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State of California, USA. The State of California, County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes. Supermicro's total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product.
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Preface About This Manual This user's guide is written for system integrators, IT professionals, and knowledgeable end users. It provides information for the installation and use of the AOC-S25G6-M2S add-on card. About This Add-On Card The Supermicro AOC-S25G6-M2S add-on card provides a PCIe Gen 4 Ethernet solution ®...
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• Product safety info: http://www.supermicro.com/about/policies/safety_information.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.
Introduction 1.1 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 the highest standards in quality and performance. 1.2 Key Features The key features of this add-on card include the following.
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Super AOC-S25G6-M2S User's Manual RDMA over Converged Ethernet • RoCE v1/v2 • Zero-Touch RoCE: no ECN, no PFC • RoCE over overlay networks • IPsec over RoCE • Selective repeat • GPUDirect ® • Dynamically Connected Transport (DCT) • Burst buffer offload Management and Control •...
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Chapter 1: Introduction • IEEE 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet (supports only “Fast-Wake” mode) • IEEE 802.3ap based auto-negotiation and KR startup • IEEE 802.1Q, 802.1P VLAN tags and priority • IEEE 802.1Qaz (ETS) • IEEE 802.1Qbb (PFC) • IEEE 802.1Qbg •...
Super AOC-S25G6-M2S User's Manual 2.2 Major Components The following major components are installed on the AOC-S25G6-M2S: AOC-S25G6-M2S Major Components Component Name Definition NVIDIA ConnectX-6 Lx Ethernet 25Gb controller LAN0/J1 LAN 0 Port LAN1/J2 LAN 1 Port Debug Header JGF1 PCIe Gen 4 x8 slot...
Chapter 2: Hardware Components 2.3 Ports There are two SFP28 connector ports (LAN0 and LAN1) located on the AOC-S25G6-M2S add-on card. Connect a Direct Attach Copper Twin Axial cable or an LC fiber-optic cable to the ports to provide Gigabit Ethernet communication. Refer to the add-on card layout on page 13 for the locations of the ports.
Super AOC-S25G6-M2S User's Manual 2.4 SFP28 Ethernet Connections SFP28 Connectors Two small form-factor pluggable (SFP28) optical transceiver connectors (SFP1/SFP2) are located on the add-on card. These SFP28 ports provide Ethernet 10GbE/25GbE network connections. See the layout below for the locations.
Network Interface Controller (NIC) for remote management. 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 add-on card layouts on page 13 for the jumper locations. If the standby power is disabled, the available system IPMI shared LAN/failover support will be turned/powered on. AOC-S25G6-M2S does not support WoL. Note: On two-pin jumpers, "Closed" means the jumper is on and "Open" means the jumper is off the pins.
Chapter 3 Installation Your system came with the AOC-S25G6-M2S 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 reinstalled. However, if you do need to remove or reinstall a system component, including this add-on card, please follow the instructions below to ensure proper system setup.
Super AOC-S25G6-M2S User's Manual 3.2 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.
1. Run the CDR-NIC. (If you do not have a product CD-ROM, download drivers from the Supermicro Support Website and then transfer them to your system.) 2. When the SUPERMICRO window appears, click on the computer icon next to the product model.
3.5 Installing Drivers (NVIDIA ConnectX-6 Lx) ® Use the procedures below to install the driver for the AOC-S25G6-M2S add-on card on both Linux and Windows. Linux Drivers 1. Use the following procedures to install the 25GbE driver on the Linux operating system.
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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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