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EZ Card 1000
1000 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet
PCI Network Card
High performance for instant access to network resources
Delivers 2 Gbps of bandwidth over installed
Category 5 UTP
Support for 32-bit PCI bus up to 66 MHz
Full- and half-duplex operation at 1000, 100, and
10 Mbps
IP, TCP and UDP checksum off-loading capability to reduce
CPU overhead
User Guide
SMC9452TX
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Summary of Contents for SMC Networks SMC EZ Card 1000 SMC9452TX
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Page 1: User Guide
EZ Card 1000 1000 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet PCI Network Card High performance for instant access to network resources Delivers 2 Gbps of bandwidth over installed Category 5 UTP Support for 32-bit PCI bus up to 66 MHz Full- and half-duplex operation at 1000, 100, and... - Page 3 EZ Card 1000 User Guide From SMC’s EZ line of low-cost workgroup LAN solutions 6 Hughes Irvine, CA 92618 Phone: (949) 707-2400 June 2001 Pub. # 150000003500A...
- Page 4 Information furnished by SMC Networks, Inc. (SMC) is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, no responsibility is assumed by SMC for its use, nor for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties which may result from its use. No license is granted by implication or otherwise under any patent or patent rights of SMC.
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Page 5: Limited Warranty
Limited Warranty Limited Warranty Statement: SMC Networks, Inc. (“SMC”) warrants its products to be free from defects in workmanship and materials, under normal use and service, for the applicable warranty term. All SMC products carry a standard 90-day limited warranty from the date of purchase from SMC or its Authorized Reseller. SMC may, at its own discretion, repair or replace any product not operating as warranted with a similar or functionally equivalent product, during the applicable warranty term. - Page 6 * SMC will provide warranty service for one year following discontinuance from the active SMC price list. Under the limited lifetime warranty, internal and external power supplies, fans, and cables are covered by a standard one-year warranty from date of purchase. SMC Networks, Inc. SMC Networks, Inc. 6 Hughes Irvine, CA 92618...
- Page 7 OMPLIANCES FCC - Class B This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide rea- sonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equip- ment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communi- cations.
- Page 8 OMPLIANCES EC Conformance Declaration - Class B SMC contact for these products in Europe is: SMC Networks Europe, Edificio Conata II, Calle Fructuós Gelabert 6-8, 2 08970 - Sant Joan Despí, Barcelona, Spain. This information technology equipment complies with the requirements of the Council...
- Page 9 Industry Canada - Class B This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus as set out in the interference-causing equipment standard entitled “Digital Apparatus,” ICES-003 of the Department of Communications. Cet appareil numérique respecte les limites de bruits radioélectriques applicables aux appareils numériques de Classe B prescrites dans la norme sur le matériel brouilleur: “Appareils Numériques,”...
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Page 11: Table Of Contents
System Requirements ....... 1-5 Inserting the Network Card ......1-5 PCI Configuration . - Page 12 Solutions for Common Problems ..... . A-3 Network Card Installation Problems ....A-3 Network Connection Problems .
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Page 13: Installing The Network Card
PC. A true plug-and-play device, the card is auto-configurable upon power up. Leading-edge ASIC technology and performance-enhancing techniques maximize throughput and minimize CPU utilization. The result is a network card that delivers the performance and reliability demanded by today’s high-end servers and workstations. -
Page 14: Hardware Description
NSTALLING ETWORK Hardware Description The EZ Card 1000 is a Gigabit Ethernet network card designed for 32-bit PCI-bus computers. The card has a single RJ-45 connector to attach to Category 5 UTP cable and supports 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps and 1000 Mbps Ethernet operations. It also supports full- and half-duplex and features auto-negotiation. -
Page 15: Led Indicators
LED Indicators The EZ Card 1000 network card includes status LED indicators as described in the following figure and table. Figure 1-2. Status LEDs Status Link On Green Flashing Green 1000 On Green On Green On Green NSTALLING Description Indicates a valid 1000BASE-T connection. -
Page 16: Package Contents
Package Contents After unpacking the EZ Card 1000, check the contents of the box to be sure you have received the following components: N EZ Card 1000 network card SMC9452TX N SuperDisk™ network drivers diskette N This User Guide N SMC Warranty Registration Card Immediately inform your dealer in the event of any incorrect, missing or damaged parts. -
Page 17: System Requirements
N An IEEE 802.3ab-compliant Gigabit Ethernet device installed in your network Note: If you are installing in an older PC model (Pentium or earlier), upgrade the BIOS to the latest version. Inserting the Network Card WARNINGS: • This network adapter requires a PC and BIOS that support the PCI Local Bus Specification v2.0 or later. - Page 18 Be careful that it does not touch any conducting parts on the PC motherboard. 3. Install the network card into the slot so that it is firmly seated. Then screw the card’s bracket securely into the PC’s chassis.
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Page 19: Pci Configuration
SMC’s Web site (see the back cover of this guide). PCI Configuration In most cases, your network card is automatically configured when you power-up your computer. In certain computers, however, you must modify PCI settings by running your computer’s BIOS Setup program. -
Page 20: Connecting Category 5 Cable
Connecting Category 5 Cable To connect to a 1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet device, use the RJ-45 connector on the network card and Category 5, 5e or better UTP cable. This connection can be made directly to the device, or indirectly via a wall outlet that has the proper wiring for an RJ-45 connector. -
Page 21: Connecting Utp Cable
Connecting UTP Cable 1. Attach the male RJ-45 connector on one end of a UTP cable to the network card’s RJ-45 port. RJ-45 Port Category 5 Cable Figure 1-4. Connecting UTP Cable 2. Attach the male connector on the other end of the UTP cable directly to an Ethernet, Fast Ethernet or Gigabit Ethernet device. - Page 22 NSTALLING ETWORK 1-10...
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Page 23: Windows Nt 4.0 Installation
NT is already installed on your computer, proceed to Step 2. Otherwise, complete a first-time Windows NT installation without the SMC network card installed. Be sure to also install NT Service Packet 4 or later. 1. Shut down your PC, install the SMC network card, and attach the network cable. - Page 24 NT installation files, type the path to your Windows NT files on your CD-ROM (e.g., D:\WINNT) or hard drive, and click on “OK.” 9. You are presented with the “Network Card Setup” window where you can specify the network card data rate. “AUTONEGOTIATE” is the recommended setting for the EZ Card 1000 network card.
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Page 25: Secondary Installation
1. Be sure to install Windows NT Service Packet 4 or later if it is not already installed. 2. Install the SMC network card (if not already installed), attach the network cable, and boot Windows NT. 3. Double-click on the “My Computer,” “Control Panel,” and “Network”... -
Page 26: Further Configuration
“Bindings,” to add or modify other network components, as needed. 3. To modify other network card properties, click on the “Adapters” tab and select the EZ Card 1000 in the list box. Then click on the “Properties” button to run the card’s configuration utility. -
Page 27: Windows 2000 Installation
1. If Windows 2000 is already installed on your computer, proceed to Step 2. Otherwise, install Windows 2000 without the SMC network card installed. 2. Shut down your PC, install the SMC network card, and attach a network cable. 3. Reboot Windows 2000. Make sure you have your Windows 2000 installation CD available, or that you are aware of the path to the installation files on your hard drive. -
Page 28: Novell Netware Installation
You will need the SMC SuperDisk during this procedure. Shut down your computer and install the EZ Card 1000 network card in a PCI slot. Connect the card to the network using UTP cable. 1. Turn your computer on and boot it to the NetWare 5.0 console prompt. - Page 29 8. A screen with three dialog boxes is displayed. To change the driver configuration, tab to the “SMC9452_1 Parameters” dialog box and modify the driver parameters. Depending on the network the card is attached to, the Link, Speed and Duplex Mode parameters may need to be changed from their default values.
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Page 30: Netware Server 4.11
NSTALLING AND ONFIGURING NetWare Server 4.11 Installing the LAN driver is part of the NetWare installation process. Use the following instructions with those in the NetWare installation manual to install the driver. You will need the SMC SuperDisk during this procedure. 1. - Page 31 9. A screen with three dialog boxes is displayed. To change the driver configuration, tab to the “SMC9452_1 Parameters” dialog box and modify the driver parameters. Depending on the network that the card is attached to, the Link, Speed and Duplex Mode parameters may need to be changed from their default values.
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Page 32: Linux 2.2.X Or Later Installation
NSTALLING AND ONFIGURING Linux 2.2.X or Later Installation This section describes the procedure for manual and automatic loading and configuration of the EZ Card 1000 Unix stream driver for Linux 2.2.X or later. The Linux driver can be found in the “\linux”... - Page 33 RxBufSize: This is the size of the receive buffer memory space allocated per receive descriptor (the label given to each packet received). The default value is 2048. It should be set at 2048 to ensure good performance when not using jumbo frames. When using jumbo frames it should be set at 4096.
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Page 34: Automatic Installation
NSTALLING AND ONFIGURING BOOTPROTO=none BROADCAST=207.200.5.255 NETWORK=207.200.5.0 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 IPADDR=207.200.5.2 Automatic Installation This section describes how to install the Linux driver so that it is automatically loaded and configured at boot time. The following description is based on the Red Hat 7.0 distribution, but it can easily be ported to other distributions as well. - Page 35 where “ethx” will be “eth0” if you do not have any other adapters, “eth1” if you already have one, and so on. The parameters are the ones discussed in the previous paragraph. 5. Find out where the network configuration scripts are, normally in the “/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts”...
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Page 36: Windows 98 Installation
Step 2. Otherwise, complete a first-time Windows 98 installation without the SMC network card installed. 2. Shut down your PC, install the SMC network card, and attach network cable. Make sure you have your Windows 98 installation CD available, or that you are aware of the path to the installation files on your hard drive. - Page 37 “C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM” directory and the “SMC9452.INF” file from “A:\Win98” to the “C:\WINDOWS\INF” directory. 11. When Windows prompts with “SMC EZ Card 1000 Adapter” in the “Add New Hardware Wizard” dialog box, click the “Finish” button. 12. Remove the SMC SuperDisk driver diskette from your floppy drive.
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Page 38: Other Installations
NSTALLING AND ONFIGURING Other Installations Refer to the installation documents on SMC’s SuperDisk for instructions on installing drivers for use with other operating systems. Please note that new releases of SMC drivers and operating systems may result in procedures slightly different than those described in this chapter. -
Page 39: Configuring Thenetwork Card
Configuration This section describes the configuration procedure in a Windows environment. When you install the Windows driver, the configuration utility is also installed. You can run this utility by clicking on the “Properties” button for the card in the “Network” control panel applet. -
Page 40: Media Type
ONFIGURING THE ETWORK Media Type In this field auto-negotiation can be enabled, or the card’s link speed and duplex mode can be selected. If auto-negotiation is enabled, the card will match settings with its link partner. If the link partner has a fixed configuration, the link speed will be sensed and the mode will default to half duplex. -
Page 41: Pause Control
Pause Control Pause frames are used to control network congestion. In this field the card may be configured to transmit and to receive pause frames (IEEE 802.3x dull duplex flow control). The default is “Enabled”. Receive Buffer This field lets you set the number of buffers allocated in the memory for use by the card while receiving packets. -
Page 42: Using Vlans
The TigerCard 1000 network card supports the IEEE 802.1p Quality of Service standard with eight levels of priority. Defining priority levels in the network card allows it to work with other network devices to deliver higher priority packets first. Note that the IEEE 802.1p standard must be supported by the other devices in the... -
Page 43: Troubleshooting
PCI Compatibility Early PCI BIOS versions do not properly support the PCI specification and may “hang” when a network card driver tries to load. If this occurs, make sure your BIOS correctly supports the PCI Local Bus Specification (v2.0 or later) and upgrade your computer BIOS to the latest version. - Page 44 (IRQ) number. N Check the BIOS Setup program’s PCI parameters for the slot where the EZ Card 1000 network card is installed. Ensure that the slot is configured for level-triggered interrupts instead of edge-triggered interrupts. An example of typical PCI...
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Page 45: Solutions For Common Problems
Problems are often caused by cabling errors, conflicts with other devices installed in the same computer, or software that has been configured incorrectly. If you encounter a problem with the EZ Card 1000 network card, use the following checklists to identify and correct the problem. Network Card Installation Problems... -
Page 46: Network Connection Problems
SMC Technical Support. N Make sure your card is installed properly. See “Network Card Installation Problems” for installation troubleshooting. N If you cannot access a Windows or NetWare service on the network, check that you have enabled and configured the service correctly. - Page 47 Cable Specifications Cable 10BASE-T 100BASE-TX 1000BASE-T Cable Types and Specifications Type Cat. 3, 4, 5 100-ohm UTP Cat. 5 100-ohm UTP Cat. 5, 5e 100-ohm UTP PPENDIX ABLES Max. Length Connector 100 m (328 ft) RJ-45 100 m (328 ft) RJ-45 100 m (328 ft) RJ-45...
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Page 48: Cables
ABLES Twisted-Pair Cable and Pin Assignments Caution: DO NOT plug a phone jack connector into any RJ-45 port. Use only twisted-pair cables with RJ-45 connectors that conform with FCC standards. The RJ-45 port on the EZ Card 1000 supports 1000, 100, and 10 Mbps Ethernet operation, with auto-negotiation of speed and flow control. -
Page 49: 1000Base-T Pin Assignments
1000BASE-T Pin Assignments 1000BASE-T ports support automatic MDI/MDI-X operation, so you can use straight-through cables for all network connections. In straight-through cable, pins 1-8, at one end of the cable, are connected straight through to pins 1-8 at the other end of the cable. - Page 50 ABLES...
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Page 51: Specifications
Bus Interface 32-bit bus master, PCI 33 MHz and 66 MHz Interrupt INTA Network Interface 1000BASE-T: UTP cable; Category 5, 5e or better 100BASE-TX: UTP cable; Category 5 10BASE-T: UTP cable; Category 3, 4, or 5 Data Rate 1000 Mbps, 100 Mbps, 10 Mbps half and full duplex Cabling 4 pairs of Category 5, 5e or better UTP cable: maximum 100 m (328 ft) - Page 52 PECIFICATIONS Operating Voltage +5 VDC @ 2.7 A maximum Size (without bracket) 7.9 x 16.5 cm (3.11 x 6.50 in.) Weight 80g (2.8 oz) Temperature Operating 0 to 55 °C (32 to 131 °F) Storage -20 to 65 °C (-4 to 150 °F) Humidity 5% to 95% (non-condensing) Standards...
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Page 53: Software Drivers
Software Drivers ODI Drivers NDIS Drivers Unix Drivers NetWare Server 4.1x or later Windows NT 4.0 Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows ME Windows 2000 Linux 2.2.X or later PECIFICATIONS... - Page 54 PECIFICATIONS...
- Page 55 10BASE-T IEEE 802.3 specification for 10 Mbps Ethernet over two pairs of Category 3, 4, or 5 UTP cable. 100BASE-TX IEEE 802.3u specification for 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet over two pairs of Category 5 UTP cable. 1000BASE-T IEEE 802.3ab specification for Gigabit Ethernet over four pairs of Category 5 UTP cable.
- Page 56 LOSSARY End Station A workstation, server, switch, bridge or router. Ethernet A network communication system developed and standardized by DEC, Intel, and Xerox, using baseband transmission, CSMA/CD access, logical bus topology and coaxial cable. The successor IEEE 802.3 standard provides for integration into the OSI model and extends the physical layer and media with repeaters and implementations that operate on fiber, thin coax and twisted-pair cable.
- Page 57 IEEE 802.3 Defines carrier sense multiple access with collision detection (CSMA/CD) access method and physical layer specifications. IEEE 802.3u Defines CSMA/CD access method and physical layer specifications for 100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet. IEEE 802.3ab Defines CSMA/CD access method and physical layer specifications for 1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet over Category 5 UTP cable.
- Page 58 LOSSARY Network Diameter Wire distance between two end stations in the same collision domain. Switched Ports Ports that are on separate collision domains or LAN segments. Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Protocol suite that includes TCP as the primary transport protocol, and IP as the network layer protocol.
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Page 59: Index
auto-negotiation 2-2 BIOS requirements 1-5 bus-mastering 1-5 cable adjusting Category 5 cable 1-8 guidelines 1-7 specifications B-1 card installation 1-5 Category 5 cable 1-8 CE Mark iv checklist of contents 1-4 compliances iii configuration Linux 2-10 Windows 2000 2-14 Windows 98 2-14 Windows NT 2-4 connection guidelines 1-7... - Page 60 NDEX bus specification 1-5 compatibility A-1 configuration 1-7 pin assignments B-2 RELEASE.TXT file 1-7 requirements of system 1-5 RJ-45 connector 1-2 RJ-45 ports pinouts B-3 specifications cable B-1 static electricity warning 1-5 SuperDisk 1-7 2-16 system requirements 1-5 TCP/IP installation 2-2 troubleshooting common problems A-3 hardware problems A-3...
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