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Sonnet Twin10G Thunderbolt 2 Edition User Manual

Dual-port 10gbase-t 10 gigabit ethernet thunderbolt 2 adapter
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  • Page 1 User’s Guide for Twin Thunderbolt Edition ™ ™ Dual-Port GBASE-T Gigabit Ethernet Thunderbolt Adapter Windows...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    System Requirements Driver Information Preparing to Use the Twin10G Adapter With a Mac Computer Preparing to Use the Twin10G Adapter With a Windows Computer 2 Twin10G Thunderbolt 2 Edition (T2E) Description Twin10G T2E Indicators, Sockets, and Ports Power Adapter Thunderbolt Cable...

  • Page 3: Chapter 1 - Introduction, System Requirements, And System Preparation

    1. Go to www.sonnettech.com/support/kb/kb.php Creator's update, version 1703 or greater. 2. Click the Thunderbolt Product link. 3. Click the Twin10G Thunderbolt 2 Edition link, and then click Driver Information the Documentation link. 4. Click the Twin10G Thunderbolt 2 Edition User’s Guide [English] The drivers that enable the Twin10G T2E adapter to work with link and then check the Document Version information.

  • Page 4: Preparing To Use The Twin10G Adapter With A Mac Computer

    Chapter 1 – Introduction, System Requirements, and System Preparation Preparing to Use the Twin10G Adapter With a Mac Preparing to Use the Twin10G Adapter With a Computer Windows Computer To enable the Twin10G T2E to work with your system, you will To enable the Twin10G T2E to work with your system, you will do the following: do the following:...

  • Page 5: Twin10G Thunderbolt 2 Edition (T2E) Description

    Chapter 2 – Twin10G Thunderbolt 2 Edition (T2E) Description Support Note: Sonnet has sold two versions of the Twin10G T2E adapter. The first version was manufactured through approximately late October 2018, with the second edition manufactured November 2018 and after. The ports are the same on both versions;...

  • Page 6: Power Adapter

    Chapter 2 – Twin10G Thunderbolt 2 Edition (T2E) Description Power Adapter 1 – Power Adapter Connect this to the Twin10G T2E adapter’s 12VDC socket. Note that the power indicator on top lights when the adapter is connected to AC power.

  • Page 7: Software Installation Steps

    Twin10G Thunderbolt 2 Edition link. and then click the Twin10G Thunderbolt 2 Edition link. 3. On the Twin10G Thunderbolt 2 Edition page, click the Driver 5. On the Twin10G Thunderbolt 2 Edition page, click the link, and then click the Download Now button next to the Driver link, and then click the Download Now button Windows software link;...

  • Page 8: Twin10G T2E Adapter Connection Steps

    If you are daisy chaining additional Thunderbolt peripheral devices, connect another Thunderbolt cable between the downstream device and the open Thunderbolt port on the Sonnet adapter. Note that you may not Figure 1 connect two computers to the Sonnet adapter’s Thunderbolt ports, nor to a daisy chain of Thunderbolt devices.

  • Page 9: Verification And Configuration Steps

    Chapter 5 – Verification and Configuration Steps Confirm the Twin10G T2E and Its Ethernet Controllers Are Recognized—Mac Users This page instructs Mac users how to verify the Twin10G T2E is recognized by the computer; Windows users should skip to the next page. 1.
  • Page 10 Ethernet port listed as “Network”. Click on one of the other ports; an Ethernet port Properties window will appear. Each of the Sonnet adapter’s ports will have the description “Intel(R) x550 10 Gigabit Dual Port Network Connection” with either #1 or #2 listed next to it.

  • Page 11: Basic Configuration Steps-Mac Users

    Figure 7 In order to realize any performance increases, the network switches and server to which the Sonnet adapter is connected must all be configured to have jumbo frames enabled. 1. With the Twin10G T2E adapter connected to your computer and 10GbE infrastructure, open System Preferences, and then click Network.

  • Page 12: Basic Configuration Steps-Windows Users

    2. Set up network connections by clicking “Set up a new connection or network”. You may also configure the Sonnet adapter’s settings using Windows Device Manager. You may locate the device’s ports in the Network adapters category, listed as Intel Ethernet Controller X550 dual port network connections.

  • Page 13: Tips, General Information, And Known Issues

    Before updating to the latest OS, computer is on. we recommend that you contact Sonnet to verify that the existing Twin10G drivers work. Note that other software updates for the There’s No Need to Unplug the Power Adapter computer may also break compatibility.

  • Page 14: Warnings, Fcc Compliance, And Support Information

    ©2018 Sonnet Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Sonnet, the Sonnet logotype, Creativity Stored Here, Simply Fast, the Simply Fast logotype, and Twin10G are trademarks of Sonnet Technologies, Inc. Mac, the Mac logo, macOS, and OS X are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the United States and other countries. Thunderbolt 3 and the Thunderbolt logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S.

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