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Dual Port PCI Express (PCIe x4) Gigabit Ethernet
Server Adapter Network Card - Intel® i350 NIC
ST2000SPEXI
DE: Bedienungsanleitung - de.startech.com
FR: Guide de l'utilisateur - fr.startech.com
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- Page 1 Server Adapter Network Card - Intel® i350 NIC ST2000SPEXI *actual product may vary from photos DE: Bedienungsanleitung - de.startech.com FR: Guide de l'utilisateur - fr.startech.com ES: Guía del usuario - es.startech.com IT: Guida per l'uso - it.startech.com NL: Gebruiksaanwijzing - nl.startech.com PT: Guia do usuário - pt.startech.com...
- Page 2 StarTech.com. Where they occur these references are for illustrative purposes only and do not represent an endorsement of a product or service by StarTech.com, or an endorsement of the product(s) to which this manual applies by the third-party company in question. Regardless of any direct acknowledgement elsewhere in the body of this document, StarTech.com hereby...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Introduction ....................2 Packaging Contents ..........................3 System Requirements..........................3 Installation ....................3 Hardware Installation ..........................3 Driver Installation ............................4 Advanced Features (Windows) ............5 Link Speed & Duplex ..........................5 Advanced Tab............................. 6 Jumbo Packet ........................7 Gigabit Master Slave Mode ....................7 Interrupt Moderation ...................... -
Page 4: Introduction
Introduction The ST2000SPEXI PCI Express Dual Port Gigabit Network Card lets you add two gigabit Ethernet ports to a desktop computer through a single, four-lane (x4 or higher)PCI Express slot.Each port is fully compatible with IEEE 802.3/u/ab standards, for 10/100/1000 Mbps auto-negotiation. -
Page 5: Packaging Contents
Be sure that you are properly grounded before opening your computer case or touching your PCI Express card. StarTech.com recommends that you wear an anti-static strap when installing any computer component. If an anti-static strap is unavailable, discharge... -
Page 6: Driver Installation
Insert the power cable into the socket on the power supply and reconnect all other connectors removed in Step 1. Driver Installation Note: New versions of this product do not include the Driver CD. Please visit www.startech.com/ST2000SPEXI and navigate to the Drivers/Downloads tab to download the latest drivers. Instruction Manual... -
Page 7: Advanced Features (Windows)
Advanced Features (Windows) Link Speed & Duplex In the default mode, the adapter will attempt to auto-negotiate with its link partner to determine the best setting. If the adapter cannot establish link with the link partner using auto- negotiation, you may need to manually configure the adapter and link partner to identical settings to establish link and pass packets. -
Page 8: Advanced Tab
Gigabit Network Device Considerations Per the IEEE specification, gigabit speed is available only in full duplex. The settings available when auto-negotiation is disabled are: • 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps Full duplex (requires a full duplex capable link partner set to full duplex). The adapter can send and receive packets at the same time. -
Page 9: Jumbo Packet
Gigabit Master Slave Mode Decides whether the adapter or link partner, is designated as the master. The other device is designated as the slave. Changing the setting can improve link quality with certain link partners. NOTE: Some multi-port devices can be forced to master mode. If forced to master mode, the device can either disconnect or downshift to a 100-Mbps link. -
Page 10: Jumbo Packet
When an event occurs, the adapter generates an interrupt, which allows the driver to handle the packet. At greater link speeds, more interrupts are created, and CPU rates also increase. This results in poor system performance. When you use a higher ITR setting, the interrupt rate is lower, and the result is better system performance. -
Page 11: Locally Administered Address
Restrictions: • Jumbo Frames can be implemented simultaneously with VLANs and teaming, however Jumbo frames are not supported in multi-vendor team configurations. • Supported protocols are limited to IP (TCP, UDP). • Jumbo frames require compatible switch connections that forward Jumbo Frames. To configure Jumbo Frames at the switch, consult your network administrator or switch user’s guide. -
Page 12: Log Link State Event
CAUTION: Make sure no other systems on the network use this address. NOTES: • Do not use a multicast address (least significant bit of the high byte = 1). For example, in the address 0y123456789A, “y” cannot be an odd number. (y must be 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, A, C, or E.) •... -
Page 13: Maximum Number Of Rss Queues
LINK_DUPLEX_MISMATCH - When this message is displayed, there is a mismatch in duplex between the adapter and the link partner. To investigate this issue, click the Link Speed tab and change the speed and duplex settings appropriately. Maximum Number of RSS Queues Configures the number of Receive Side Scaling (RSS) queues: •... -
Page 14: Performance Options
Intel® PROSet automatically enables 802.1p tagging when you set up a VLAN. You cannot disable QoS Packet Tagging on a VLAN because tagging is required for VLANs. When this feature is enabled, tagged packets use the queue settings defined by the operating system Priority Level Definition. -
Page 15: Receive Side Scaling
Receive Side Scaling Enables Receive Side Scaling (RSS). RSS balances receive traffic across multiple CPUs or CPU cores. This setting has no effect if your system has only one processing unit. NOTES: • RSS must be enabled for Intel® I/O Acceleration Technology to function under Microsoft Windows Server 2003. -
Page 16: Wait For Link
TCP Checksum Offload Enables the adapter to verify the TCP checksum on received packets and compute checksum on transmitted packets. Enabling this feature can improve TCP performance and reduce CPU utilization. This setting can be configured separately for IPv4 and IPv6. NOTE: Changing this setting may cause a momentary loss of connectivity. -
Page 17: Power Management
Auto Detect: Automatically set to On or Off depending on speed and adapter type when the driver is installed. • Off for copper Intel PRO/1000 adapters with a speed of Auto • On for copper Intel PRO/1000 adapters with a forced speed and duplex •... - Page 18 Remote Wake-Up and Wake on LAN Microsoft Windows and Windows Server do not support wake from a power-off (S5) state, only from standby (S3) or hibernate (S4). When shutting down the system, they shutdown ACPI devices, including Intel adapters. This disarms the adapter’s remote wake up capability.
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Page 19: Teaming
Teaming Advanced Network Services (ANS) Teaming, a feature of the Advanced Network Services component, lets you take advantage of multiple network ports / adapters in a system by grouping them together. ANS teaming can use features like fault tolerance and load balancing to increase throughput and reliability. - Page 20 • If team members implement advanced features differently, failover and team functionality will be affected. To avoid team implementation issues, create teams that use similar adapter types and models. • Reload the team after adding an adapter or changing any advanced features.
- Page 21 • To assure a common feature set, some advanced features, including hardware offloading, are automatically disabled when an adapter that does not support Intel PROSet is added to a team. • Hot Plug operations in a Multi-Vendor Team may cause system instability.
- Page 22 • The devices you want to team together use different driver versions. • TOE (TCP Offload Engine) enabled devices cannot be added to an ANS team and will not appear in the list of available adapters. • You can add Intel® Active Management Technology (Intel® AMT) enabled devices to Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT), Switch Fault Tolerance (SFT), and Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB) teams.
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Page 23: Ans Teaming Types
Remove the ANS teams and VLANS involved in the LBFO team and recreate them. This is an optional (all bindings are restored when the LBFO team is removed ), but strongly recommended step NOTE: If you add an Intel AMT enabled port to an LBFO team, do not set the port to Standby in the LBFO team. - Page 24 • You can set up monitoring between an SFT team and up to five IP addresses. This allows you to detect link failure beyond the switch. You can ensure connection availability for several clients that you consider critical. If the connection between the primary adapter and all of the monitored IP addresses is lost, the team will failover to the secondary adapter.
- Page 25 Virtual Machine Load Balancing (VMLB) - provides transmit and receive traffic load balancing across Virtual Machines bound to the team interface, as well as fault tolerance in the event of switch port, cable, or adapter failure. This teaming type works with any switch. The driver analyzes the transmit and receive load on each member adapter and balances the traffic across member adapters.
- Page 26 All adapters in a Link Aggregation team running in static mode must run at the same speed and must be connected to a Static Link Aggregation capable switch. If the speed capabilities of adapters in a Static Link Aggregation team are different, the speed of the team is dependent on the lowest common denominator.
- Page 27 Before you begin • Check your switch documentation for port dependencies. Some switches require pairing to start on a primary port. • Check your speed and duplex settings to ensure the adapter and switch are running at full duplex, either forced or set to auto-negotiate.
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Page 28: Primary And Secondary Adapters
Verify that the RSS settings for all adapters in the team are the same. Primary and Secondary Adapters If the primary adapter fails, another adapter will take over its duties. If you are using more than two adapters, and you want a specific adapter to take over if the primary fails, you must specify a secondary adapter. -
Page 29: Failover And Failback
Select the adapter you want to be the primary adapter and click the Set Primary button. The adapter’s preferred setting appears in the Priority column. Failover and Failback When a link fails, either because of port or cable failure, team types that provide fault tolerance will continue to send and receive traffic. - Page 30 • A maximum of 64 VLANs per network port or team are supported by Intel software. • VLANs can co-exist with teaming. If you do this, the team must be defined first, then you can set up your VLAN. • You can set up only one untagged VLAN per adapter or team. You must have at least one tagged VLAN before you can set up an untagged VLAN.
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Page 31: Specifications
Specifications Number of Ports Bus Type PCI Express Card Type Standard Profile (LP bracket incl.) Port Style Integrated on Card Chipset Intel – i350 IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3ab Industry Stnadards PCI Express Base Specification 2.1 1 - PCI Express x4 Male Connector(s) 2 - RJ-45 Female Maximum Data Transfer... -
Page 32: Technical Support
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