Hardware Installation - Chelsio Communications Terminator Series Installation And User Manual

Chapter I. Chelsio Unified Wire

2. Hardware Installation

i. Shutdown/power off your system.
ii. Power off all remaining peripherals attached to your system.
iii. Unpack the Chelsio adapter and place it on an anti-static surface.
iv. Remove the system case cover according to the system manufacturer's instructions.
v. Remove the PCI filler plate from the slot where you will install the Ethernet adapter.
vi. For maximum performance, it is highly recommended to install the adapter into a PCIE x8/x16
slot.
All 4-ports of T6425-CR adapter will be functional only if PCIe x8 -> 2x PCIe x4 slot
Note
bifurcation is supported by the system and enabled in BIOS. Otherwise, only 2-ports
will be functional.
vii. Holding the Chelsio adapter by the edges, align the edge connector with the PCI connector
on the motherboard. Apply even pressure on both edges until the card is firmly seated. It may
be necessary to remove the SFP (transceiver) modules prior to inserting the adapter.
viii. Secure the Chelsio adapter with a screw, or other securing mechanism, as described by the
system manufacturer's instructions. Replace the case cover.
ix. After securing the card, ensure that the card is still fully seated in the PCIE x8/x16 slot as
sometimes the process of securing the card causes the card to become unseated.
x. Connect a fiber/twinax cable, multi-mode for short range (SR) optics or single-mode for long
range (LR) optics, to the Ethernet adapter or regular Ethernet cable for the 1Gb Ethernet
adapter.
xi. Power on your system.
xii. Verify if the adapter was installed successfully. To do so, open Device Manager in Control
Panel.
xiii. Under Other devices section, Chelsio adapter should be listed as Ethernet Controller. If the
adapter is not listed, right-click on the system name or click on the Actions menu and select
Scan for hardware changes
For Chelsio adapters, the physical functions are currently assigned as:
Physical functions 0 - 3: for the SR-IOV functions
Physical function 4: for all NIC functions of the card
Physical function 5: for iSCSI
Physical function 6: for FCoE
Physical function 7: Currently not assigned
xiv. Once the Unified Wire package is installed, open Device Manager again. Expand Network
adapters section and now Chelsio adapter should be listed.
Network device names for Chelsio's physical ports are assigned using the
Note
following convention: the port farthest from the motherboard will appear as the
first Ethernet interface. However, for T5 40G adapters, the association of physical
Ethernet ports and their corresponding network device names is opposite. For
these adapters, the port nearest to the motherboard will appear as the first
network interface.
Chelsio Unified Wire for Windows 8