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Supermicro AOC-MH25G-m2S2T User Manual

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  • Page 1 AOC-MH25G-m2S2T User's Guide Revision 1.0...
  • Page 2 Santa Clara County in the State of California, USA. The State of California, County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes. Supermicro's total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product.
  • Page 3 AOC-MH25G-m2S2T add-on card. About this Add-on Card The Supermicro AOC-MH25G-m2S2T is one of the most feature rich 25GbE con- trollers in the market. Based on the Mellanox® ConnectX-4 Lx EN with features such as VXLAN and NVGRE; it provides flexible connectivity for different network- ing requirements.
  • Page 4 AOC-MH25G-m2S2T Add-on Card User's Guide 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 first for any product problems.
  • Page 5 Preface Confidential Supermicro Networking Adapter List 7/2016 Dimension Power Model Type Form Factor Interface Controller Connection (w/o Brackets) (L x H) AOC-SGP-i2 Standard LP PCI-E x4 Intel® i350 AM2 2 RJ45 (1Gb/port) 3.9” (99mm) x 2.73” (69mm) AOC-SGP-i4 Standard LP PCI-E x4 Intel®...

  • Page 6: Contacting Supermicro

    AOC-MH25G-m2S2T Add-on Card User's Guide Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Address: Super Micro Computer, Inc. 980 Rock Ave. San Jose, CA 95131 U.S.A. Tel: +1 (408) 503-8000 Fax: +1 (408) 503-8008 Email: marketing@supermicro.com (General Information) support@supermicro.com (Technical Support) Website: www.supermicro.com Europe Address: Super Micro Computer B.V.

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    Preface Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1 Overview Overview ......................1-1 Key Features ....................1-1 Specifications ....................1-1 Available SKUs ....................1-7 Similar Products ....................1-7 Chapter 2 Hardware Components Add-On Card Image and Layout ..............2-1 Major Components ..................2-2 SFP28 Ethernet Connections................
  • Page 8 AOC-MH25G-m2S2T Add-on Card User's Guide Notes viii...

  • Page 9: Chapter 1 Overview

    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.

  • Page 10: Power Consumption

    • Supermicro® motherboards with Super I/O Module slot • Supermicro® server systems with Super I/O Module slot (see SIOM Compat- ibility Matrix online at http://www.supermicro.com/support/resources/AOC/ AOC_Compatibility_SIOM.cfm) ) Note: This product is sold only as part of an integrated solution with...
  • Page 11 Chapter 1: Overview Compliance/Environmental • RoHS Compliant 6/6, Pb Free 25GbE SFP28 Specifications Ethernet • 25GbE/10GbE/1GbE • IEEE 802.3ad, 802.1AX Link Aggregation • IEEE 802.1Q, 802.1P VLAN tags and priority • IEEE 1588v2 • Jumbo frame support (9.6KB) Enhanced Features • Hardware-based reliable transport •...
  • Page 12 AOC-MH25G-m2S2T Add-on Card User's Guide • Hardware offload of encapsulation of NVGRE and VXLAN overlay networks Hardware-based I/O Virtualization • Single Root IOV • Multi-function per port • Multiple queues per virtual machine • VMware NetQueue support Virtualization • SR-IOV: Up to 256 Virtual Functions •...
  • Page 13 Chapter 1: Overview • FreeBSD • VMware 10GbE RJ45 Specifications I/O Features • MXI-X Support • Intel® Flow Director • Low Latency • Multiple Queues – 64 Tx and Rx per port • Tx/Rx IP, SCTP, TCP, and UDP Checksum Offloading (IPv4, IPv6) capabilities •...
  • Page 14 AOC-MH25G-m2S2T Add-on Card User's Guide • IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Support Management Features • Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) support • iSCSI Remote Boot Support and FCoE • NC-SI for remote management OS Support • Linux RHEL, Linux SLES • Windows •...

  • Page 15: Available Skus

    Chapter 1: Overview Available SKUs SKUs Part Number Description AOC-MH25G- AOC-MH25G-m2S2T 2-port 25 Gigabit & 2-port 10 Gigabit m2S2T Ethernet Adapter BKT-0112L Swappable bracket for 2U+ chassis AOC-MH25G- AOC-MH25G- 2-port 25 Gigabit & 2-port 10 Gigabit m2S2TM m2S2TM Ethernet Adapter...
  • Page 16 AOC-MH25G-m2S2T Add-on Card User's Guide Notes...

  • Page 17: Chapter 2 Hardware Components

    Chapter 2: Hardware Components Chapter 2 Hardware Components Add-On Card Image and Layout The AOC-MH25G-m2S2T Image LAN1 LAN2 Intel® X550-AT2 SFP2 SFP1 LAN4 LAN3 Mellanox® ConnectX®-4 Lx EN The AOC-MH25G-m2S2T Layout 1. Intel® X550-AT2 6. LAN4: SFP28 Port2 2. Mellanox® ConnectX®-4 Lx EN 7.

  • Page 18: Major Components

    AOC-MH25G-m2S2T Add-on Card User's Guide Major Components The following major components are installed on the AOC-MH25G-m2S2T: 1. Intel® X550-AT2 Controller 2. Mellanox® ConnectX®-4 Lx EN Controller 3. Dual RJ45 LAN Ports 4. Dual SFP28 (Small Form Factor Pluggable) Ports 5. Two (2) SFP28 Link/Activity LED Indicators...

  • Page 19: Sfp28 Ethernet Connections

    Chapter 2: Hardware Components SFP28 Ethernet Connections SFP28 (LAN3/LAN4) Connectors Two small form-factor pluggable (SFP28) optical transceiver connectors (LAN3/ LAN4) are located on the add-on card. These SFP28 ports provide Ethernet up to 25GbE network connections. See the layout below for the locations. SFP28 (LAN3/LAN4) Link/Activity LED Indicators Two LAN Link/Activity LED indicators are located at 25G_LED1 and 25G_LED2 on the add-on card.

  • Page 20: Rj45 Lan Ports And Lan Led Indicators

    RJ45 LAN Ports and LAN LED indicators RJ45 LAN Ports (LAN1/LAN2) There are two RJ45 LAN ports (LAN1/LAN2) on the AOC-MH25G-m2S2T. These LAN ports support connection speeds of 10Gbps. Use a direct-attach RJ45 type LAN cable. See the layout below for the location.

  • Page 21: Dip Switch

    Chapter 2: Hardware Components DIP Switch DIP Switch The DIP Switch at S1 provides SMBUS address selection. You can configure the card with static SMBUS address. Refer to the tables below for address selections. See the layout below for the location. 1.
  • Page 22 AOC-MH25G-m2S2T Add-on Card User's Guide Notes...

  • Page 23: Chapter 3 Installation

    Chapter 3: Installation Chapter 3 Installation 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 sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD. Precautions •...

  • Page 24: Before Installation

    AOC-MH25G-m2S2T Add-on Card User's Guide Before Installation Before you install the add-on card, 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 a wrist strap and follow the precautions on page 3-1 to avoid damage caused by ESD.
  • Page 25 Chapter 3: Installation 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 system cover. 7. Plug in the power cord and power up the system. Follow this step to install the add-on card if your system does not support a swap- pable bracket.
  • Page 26 AOC-MH25G-m2S2T Add-on Card User's Guide Follow the steps below to install the add-on card into your system that supports a swappable bracket. The add-on card must be installed in the swappable bracket before it can be installed in the your system 1.

  • Page 27: Installing Drivers On Windows (For Intel® X550)

    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 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.
  • Page 28 AOC-MH25G-m2S2T Add-on Card User's Guide Follow the instructions below to build the driver manually. 1. Move the base driver tar file to the directory of your choice. For example: /home/username/ixgbe /usr/local/src/ixgbe 2. Untar/unzip archive, where <x.x.x> is the version number for the driver tar file: tar zxf ixgbe-x.x.x.tar.gz...

  • Page 29: Installing Drivers On Freebsd (For Intel® X550)

    Chapter 3: Installation 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: ifconfig ethx <IP_address>...
  • Page 30 AOC-MH25G-m2S2T Add-on Card User's Guide 5. To assign an IP address to the interface, enter the following: ifconfig 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>...
  • Page 31 Chapter 3: Installation Remove the following lines from the /usr/src/sys/conf/files.i386 file, if they exist: /dev/ixgb/if_ixgb_fx_hw.c optional ixgb /dev/ixgb/if_ixgb_phy.c optional ixgb Edit the kernel configuration file (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.

  • Page 32: Installing Drivers (For Mellanox® Connectx®-4 Lx En)

    AOC-MH25G-m2S2T Add-on Card User's Guide Installing Drivers (for Mellanox® ConnectX®-4 Lx Use the procedures below to install both drivers and firmware for the AOC-MH25G- m2S2T add-on card for both Linux and Windows. Linux Drivers Use the following procedures to install drivers on the Linux operating system.
  • Page 33 (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 com- munication devices or other critical systems whose failure to perform be reasonably expected to result in significant injury or loss of life or catastrophic property damage.

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