download the drivers from

the Supermicro FTP site at ftp://ftp.supermicro.com/Networking_Drivers/.

1. Run the CDR-NIC.

2. When the SUPERMICRO window appears, click on the computer icon next to

the product model.

Note: If the FOUND NEW HARDWARE WIZARD screen displays on your

system, click CANCEL.

3. Click on INSTALL DRIVERS AND SOFTWARE.

4. Follow the prompts to complete the installation.

3-5 Installing Drivers on Linux

Follow the steps below to install the driver to a Linux system.

Build a Binary RPM Package

1. Run ‘rpmbuild -tb <lename.tar.gz>’

2. Replace <lename.tar.gz> with the specic lename of the driver.

Note: For the build to work properly, the current running kernel MUST

match the version and conguration of the installed kernel sources. If you

have just recompiled the kernel, reboot the system at this time.

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Follow the instructions below to build the driver manually.

1. Move the base driver tar le to the directory of your choice. For example,

/home/username/ixgbe

or

/usr/local/src/ixgbe.

2. Untar/unzip archive:

tar zxf ixgbe-x.x.x.tar.gz

3. Change to the driver src directory:

cd ixgbe-x.x.x/src/

4. Compile the driver module:

make install

The binary will be installed as:

/lib/modules/[KERNEL_VERSION]/kernel/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe.[k]o

The install locations listed above are the default locations. They might not be

correct for certain Linux distributions. For more information, see the ldistrib.txt

le included in the driver tar.

Note: IXGBE_NO_LRO is a compile time ag. The user can enable it at

compile time to remove support for LRO from the driver. The ag is used

by adding CFLAGS_EXTRA=-”DIXGBE_NO_LRO” to the make le when

it’s being compiled.

make CFLAGS_EXTRA=”-DIXGBE_NO_LRO” install

5. Load the module:

For kernel 2.6.x, use the modprobe command:

modprobe ixgbe <parameter>=<value>

For 2.6 kernels, the insmod command can be used if the full path to the driver

module is specied. For example:

insmod /lib/modules/<KERNEL VERSION>/kernel/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe.ko

In addition, when using 2.6-based kernels, make sure that older ixgbe drivers

are removed from the kernel before loading the new module. To do this, use:

rmmod ixgbe; modprobe ixgbe

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6. Assign an IP address to the interface by entering the following, where x is the

interface number:

ifcong ethx <IP_address> netmask <netmask>

7. Verify that the interface works. Enter the following, where <IP_address> is the

IP address for another machine on the same subnet as the interface that is

being tested:

ping <IP_address>

3-6 Installing Drivers on FreeBSD

Follow the instructions below to install the drivers in FreeBSD kernel 4.8 or later.

In the instructions below, x.x.x is the driver version as indicated in the name of the

drive tar le.

Note: You must have kernel sources installed in order to compile the

driver module.

1. Move the base driver tar le to the dirctory of your choice. For example, use

/home/username/ixgb or /usr/local/src/ixgb.

2. Untar/unzip the archive:

tar xfz ixgb-x.x.x directory

3. To install man page:

cd ixgb-x.x.x

gzip -c ixgb.4 > /usr/share/man/man4/ixgb.4.gz

4. To load the driver onto a running system, perform the following steps:

cd ixgb-x.x.x

make

or

cd ixgb-x.x.x/src

make load

5. To assign an IP address to the interface, enter the following:

ifcong ixgb<interface_num> <IP_address>

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6. Verify that the interface works. Enter the following, where <IP_address> is the

IP address for another machine on the same subnet as the interface that is

being tested:

ping <IP_address>

7. If you want the driver to load automatically when the system is booted:

cd ixgb-x.x.x/src

make load

cp if_ixgb.ko /modules

Edit /boot/loader.conf, and add the following line:

if_ixgb_load="YES"

or

compile the driver into the kernel (see item 8). Edit /etc/rc.conf, and create the

appropriate ifcong_ixgb<interface_num> entry:

ifcong_ixgb<interface_num>="<ifcong_settings>"

Example usage:

ifcong_ixgb0="inet 192.168.10.1 netmask 255.255.255.0"

8. If you want to compile the driver into the kernel, enter:

cd ixgb-x.x.x/src

mkdir /usr/src/sys/dev/ixgb

cp if_ixgb* /usr/src/sys/dev/ixgb

cp ixgb* /usr/src/sys/dev/ixgb

cp Makele.kernel /usr/src/sys/modules/ixgb/Makele

Edit the /usr/src/sys/conf/les.i386 le, and add the following line:

dev/ixgb/ixgb_hw.c optional ixgb

dev/ixgb/ixgb_ee.c optional ixgb

dev/ixgb/if_ixgb.c optional ixgb

Remove the following lines from the /usr/src/sys/conf/les.i386 le, if they exist:

/dev/ixgb/if_ixgb_fx_hw.c optional ixgb

/dev/ixgb/if_ixgb_phy.c optional ixgb

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Edit the kernel conguration le (i.e., GENERIC or MYKERNEL) in /usr/src/sys/

i386/conf, and ensure the following line is present:

device ixgb

Compile and install the kernel. Reboot the system for the kernel updates to

take affect.

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3-7 Asset Management Features

Asset Management is a new feature that allows users to monitor selected

Supermicro add-on cards in selected Supermicro X10 generation server systems.

Using Supermicro's proprietary management software, users will be able to moni-

tor the following:

1. Model name

2. Revision

3. Serial number

4. Temperature

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(Disclaimer Continued)

The products sold by Supermicro are not intended for and will not be used in life support systems,
medical equipment, nuclear facilities or systems, aircraft, aircraft devices, aircraft/emergency com­munication devices or other critical systems whose failure to perform be reasonably expected to result

in signicant injury or loss of life or catastrophic property damage. Accordingly, Supermicro disclaims

any and all liability, and should buyer use or sell such products for use in such ultra-hazardous ap­plications, it does so entirely at its own risk. Furthermore, buyer agrees to fully indemnify, defend
and hold Supermicro harmless for and against any and all claims, demands, actions, litigation, and
proceedings of any kind arising out of or related to such ultra-hazardous use or sale.