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The AOC-CTGS-i2T with NC-SI allows cus- tomers to monitor the servers remotely. Based on the latest Intel® X550 controller, the AOC-CTGS-i2T is an excellent choice for customers who are looking to expand their network connectivity with highest bandwidth.
AOC-CTGS-i2T Add-on Card User's Guide Conventions Used in the User's Guide Pay special attention to the following symbols for proper system installation and to prevent damage to the system or injury to yourself: Warning: Important information given to ensure proper system installation or to prevent damage to the components or injury to yourself.
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AOC-CTGS-i2T Add-on Card User's Guide Table of Contents Preface About this User's Guide ....................3 About this Add-on Card ....................3 An Important Note to the User ..................3 Returning Merchandise for Service ................3 Naming Convention ....................... 4 SMC Networking Add-on Cards ..................4 Conventions Used in the User's Guide .................
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-CTGS-i2T Add-on Card User's Guide Technical Specifications General • Intel® X550 10GbE controller with integrated 10GBase-T copper PHYs • MicroLP Form Factor • PCI-E 3.0 x4 (8GT/s) interface • Dual RJ45 connectors with speeds up to 10Gb/s per port •...
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Chapter 1: Overview • Supports Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) • DMA coalescing Virtualization • Support for Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq1 and Next Generation VMDq) • L2 Ethernet MAC Address filters and VLAN filters • PCI-SIG SR-IOV (64 VFs) •...
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AOC-CTGS-i2T Add-on Card User's Guide OS Support • Windows® Server 2012 R2, 2012, 2008 R2 X86-64 • Linux Redhat EL 6.5 and 7.0 IA-32, X86-64, and IA-64 • Linux SuSE SLES 11 SP3 and 12 IA-32, X86-64, and IA-64 •...
CBL-NTWK-0612: RJ45 CAT6A 550MHz Rated Blue 24 ft. patch cable Platform Support • Supermicro Twin Server and MicroCloud Systems with MicroLP expansion slot (See MicroLP Compatibility Matrix online) http://www.supermicro.com/support/resources/aoc/microLP_compatibility.cfm Compliance/Operating Environment The AOC-CTGS-i2T add-on card is compliant with the following environmental regulations: • RoHS Compliant 6/6, Pb Free...
DESIGNED IN USA Intel X550 The AOC-CTGS-i2T Layout Major Components The following major components are on the AOC-CTGS-i2T: 1. Intel® X550 10GbE LAN Controller 2. 3.3V Standby Power Enable Jumper 3. (RJ45 Ethernet) LAN Port 1 & LAN1 LED Indicator...
AOC-CTGS-i2T Add-on Card User's Guide Jumpers and Indicators Connector Pins Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the add-on card, a Jumper jumper can be used to choose between optional settings. A jumper creates shorts between two pins to change the function of the connector. Pin...
Chapter 2: Hardware Components LED Indicators Link LED Activity LED GLAN Port LEDs Two LAN ports (LAN 1/LAN 2) are LAN 1/LAN 2 Activity LED (Left) LED State located on the add-on card. Each Color Status Definition Ethernet LAN port has two LEDs. The Amber Flashing Active...
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-CTGS-i2T 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.
Follow the steps below to install the drivers for Windows. Download the drivers from the Supermicro website at https://www.supermicro.com/wftp/driver. 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.
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AOC-CTGS-i2T 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...
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>...
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AOC-CTGS-i2T 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>...
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Chapter 3: Installation /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. Reboot the system for the kernel updates to take affect.
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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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