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It provides information for the installation and use of the AOC-S25GC-i2S add-on card. About this Add-On Card The Supermicro AOC-S25GC-i2S features Intel’s state of the art Columbiaville E810-XXVAM2 Ethernet solution that delivers high-performance, cutting edge technology supporting a 25Gb per second transfer rate and PCI-E Gen 4-/PCI-E Gen 3-compatible architecture.
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Product safety info: http://www.supermicro.com/about/policies/safety_informa- tion.cfm • If you have any questions, please contact our support team at: support@ supermicro.com This manual may be periodically updated without notice. Please check the Supermicro website for possible updates to the manual revision level.i...
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Introduction 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. Key Features The key features of this add-on card include the following: •...
Super AOC-S25GC-i2S Add-On Card User's Guide Major Components The following major components are installed on the AOC-S25GC-i2S: AOC-S25GC-i2S Major Components Component Name Definition Intel E810-XXVAM2 Ethernet 25Gb Controller ® JNCSI1 NCSI header 1-2: Standby Mode Disable (default) 2-3: Standby Mode Enable...
Chapter 2: Hardware Components SFP28 Ethernet Connections SFP28 (LAN1/LAN2) Connectors Two small form-factor pluggable (SFP28) optical transceiver connectors (SFP1/ SFP2) are located on the add-on card. These SFP28 ports provide Ethernet 25GbE/10GbE network connections. See the layout below for the locations. SFP28 (LAN1/LAN2) Link/Activity LED Indicators Two LAN Link/Activity LED indicators are located at D3 and D4 on the add-on card.
For the network sideband interface to work properly, you will need to use a motherboard that supports NCSI and also need to have a special cable. Please contact Supermicro at www.supermicro.com to purchase the cable for this header. See the layout below for the location of the JNCSI1 header.
Chapter 2: Hardware Components Jumper Settings Connector Pins Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the mother- Jumper board, jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings. Jumpers create shorts between two pins to change the Setting function of the connector. Pin 1 is identified Pin 1-2 (Short) with a square solder pad on the printed circuit board.
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3.3V Standby Power Enable The 3.3V Standby Power Enable jumper is located at JP4 on the add-on card. Close Pins 1 and 2 to enable 3.3V Standby Power support. Please consult Supermicro before enabling it. The default setting is Disable.
Chapter 3: Installation Chapter 3 Installation Note: Your system came with the AOC-S25GC-i2S add-on card to be used as a part of an integrated solution. We do not recommend that any part of your system components be removed and re-installed. However,...
Super AOC-S25GC-i2S Add-On Card User's Guide Before Installation To install the add-on card properly, be sure to follow the instructions below. 1. Power down the system. 2. Remove the power cord from the wall socket. 3. Use industry-standard anti-static equipment (such as gloves or wrist strap) and follow the instructions listed on Page 3-1 to avoid damage caused by ESD.
Installing Drivers (for Intel E810-XXVAM2) ® To install both drivers and firmware for the AOC-S25GC-i2S add-on card for either Linux and Windows, please follow the instructions below. Building Driver RPM Package Please follow the steps below to build a binary RPM package for this driver.
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Super AOC-S25GC-i2S Add-On Card User's Guide # rpm -Uvh <RPM> # dnf/yum localinstall <RPM> Note 1: To compile the driver on some kernel/arch combinations, you may need to install a package with the development version of libelf (e.g. libelf-dev, libelf-devel, elfutils-libelf-devel).
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Chapter 3: Installation The installation location listed above is the default location. This may differ for various Linux distributions. Note: To compile the driver with ADQ (Application Device Queues) flags set, use the following command, where <nproc> is the number of logical cores: # make -j<nproc>...
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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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