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  • Page 1 UPER ® AOC-SG-i2 USER'S GUIDE Rev. 1.0...
  • Page 2 Please Note: For the most up-to-date version of this manual, please see our web site at www.supermicro.com. Super Micro Computer, Inc. ("Supermicro") reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without notice. This product, including software, if any, and documentation may not, in whole or in part, be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated or reduced to any medium or machine without prior written consent.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Introduction Overview ...v Product Features ...v Supported Operating Systems, Motherboards, and Servers ...vi Manual Images ...vi Contacting SuperMicro ... vii Returning Merchandise for Service ... viii Chapter 1 Safety Guidelines ESD Safety Guidelines ... 1-1 General Safety Guidelines ... 1-1 An Important Note to Users ...
  • Page 4 Add-on Card User's Guide Silent Uninstall Command Line Syntax ... 3-9 Command Line Options Supported by PROSETDX.msi ... 3-10 Command line install examples ...3-11 Command Line Uninstall Example ... 3-12 Command Line Reinstall/Repair ... 3-12 Chapter 4 Linux Base Driver for PRO/1000 Family of Adapters Overview ...

  • Page 5: Safety Information And Technical Specifi Cations

    Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations Introduction Overview This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users who intend to integrate SuperMicro's AOC-SG-i2 Add on Card to their system. Product Features The AOC-SG-i2 offers the following features: •...

  • Page 6: Supported Operating Systems, Motherboards, And Servers

    Add-on Card User's Guide Supported Operating Systems, Motherboards, and Servers The AOC-SG-i2 supports the following Operating Systems (OS) with the latest BIOS: • Windows 2000/Windows XP/Windows 2003/Windows 2008/Windows Vista • Linux • VMWare Manual Images All images and layouts shown are based upon the latest revision at the time of...

  • Page 7: Contacting Supermicro

    Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations Contacting SuperMicro Headquarters Address: SuperMicro Computer, Inc. 980 Rock Ave. San Jose, CA 95131 U.S.A. Tel: +1 (408) 503-8000 Fax: +1 (408) 503-8008 Email: marketing@supermicro.com (General Information) support@supermicro.com (Technical Support) www.supermicro.com Site: Europe Address: SuperMicro Computer B.V.

  • Page 8: Returning Merchandise For Service

    For faster service, RMA authorizations may be requested online (http://www. supermicro.com/support/rma/). Whenever possible, repack the add-on card in the original Supermicro box, using the original packaging materials. If these are no longer available, be sure to pack the add-on card in an anti-static bag and inside the box. Make sure that there is enough packaging material surrounding the add-on card so that it does not become damaged during shipping.

  • Page 9: Chapter 1 Safety Guidelines

    Safety Guidelines To avoid personal injury and property damage, carefully follow all the safety steps listed below when accessing your system or handling the components. ESD Safety Guidelines Electric Static Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic com ponents. To prevent dam- age to your system, it is important to handle it very carefully.

  • Page 10: An Important Note To Users

    Add-on Card User's Guide An Important Note to Users • All images and layouts shown in this user's guide are based upon the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing. The card you have received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in this manual.

  • Page 11: Chapter 2 Add-On Card Components

    Add-on Card Components Front Connectors, Jumpers, and LEDs AOC-SG-I2 AOC-SG-I2 REV: REV: 1.01 1.01 Front Components Components LAN1 Connector Port LAN2 Connector Port J1 Jumper: 3.3V STBY Intel 82575EB Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations Chapter 2 DESIGNED IN USA...

  • Page 12: Front Connector And Jumper Defi Nitions

    Add-on Card User's Guide Front Connector and Jumper Defi nitions 1. LAN ports LAN ports allow the add-on card to connect to a maximum of four network cables. These are RJ45 connectors. Each LAN port provides up to one gigabit per second connection speed which require CAT6 cables for maximum throughput.

  • Page 13: Jumper Settings

    Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations 3. J1 Jumper: 3.3V STBY When properly configured, this add-on card allows Network Administrators to use STBY enabled and STBY disabled settings. In addition to confi gurations required by your motherboard and software, you must close the J1 jumper on the add-on card to enable this feature.
  • Page 14 Add-on Card User's Guide Notes...

  • Page 15: Chapter 3 Installing The Drivers

    Installing the Drivers Installing the Drivers in Microsoft Windows NOTES: These instructions apply to all versions of Microsoft* Windows* 2000, Windows XP (including Windows XP x64 and Windows XP 64-bit Edition), Windows Vista* (including Windows Vista x64), and Windows Server* 2003 (including Windows Server 2003 x64 and Windows Server 2003 64-Bit Edition).

  • Page 16: Intel® Proset For Windows* Device Manager

    Add-on Card User's Guide Intel® PROSet for Windows* Device Manager Intel® PROSet for Windows* Device Manager is an extension to the Windows Device Manager. When you install the Intel PROSet software, additional tabs are automatically added to Device Manager. You can install Intel PROSet on computers running Microsoft* Windows* 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista*, and Windows Server* 2003, including 64-bit and x64 versions.

  • Page 17: Receive Side Scaling

    Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations Receive Side Scaling RSS must be enabled for Intel® I/O Acceleration Technology to function. You must install Microsoft’s Scalable Networking Pack (SNP) for RSS to function. Intel® PROSet will not display the RSS setting if SNP is not installed. NOTE: The Scalable Networking Pack is part of Microsoft* Windows* Server* 2003 Service Pack 2.

  • Page 18: Installing The Base Driver And Intel® Proset Via The Command Line

    Add-on Card User's Guide Installing the Base Driver and Intel® PROSet via the Command Line Installation Methods The base driver install utility (SetupBD.exe) allows unattended install of base driv- ers from a command line. Intel® PROSet for Windows* Device Manager is supported on Microsoft* Windows* 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Microsoft Windows Server* 2003.

  • Page 19: Intel Proset For Windows Device Manager Installation

    Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations Option Installs and/or updates the driver(s) and displays the SetupBD GUI. SetupBD /s Installs and/or updates the driver(s) silently. Installs and/or updates the driver(s) silently and forces SetupBD /s /r a reboot. SetupBD /s /r Installs and/or updates the driver(s) silently and forces a reboot (/nr is ignored).

  • Page 20: Using The Dxsetup.exe Utility

    Add-on Card User's Guide translates the installation instructions to the language associated with your operat- ing system. Using the DxSetup.exe utility DxSetup.exe is a setup utility used for installing Intel PROSet. It detects the system language, searches for the appropriate transform fi le in the same folder, and then launches PROSETDX.msi in the language specifi...

  • Page 21: Command Line Examples

    Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations DxSetup.exe also takes the install options from the command line and applies them to the PROSETDX.msi command line installation. DxSetup.exe command line switches: NOTES: The ANS property should only be set to ANS=1 if DMIX=1 is set. If DMIX=0 and ANS=1, the ANS=1 is ignored and only the base driver will be installed.

  • Page 22: Command Line Switches

    Add-on Card User's Guide Refer to Microsoft’s website for the most current information on msiexec.exe com- mand line options: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library NOTES: • Not all command line options Microsoft provides with msiexec.exe have been tested or are necessarily supported for Intel PROSet installation. •...

  • Page 23: Silent Install/Upgrade Command Line Syntax

    Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations This section describes how to install Intel PROSet using PROSETDX.msi and msiexec.exe from the command line. For more information on msiexec.exe com- mand line parameters, refer to the msiexec.exe command line options section. Windows Installer Service is installed by default in Windows 2000, XP32 and XP64.

  • Page 24: Command Line Options Supported By Prosetdx.msi

    Add-on Card User's Guide <path to msiexec.exe> /x <path to PROSETDX.msi> /qn /liew <path to uninstall. log> Property “0”, deselect / do not execute SetupBD. “1”, execute SetupBD to install the drivers. NOTE: In this release, it is set to “1” by default. It is always installed by default in this release.

  • Page 25: Command Line Install Examples

    Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations • The ANS property should only be set to ANS=1 if DMIX=1 is set. If DMIX=0 and ANS=1, only the base driver will be installed. • Public properties are case sensitive. All characters are upper- c a s e w i t h n o w h i t e s p a c e b e t w e e n c h a r a c t e r s .

  • Page 26: Command Line Uninstall Example

    Add-on Card User's Guide C:\WINNT\System32\msiexec.exe /i D:\Apps\PROSETDX\Win32\PROSETDX.msi /qn TRANSFORMS=2052.mst /liew C:\ install.log NOTE: Intel recommends using DxSetup.exe to install Intel PROSet. DxSetup.exe detects the system’s language, searches for the appropriate transform fi le, and applies it to MSI package. Command Line Uninstall Example NOTE: Do not use the “ANS”...

  • Page 27: Safety Information And Technical Specifi Cations

    Linux Base Driver for PRO/1000 Family of Adapters Overview This fi le describes the Linux* Base Driver for the Intel® PRO/1000 Family of Adapt- ers. This driver supports the 2.4.x and 2.6.x kernels. This driver includes support for Itanium® 2-based systems. This driver is only supported as a loadable module.

  • Page 28: Identifying Your Adapter

    Add-on Card User's Guide Identifying Your Adapter For more information on how to identify your adapter, go to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at: http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm For the latest Intel network drivers for Linux, refer to the following website. In the search fi...
  • Page 29 Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations Compile the driver module: make install The binary will be installed as: /lib/modules/<KERNEL VERSION>/kernel/drivers/net/e1000/e1000.[k]o The install location listed above is the default location. This may differ for vari- ous Linux distributions. For more information, go to ldistrib.htm. Load the module using either the insmod or modprobe command: modprobe e1000 insmod e1000...

  • Page 30: Command Line Parameters

    Add-on Card User's Guide Command Line Parameters If the driver is built as a module, the following optional parameters are used by enter- ing them on the command line with the modprobe command using this syntax: modprobe e1000 [<option>=<VAL1>,<VAL2>,...] For example, with two PRO/1000 PCI adapters, entering: modprobe e1000 TxDescriptors=80,128 loads the e1000 driver with 80 TX descriptors for the fi...
  • Page 31 Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations Parameter Valid Range/Set- Name tings 0x01-0x0F, AutoNeg 0x20-0x2F 0-2 (0=auto-ne- Duplex gotiate, 1=half, 2=full) 0-3 (0=none, FlowControl 1=Rx only, 2=Tx only, 3=Rx&Tx) Default Description This parameter is a bit mask that specifi es which speed and duplex settings the board advertises.
  • Page 32 Add-on Card User's Guide Parameter Valid Range/Set- Name tings (not supported on Intel(R) 82542, 82543 or 82544- based adapters) Interrupt- Valid Range: ThrottleRate 0,1,3,100-100000 (0=off, 1=dynam- ic, 3=dynamic conservative) Default Description Since 7.3.x, the driver has two adap- tive modes (setting 1 or 3) in which it dynamically adjusts the InterruptThrott- leRate value based on the traffi...
  • Page 33 Parameter Valid Range/Set- Name tings 80-256 for 82542 and 82543-based adapters RxDescrip- tors 80-4096 for all other supported adapters Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations Default Description This value specifi es the number of receive buffer descriptors allocated by the driver. Increasing this value allows the driver to buffer more incoming packets, at the expense of increased system memory utilization.
  • Page 34 Add-on Card User's Guide Parameter Valid Range/Set- Name tings RxIntDelay 0-65535 (0=off) RxAbsIntDe- 0-65535 (0=off) Default Description This value delays the generation of receive interrupts in units of 1.024 microseconds. Receive interrupt re- duction can improve CPU effi ciency if properly tuned for specifi c network traffi...
  • Page 35 Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations Parameter Valid Range/Set- Name tings Speed 0, 10, 100, 1000 80-256 for 82542 and 82543-based adapters TxDescrip- tors 80-4096 for all other supported adapters TxIntDelay 0-65535 (0=off) Default Description Speed forces the line speed to the specifi...
  • Page 36 Add-on Card User's Guide Parameter Valid Range/Set- Name tings TxAbsIntDe- 0-65535 (0=off) XsumRX Default Description This value, in units of 1.024 micro- seconds, limits the delay in which a transmit interrupt is generated. Useful only if TxIntDelay is non-zero, this value ensures that an interrupt is generated after the initial packet is sent on the wire within the set amount of time.

  • Page 37: Notes On Interruptthrottlerate

    Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations Notes on InterruptThrottleRate Since 7.3.x, the driver has two adaptive modes (setting 1 or 3) in which it dynami- cally adjusts the InterruptThrottleRate value based on the traffi c that it receives. After determining the type of incoming traffi c in the last timeframe, it will adjust the InterruptThrottleRate to an appropriate value for that traffi...
  • Page 38 Add-on Card User's Guide restoring the network connection. To eliminate the potential for the hang, ensure that InterruptThrottleRate is set no greater than 75,000 and is not set to 0. NOTE: When e1000 is loaded with default settings and multiple adapters are in use simultaneously, the CPU utilization may increase non-linearly.

  • Page 39: Speed And Duplex Confi Guration

    Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations Speed and Duplex Confi guration Three keywords are used to control the speed and duplex confi guration. These keywords are Speed, Duplex, and AutoNeg. If the board uses a fi ber interface, these keywords are ignored, and the fi ber inter- face board only links at 1000 Mbps full-duplex.

  • Page 40: 4-5 Additional Confi Gurations

    Add-on Card User's Guide Bit Posi- Decimal tion Value Some examples of using AutoNeg: modprobe e1000 AutoNeg=0x01 (Restricts autonegotiation to 10 Half) modprobe e1000 AutoNeg=1 (Same as above) modprobe e1000 AutoNeg=0x02 (Restricts autonegotiation to 10 Full) modprobe e1000 AutoNeg=0x03 (Restricts autonegotiation to 10 Half or 10 Full) modprobe e1000 AutoNeg=0x04 (Restricts autonegotiation to 100 Half) modprobe e1000 AutoNeg=0x05 (Restricts autonegotiation to 10 Half or 100...
  • Page 41 Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations for your system, refer to your distribution documentation. If during this process you are asked for the driver or module name, the name for the Linux Base Driver for the Intel® PRO/1000 family of adapters is e1000. As an example, if you install the e1000 driver for two PRO/1000 adapters (eth0 and eth1) and set the speed and duplex to 10full and 100half, add the following to modules.conf or /etc/modprobe.conf:...
  • Page 42 Add-on Card User's Guide The maximum MTU setting for Jumbo Frames is 16110. This value coincides with the maximum Jumbo Frames size of 16128. Some Intel gigabit adapters that support Jumbo Frames have a frame size limit of 9238 bytes, with a corresponding MTU size limit of 9216 bytes. The adapt- ers with this limitation are based on the Intel®...
  • Page 43 Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations Ethtool The driver utilizes the ethtool interface for driver confi guration and diagnostics, as well as displaying statistical information. Ethtool version 1.6 or later is required for this functionality. The latest release of ethtool can be found at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/gker- nel.
  • Page 44 Add-on Card User's Guide NAPI NAPI (Rx polling mode) is supported in the e1000 driver. NAPI is enabled or disabled based on the confi guration of the kernel. To override the default, use the following compile-time fl ags. To enable NAPI, compile the driver module, passing in a confi guration option: make CFLAGS_EXTRA=-DE1000_NAPI install To disable NAPI, compile the driver module, passing in a confi...
  • Page 45 Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations Disclaimer (cont.) The products sold by Supermicro are not intended for and will not be used in life sup- port systems, medical equipment, nuclear facilities or systems, aircraft, aircraft devices, aircraft/emergency communication devices or other critical systems whose failure to per- form be reasonably expected to result in signifi...
  • Page 46 Add-on Card User's Guide Notes 4-20...

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