Supero AOC-STGN-i1S, AOC-STGN-i2S User Manual

User's Guide

Revision 1.0c

AOC-STGN-i2S

AOC-STGN-i1S

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-STGN-i1S/-i2S add-on module.

About this Add-on Module

The AOC-STGN-i1S/-i2S 10-Gigabit Ethernet Adapter is the most exible and

scalable Ethernet adapter for today’s demanding data center environments. Based

on the Intel® 10GbE network controller 82599, the AOC-STGN-i1S/-i2S meets the

demanding needs of the next-generation data center by providing features for virtu-

alization, exibility for LAN and SAN networking, and proven reliable performance.

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/).

The manufacturer warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not cover

damages incurred 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.

Preface

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Conventions Used in the User's Guide

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

safety instructions 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 for proper system setup.

SMC Networking Add-on Cards

Naming Convention

Confidential

Naming Convention for Networking Adapters

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

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

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

S: Sageville (X550)

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+, T: 10GBase-T, Q: QSFP+

Model Type Form Factor Interface Controller Connection

Dimension

(w/o Brackets) (L x H)

Power

(W)

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 10GbE Standard LP PCI-E x8 Broadcom® BCM57840S 4 SFP+ (10Gb/port) 5.4” (13.7cm) x 2.73” (6.9cm) 14

STG-i2T 10GbE Standard LP PCI-E x8 I

ntel® 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 QS

FP+ (40Gb/port) 5.9” (14.9cm) x 2.73” (6.9cm) 7

PG-i2+ GbE Proprietary PCI-E x4 Intel® 82576EB 2 RJ45 (1Gb/port) 3.78” (9.6cm) x 2.44” (6.2cm) 3

PTG-i1S 10GbE Proprietary PCI-E x8 Intel® 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

CGP-i2 GbE MicroLP 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 M icroLP 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 MicroLP PCI-E x4 Intel® X550 2 RJ45 (10Gb/port) 4.45” (11.3cm) x 1.54” (3.9cm) 12

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Preface

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)

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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 .................................................................................. 1-2

General ............................................................................................................ 1-2

I/O Features .................................................................................................... 1-2

Virtualization Features..................................................................................... 1-2

Manageability Features ................................................................................... 1-3

OS Support ..................................................................................................... 1-3

Cable Support ................................................................................................. 1-4

Operation Conditions ...................................................................................... 1-4

Physical Dimensions ....................................................................................... 1-4

Optional Accessories ..................................................................................... 1-4

Compliance/Environmental ............................................................................. 1-5

1-4 SMC Platform Support .................................................................................... 1-5

Chapter 2 Hardware Components

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

2-2 Major Components .......................................................................................... 2-3

2-3 Connectors and LAN LED Indicators .............................................................. 2-4

LAN Ports ................................................................................................... 2-4

LAN LED .................................................................................................... 2-4

NC-SI Connector ........................................................................................ 2-5

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

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Chapter 1: Overview

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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:

• Single/Dual SFP+ Connector

• Standard Low-prole

• PCI Express 2.0 (up to 5GT/s)

• Intel® QuickData Technology

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

ments

• Load Balancing on Multiple CPUs

• iSCSI Remote Boot Support

• Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Support

• Support for most Network Operating Systems (NOSs)

• Support both DAC Twin Axial and LC Fiber-Optic Cables

• Network Controller Sideband Interface (NC-SI) (Rev. 2.10 or newer)

• RoHS compliant 6/6

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1-3 Technical Specications

General

• Intel® 82599EN 10GbE controller (AOC-STGN-i1S) / Intel 82599ES 10GbE

controller (AOC-STGN-i2S)

• Standard low-prole form factor

• Single SFP+ port (AOC-STGN-i1S)

• Dual SFP+ ports (AOC-STGN-i2S)

• PCI-E 2.0 x8 (5GT/s)

• Load balancing on multiple CPUs

• iSCSI remote boot support

• Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Support

• Intel® PROSet Utility for Windows® Device Manager

I/O Features

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

lowers CPU usage

• Direct Cache Access (DCA) to avoid cache misses

• MSI-X support to minimize the overhead of interrupts allowing load-balancing

between multiple cores/CPUs

• Tx/Rx IP, SCTP, TCP and UDP checksum ofoading capabilities (IPv4, IPv6)

• Receive and Transmit Side Scaling for Windows environments and Scalable

I/O for Linux environments

Virtualization Features

• Supports virtualization features such as VMDq, Next-generation VMDq (64

queues per port) and PC-SIG SR-IOV implementation

Chapter 1: Overview

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• IPv6 Ofoading

• Advanced Packet Filtering

• VLAN support to allow creation of multiple VLAN segments

• VXLAN through Software

Manageability Features

• Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) support

• Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and Remote

• Network Monitoring (RMON) statistics counters

• iSCSI remote boot

• NC-SI for remote management (Only supported with Supermicro motherboards

with corresponding NC-SI connectors)

OS Support

• Windows® Server 2012 (x64 edition)

• Windows® 8 (x64 edition and 32-bit)

• Windows® Server 2008 R2 (x64 edition and 64-bit)

• Windows® Server 2008 (x64 edition, 64-bit, and 32-bit)

• Windows® 7 (x64 edition and 32-bit)

• Windows® Vista (x64 edition and 32-bit)

• Windows® Server 2003 (x64 edition, 64-bit, and 32-bit)

• VMWare

• RedHat EL, SuSe SLES

• FreeBSD

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Cable Support

• SFP+ direct attached twin axial cables, up to 7 meters

• LC-LC ber-optic cables (optional SFP+ transceiver is required)

• NC-SI cable (included with the motherboard)

Operation Conditions

• Operating temperature: 0°C to 55°C

Physical Dimensions

• Card PCB dimensions (without end brackets): 10.16cm (4.00in) x 6.90cm (2.73in)

(LxW)

• Height of end brackets: standard - 12cm (4.725in), low-prole - 7.94cm (3.13in)

Optional Accessories

• CBL-0347L: 1m 10GbE SFP+ to SFP+, Passive 30AWG, Pull Type

• CBL-NTWK-0347: 1m 10GbE SFP+ to SFP+, Passive 30AWG, Push Type

• CBL-NTWK-0456: 2m 10GbE SFP+ to SFP+, Passive 30AWG, Push Type

• CBL-0348L: 3m 10GbE SFP+ to SFP+, Passive 24AWG, Pull Release

• CBL-0349L: 5m 10GbE SFP+ to SFP+, Passive 24AWG, Pull Release

• CBL-SFP+AOC-1M: 1m 10GbE SFP+ to SFP+, Fiber Active Optical Cable (AOC)

• CBL-SFP+AOC-3M: 3m 10GbE SFP+ to SFP+, Fiber Active Optical Cable (AOC)

• CBL-SFP+AOC-5M: 5m 10GbE SFP+ to SFP+, Fiber Active Optical Cable (AOC)

• AOC-E10GSFPSR: SFP+ transceiver module for short range ber cables (up to

300M), 10G/1G, 850nm, MMF, LC

• AOC-E10GSFPLR: SFP+ transceiver module for long range ber cables (up to

10km), 10G/1G, 1310nm, MMF, LC

Chapter 1: Overview

1-5

• AOC-TSR-FS: SFP+ transceiver module for short range ber cables (up to

300m), 10G/1G, 850nm, MMF, LC

• AOM-TSFP-709DMZ-AVG: SFP+ transceiver module for short range ber

cables, 10G/1G, 850nm, MMF, LC

Compliance/Environmental

• • RoHS Compliant 6/6, Pb Free

1-4 SMC Platform Support

The following platforms are supported by the AOC-STGN-i1S and AOC-STGN-i2S

add-on cards:

• Supermicro motherboards with minimum PCI-E x8 slot

• Supermicro servers with full-height or low-prole PCI-E x8 expansion slot

• NC-SI feature is only supported by Supermicro motherboards with correspond-

ing NC-SI connectors

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

or motherboards as an integrated solution package.

For the most current product information, visit: www.supermicro.com

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Notes

Chapter 2: Hardware Components

2-1

Chapter 2

Hardware Components

2-1 Add-On Card Image and Layout

The AOC-STGN-i1S Layout

1

2

3

4

2

1

DESIGNED IN USA

AOC-STGN-i1S

REV:2.10

Intel 82599

JP1

JNCSI1

LED1

SFP1

J1_SFP1

Q4

1

2

3

The AOC-STGN-i1S Image

4

Components

Number Description

1 SFP+ Port

2 LED1

3 Intel 82599 Network Controller

4 NC-SI Connector

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The AOC-STGN-i2S Layout

1

2

3

4

2

1

DESIGNED IN USA

AOC-STGN-i2S

REV:2.10

Intel 82599

JP1

JNCSI1

LED1

LED2

SFP2

SFP1

J1_SFP1

J1_SFP2

Q6

Q4

1

3

The AOC-STGN-i2S Image

4

Components

Number Description

1 SFP+ Port1 and Port2

2 LED1 and LED2

3 Intel 82599 Network Controller

4 NC-SI Connector

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Chapter 2: Hardware Components

2-3

2-2 Major Components

The following major components are on the AOC-STGN-i1S and AOC-STGN-i2S:

1. Single SFP+ port (AOC-STGN-i1S), Dual SFP+ ports (AOC-STGN-i2S)

2. LED1 (AOC-STGN-i1S), LED1 and LED2 (AOC-STGN-i2S)

3. Intel® 82599 LAN Controller

4. NC-SI Connector

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LED Color Denition

LNK

Green 10Gb Link Speed

Yellow 1Gb Link Speed

ACT Blinking Green Activity

LAN Ports

The AOC-STGN-i1S has one network LAN (SFP+) port, and the AOC-STGN-i2S

has two. These LAN ports support connection speeds of 10Gbps and 1Gbps. Plug

the Direct Attached Copper (DAC) cable into the SFP+ port for network connections.

Note 1: To make sure that LAN port functions properly, be sure to use the

following cable specied by the manufacturer:

• Direct-attached twin-axial copper cable, or

• Short Range or Long Range ber optic cable used in conjunction with op-

tional optical transceiver.

Note 2: For detailed information on the cable and transceiver recom-

mended by the manufacturer, please refer to "Optional Accessories" on

Page 1-4 or SMC product information posted online.

2-3 Connectors and LAN LED Indicators

The AOC-STGN-i1S

SFP+

LAN LED

Each SFP+ connector has two LEDs. The LED on the top indicates link speeds,

and the LED on the bottom indicates the status of activity of the connector. See

the table above for more information.

LNK LED

ACT LED

The AOC-STGN-i2S

Chapter 2: Hardware Components

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NC-SI Connector

Use the NC-SI connector at JNCSI tor remote management. It is only supported

with Supermicro motherboards with a corresponding NC-SI connector. The NC-

SI cable is inlcuded with the motherboard. Refer to the table below for the pin

denition. See the layouts on pages 2-1 and 2-2 for the location of the connector.

Note: The NC-SI connector is only available on AOC-STGN-i1S and

AOC-STGN-i2S rev. 2.10.

NC-SI Connector

Pin Denitions

Pin# Denition Pin# Denition

1 NCSI_CLK_IN 2 GND

3 NCSI_CRS_DV 4 GND

5 NCSI_RXD_0 6 GND

7 NCSI_RXD_1 8 GND

9 NCSI_TXD_0 10 GND

11 NCSI_TXD_1 12 GND

13 NCSI_TX_EN 14 PRESET_N

15 NCSI_ARB_IN 16 NCSI_ARB_OUT

17 P5V_AUX 18 P5V_AUX

19 P5V_AUX 20 P5V_AUX

21 GND 22 TP3

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Notes

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Chapter 3: Installation

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 your 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. Remove the power cord from the wall socket.

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 necessary, 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.

8. Replace the chassis cover.

Note: This add-on card is designed to support the standard low-prole

PCI-Express form factor; however, it may not t in your chassis due to the

physical dimensions of the card.

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Chapter 3: Installation

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 for Linux.

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.

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.

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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, where <x.x.x> is the version number for the driver tar le:

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

3. Change to the driver src directory, where <x.x.x> is the version number for

the driver tar:

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

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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

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

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

ifcong ixgb<interface_num> <IP_address>

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

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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

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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