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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.
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AOC-MH25G-b2S2G add-on card. About this Add-on Card The Supermicro® AOC-MH25G-b2S2G is one of the most feature rich and low power consumption 25GbE controllers in the market. With 2-ports of 25GbE SFP28 connectivity in small form factor SIOM and based on the Broadcom® BCM57414 with features such as VXLAN, NVGRE, RoCE also NIC Partitioning, it provides unparalleled density, performance, and functionality.
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AOC-MH25G-b2S2G 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.
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Preface Confidential Supermicro Networking Adapter List 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®...
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.
AOC-MH25G-b2S2G Add-on Card User's Guide 1-3 Specifications General • Super I/O Module (SIOM) Form Factor • Broadcom BCM57414 25GbE controller – Dual SFP28 connectors with speed ® up to 25Gbps per port • Intel® i350-AM2 1GbE GbE controller – Dual RJ45 connectors with speed up...
• 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 Supermicro server systems.
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AOC-MH25G-b2S2G Add-on Card User's Guide NIC Partitioning (NPAR) • 16 Physical Functions • QoS per partition • Partitioning control via sideband communication • Up to 64 MAC/VLAN filter per partition • Per partition statistics support • Stateless offloads configuration per partition •...
Chapter 1: Overview Data Center Bridging • Priority-based flow control (PFC; IEEE 802.1Qbb) • Enhanced transmission selection (ETS; IEEE 802.1Qau) • Quantized congestion Notification (QCN; IEEE 802.1Qau) • Data Center Bridging Capability eXchange (DCBX; IEEE 802.1Qaz) • 8 traffic classes per port; fully DCB compliant per 802.1Qbb Power Savings •...
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AOC-MH25G-b2S2G Add-on Card User's Guide • Active State Power Management (ASPM) support • LAN disable function • MAC Power Management controls • Low Power Link Up – Link Speed Control Virtualization Features • PC-SIG SR-IOV support • VM to VM Packet forwarding (Packet Loopback) •...
AOC-MH25G-b2S2G Add-on Card User's Guide Major Components The following major components are installed on the AOC-MH25G-b2S2G: 1. Intel® i350-AM2 Controller 2. Broadcomx® BCM57414 Controller 3. Dual RJ45 LAN Ports 4. Dual SFP28 (Small Form Factor Pluggable) Ports 5. Two (2) SFP28 Link/Activity LED Indicators...
25G_LED1 LAN3 Active Amber 10 Gbps 25G_LED2 LAN4 Active Green 25 Gbps Green SFP28 LAN Port Active 1. SFP28 Connectors 2. SFP28 Link/Activity LED Indicators JLAN2 DESIGNED IN USA JLAN1 SFP2 SFP1 Intel i350-AM LED3 Broadcom BCM 57414 AOC-MH25G-b2S2G REV:1.00...
RJ45 LAN Ports and LAN LED indicators RJ45 LAN Ports (LAN1/LAN2) There are two RJ45 LAN ports (LAN1/LAN2) on the AOC-MH25G-b2S2G. These LAN ports support connection speeds of 1Gbps. Use a direct-attach RJ45 type LAN cable. See the layout below for the location.
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. DIP Switch JLAN2 DESIGNED IN USA JLAN1 SFP2 SFP1 Intel i350-AM LED3 Broadcom BCM 57414 AOC-MH25G-b2S2G REV:1.00...
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 •...
AOC-MH25G-b2S2G 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.
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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.
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AOC-MH25G-b2S2G 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.
Intel Download Center or the Supermicro FTP site at ftp://ftp.supermicro/ 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.
AOC-MH25G-b2S2G Add-on Card User's Guide Build a Binary RPM Package Run ‘rpmbuild -tb <filename.tar.gz>’ 2. Replace <filename.tar.gz> with the specific filename of the driver. Note: For the build to work properly, the current running kernel MUST match the version and configuration of the installed kernel sources. If you have just recompiled the kernel, reboot the system at this time.
Chapter 3: Installation 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 specified. 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.
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AOC-MH25G-b2S2G Add-on Card User's Guide 4. To load the driver onto a running system, perform the following steps: cd ixgb-x.x.x make cd ixgb-x.x.x/src make load 5. To assign an IP address to the interface, enter the following: ifconfig ixgb<interface_num> <IP_address>...
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Chapter 3: Installation 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 Makefile.kernel /usr/src/sys/modules/ixgb/Makefile Edit the /usr/src/sys/conf/files.i386 file, 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/files.i386 file, if they exist:...
AOC-MH25G-b2S2G Add-on Card User's Guide Installing Drivers (for Broadcom®BCM57414 ) Use the procedures below to install both drivers and firmware for the AOC-MH25G- b2S2G add-on card for both Linux and Windows. Linux Drivers Use the following procedures to install drivers on the Linux operating system.
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Chapter 3: Installation 8. Install the library by entering the following commands: tar xvzf libbnxtre-<ver>.tar.gz cd libbnxtre-<ver>.tar.gz ./configure make make install cp bnxtre.driver /etc/libibverbs.d/ echo “/usr/local/lib” >> /etc/ld.so.conf ldconfig –v Windows Drivers Use the following procedures to install drivers on the Windows operating system. Installing 25G Drivers for the Windows Operating System 1.
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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 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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