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EZ Card1000
1000 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet
PCI Network Card
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High performance for instant access to network
resources
N
1000BASE-T model for Category 5 UTP
N
Supports PCI 32 and 64-bit bus-master architectures
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Full-duplex operation for up to 2 Gbps of bandwidth
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IP, TCP and UDP checksum off-loading capability
reduces CPU overhead

User Guide

SMC9462TX

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  • Page 1: User Guide

    High performance for instant access to network resources 1000BASE-T model for Category 5 UTP Supports PCI 32 and 64-bit bus-master architectures Full-duplex operation for up to 2 Gbps of bandwidth IP, TCP and UDP checksum off-loading capability reduces CPU overhead User Guide SMC9462TX...
  • Page 3 EZ Card 1000 User Guide From SMC’s EZ line of feature-rich workgroup LAN solutions 6 Hughes Irvine, CA 92618 Phone: (949) 707-2400 March 2001 Pub. # 150416-102 R01...
  • 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.

  • Page 5: Limited Warranty

    ARRANTY 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.
  • 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 • Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help 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.
  • Page 8 OMPLIANCES 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,”...

  • Page 9: Table Of Contents

    System Requirements ....... 1-5 Inserting the Network Card ......1-5 PCI Configuration .
  • Page 10 Solutions for Common Problems ..... . A-3 Network Card Installation Problems ....A-3 Network Connection Problems .

  • Page 11: Installing The Network Card

    Ethernet. A true plug-and-play device, this 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 12: Hardware Description

    Hardware Description The EZ Card 1000 is a Gigabit Ethernet network card designed for 32 and 64-bit PCI-bus computers. The SMC9462TX 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 13: 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 on the fiber port.

  • Page 14: 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 SMC9462TX 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 15: 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 v2.2 or later.
  • Page 16 32 or 64-bit PCI slots to properly install the network card. 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. Figure 1-3. Inserting the Network Card...

  • Page 17: 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 18: 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 19: 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. Figure 1-4. Connecting UTP Cable 2. Attach the male connector on the other end of the UTP cable directly to an Ethernet or Fast Ethernet device.
  • Page 20 NSTALLING ETWORK 1-10...

  • Page 21: 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 22 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.

  • Page 23: 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 24: 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 25: 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 26: Novell Netware Installation

    You will need the SMC SuperDisk during this procedure. Shutdown 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 27 8. A screen with three dialog boxes is displayed. To change the driver configuration, tab to the “SMC9462_1 Parameters” dialog box and modify the driver parameters. Depending on the network that the card is attached to, the Link, Speed, Duplex Mode, and Phy Type parameters might need to be changed from their default values.

  • Page 28: 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 29 9. A screen with three dialog boxes is displayed. To change the driver configuration, tab to the “SMC9462_1 Parameters” dialog box and modify the driver parameters. Depending on the network that the card is attached to, the Link, Speed, Duplex Mode, and Phy Type parameters might need to be changed from their default values.

  • Page 30: 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 31 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.

  • Page 32: 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 be easily ported to other distributions as well.
  • Page 33 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”...

  • Page 34: 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. 3. Power on your PC and boot into Windows 98.
  • Page 35 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. 13. Restart your computer to initialize the network function. Note: “C:\WINDOWS”...

  • Page 36: 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 37: Configuration

    N View the adapter’s status. N Configure the adapter’s advanced properties, such as link parameters and Jumbo Frame support. Network Card Information Select the “Properties” tab in the utility window to view the network card status information and to set a locally administered network address.

  • Page 38: Network Type

    ONFIGURING AND ESTING THE configuration the switch will sense the link speed but will default to half duplex. If the link partner is configured to full duplex, the adapter will not connect correctly resulting in high error rates and inefficient communication. Therefore, auto-negotiation should be disabled when connecting to a card with fixed configuration.

  • Page 39: Receive Buffer

    Receive Buffer This field lets you set the number of buffers allocated in the memory for use by the adapter while receiving packets. Decreasing the number of buffers reduces the memory requirement of the adapter. Transmit Buffer This field lets you set the number of buffers allocated in the memory for use by the adapter while transmitting packets.
  • Page 40 ONFIGURING AND ESTING THE ETWORK...

  • Page 41: 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 (v2.2 or later) and upgrade your computer BIOS to the latest version.
  • Page 42 N Ensure that INTA for the slot is assigned to a free interrupt (IRQ) number. N Check the BIOS Setup program’s PCI parameters for the slot where the EZ Card 1000 network card is installed. Ensure the slot is configured for level-triggered interrupts instead of edge-triggered interrupts. An example of typical PCI...

  • Page 43: 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 44: Network Connection Problems

    EZ Card 1000 separately. N Check for a defective computer or PCI bus by trying the network card in another computer that is known to operate correctly. N Make sure your computer is using the latest BIOS available.
  • Page 45 Cable Specifications Cable 10BASE-T 100BASE-TX 1000BASE-T 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. For 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX connections, a twisted-pair cable must have two pairs of wires.

  • Page 46: Cables

    ABLES Caution: Each wire pair must be attached to the RJ-45 connectors in a specific orientation. Figure B-1 illustrates how the pins on the RJ-45 connector are numbered. Be sure to hold the connectors in the same orientation when attaching the wires to the pins. Figure B-1.

  • Page 47: 10Base-T/100Base-Tx Pin Assignments

    10BASE-T/100BASE-TX Pin Assignments With 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX cable, pins 1 and 2 are used for transmitting data, and pins 3 and 6 for receiving data. The “+” and “-” signs in the tables below are used to represent the polarity of the wires that make up each wire pair. RJ-45 Pin Assignments 1000BASE-T Pin Assignments The table below shows the 1000Base-T pinouts for a...
  • Page 48 ABLES...

  • Page 49: Specifications

    Bus Interface 32-bit and 64-bit bus master, PCI 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 50 PECIFICATIONS Weight 2.8 oz (80g) Temperature Operating 32 to 140 °F (0 to 60 °C) Storage -40 to 18 °F (-22 to 85 °C) Humidity 5 to 95% (non-condensing) Standards IEEE 802.3ab 1000BASE-T IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T IEEE 802.3x Full-Duplex flow control PCI v2.2 Compliances CE Mark...

  • Page 51: Software Drivers

    Software Drivers ODI Drivers NDIS Drivers Unix Drivers NetWare Server 4.11 or later Windows NT 4.0 Windows 98 Windows ME Windows 2000 Linux 2.2.X or later PECIFICATIONS...
  • Page 52 PECIFICATIONS...
  • Page 53 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 54 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 55 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 56 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.

  • Page 57: Index

    A-3 host requirements 1-5 indicators 1-3 installation instructions 1-5 Linux 2-10 NetWare Server 5.0 2-6 other systems 2-16 problems A-3 Windows 2000 2-5 Windows 98 2-14 LED indicators Model SMC9462TX 1-3 LEDs 1-3 Linux driver installation 2-10 NDEX Index-1...
  • Page 58 NDEX NetWare Installation 2-6 NetWare Server 5.0 2-6 network status LEDs 1-3 package contents 1-4 PC requirements 1-5 bus specification 1-5 compatibility A-1 configuration 1-7 pin assignments B-1 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...
  • Page 60 86-10-6235-4958; 886-2-2747-4780; (65) 238 6556; 82-2-553-0860; 81-45-224-2332; 61-2-9416-0437; 91-22-8204437; Model Number: SMC9462TX Publication Number: 150416-102 E032001-R01 Fax (949) 707-2460 Fax 34-93-477-3774 Fax 44 (0) 1189 748701 Fax 33 (1) 41.18.68.69 Fax 49 (0) 89 92861-230 Fax 46 (8) 87 62 62...
  • Page 61 6 Hughes Irvine, CA 92618 Phone: (949) 707-2400...

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