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Chapter 1

Introducing the AT-2872SX Gigabit 
Ethernet Fiber ExpressCard Module

This chapter provides an introduction to the Allied Telesis AT-2872SX 
Gigabit Ethernet Fiber ExpressCard Module and contains the following 
sections:

ˆ

“Functional Description” on page 16

ˆ

“Hardware Features” on page 18

ˆ

“Supported Operating Systems” on page 19

ˆ

“Physical Description” on page 20

Summary of Contents for AT-2872SX

Page 1: ...613 001261 Rev A Gigabit Ethernet Fiber ExpressCard Module AT 2872SX Installation and User s Guide...

Page 2: ...d without prior written permission from Allied Telesis Inc Allied Telesis and the Allied Telesis logo are trademarks of Allied Telesis Incorporated All other product names company names logos or other...

Page 3: ...ns may cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on The user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more...

Page 4: ...of the safety statement is available in a PDF document titled Translated Safety Statements This is posted on the Allied Telesis website at http www alliedtelesis com support software Refer to Where to...

Page 5: ...rivers 33 Installing the Windows Driver Software 34 Using the Installer 35 Using Silent Installation 39 Removing the Device Drivers 42 Windows XP 42 Vista and Windows 7 42 Using the NetXtreme II Monol...

Page 6: ...1 Physical Specifications 71 Environmental Specifications 71 Power Specifications 71 Performance Specification 72 Operating Specifications 72 Appendix B Cleaning Fiber Optic Connectors 73 Using a Cart...

Page 7: ...Hardware Wizard Page 35 Figure 9 Broadcom NetXtreme II Driver Installer InstallShield Wizard Page 36 Figure 10 License Agreement Page 37 Figure 11 Ready to Install the Program Page 38 Figure 12 Instal...

Page 8: ...Figures 8...

Page 9: ...9 Tables Table 1 Safety Symbols 12 Table 2 Fiber Optic Port 1000 LED Status 20 Table 3 Broadcom NetXtreme II Linux Drivers 50 Table 4 Linux Driver Packaging 51...

Page 10: ...Tables 10...

Page 11: ...er software on the AT 2872SX ExpressCard module and configure the driver software The driver software is supported on the following operating systems Windows XPTM Windows VistaTM Windows 7TM The Prefa...

Page 12: ...s the safety symbols defined in Table 1 Table 1 Safety Symbols Symbol Meaning Description Caution Performing or omitting a specific action may result in equipment damage or loss of data Warning Perfor...

Page 13: ...mentation for all Allied Telesis products are available in portable document format PDF on our web site Go to http www alliedtelesis com support software Enter your hardware product model in the Searc...

Page 14: ...eturn materials authorization RMA number A product sent to Allied Telesis without an RMA number will be returned to the sender at the sender s expense To obtain an RMA number contact the Allied Telesi...

Page 15: ...This chapter provides an introduction to the Allied Telesis AT 2872SX Gigabit Ethernet Fiber ExpressCard Module and contains the following sections Functional Description on page 16 Hardware Features...

Page 16: ...This module operates at speeds of 1000 Mbps featuring auto negotiation PC Express Card is the new notebook interface that replaces the PCMCIA Card Bus interface The PC Express interface is available...

Page 17: ...twork supplier of any missing or damaged items If you need to return the module you must pack it in the original or equivalent packing material or the warranty will be voided See Returning Products on...

Page 18: ...tor Full and half duplex Media Access Control MAC IPv4 Large Send Offload and Checksum Offload LSO TCO Receive Side Scaling RSS for multi core client processors PCI ExpressCard Interface Statistics fo...

Page 19: ...Fast Ethernet Fiber Module Installation and User s Guide 19 Supported Operating Systems The following list describes the supported operating systems for the AT 2872SX ExpressCard module Windows XP Wi...

Page 20: ...that provides two fiber optic connectors for attaching the module to a compatible link partner one transmitting and one receiving The AT 2872SX ExpressCard module has one LED as shown in Figure 2 See...

Page 21: ...alling the Hardware This chapter contains the following sections Reviewing Safety Precautions on page 22 Pre Installation Checklist on page 24 Installing the Module on page 25 Connecting the Network C...

Page 22: ...navigate to this document Warning This is a Class 1 LED product L1 Warning Do not stare into the laser beam L2 Warning The fiber optic ports contain a Class 1 laser device When the ports are disconnec...

Page 23: ...lry from your hands and wrists Use only insulated and non conducting tools Verify that the system is powered off and unplugged before accessing the internal components Installation or removal of adapt...

Page 24: ...driver files reside on your system 2 If your laptop is active shut it down 3 When the system shut down is complete power OFF and unplug your system 4 Holding the module by the edges remove it from it...

Page 25: ...sks on your particular PC refer to the manual that was supplied with your laptop Note Allied Telesis recommends that you turn off your PC before installing the AT 2872SX ExpressCard module Note To per...

Page 26: ...g the Hardware 26 Figure 3 Selecting the ExpressCard Slot 3 Use a pen and press the button toward the laptop and to the left See Figure 4 on page 27 The button pops out along with the plate See Figure...

Page 27: ...AT 2872SX ExpressCard Fast Ethernet Fiber Module Installation and User s Guide 27 Figure 4 Pressing the Button Figure 5 Removing the Faceplate From PCI ExpressCard Slot 1710 1711...

Page 28: ...Figure 6 Keep the plate in a safe place You may need it for future use Figure 6 Removing the Plate 5 For the 54 mm ExpressCard slot align the module to the left side of the slot See Figure 7 For lapto...

Page 29: ...ntil it is firmly seated in the ExpressCard slot See Figure 7 Figure 7 Inserting the Module 7 Make sure the module is seated securely 8 Power the system on Once the system returns to proper operation...

Page 30: ...module attempts to establish the connection at 1000 Mbps in auto negotiation mode Note Since the port on the AT 2872SX ExpressCard module operates in auto negotiate mode only the end nodes connected...

Page 31: ...SX ExpressCard Fast Ethernet Fiber Module Installation and User s Guide 31 Note For instructions that describe how to clean the fiber optic connector see Appendix B Cleaning Fiber Optic Connectors on...

Page 32: ...Chapter 2 Installing the Hardware 32...

Page 33: ...it describes how to display and change adapter properties including power management options This chapter covers the following topics Installing the Windows Driver Software on page 34 Removing the De...

Page 34: ...or more information When Windows first starts after a hardware device such as an AT 2872SX ExpressCard module has been installed or after the existing device driver has been removed the operating syst...

Page 35: ...e drivers Note Allied Telesis recommends that you not perform hot insertions or hot removal when the OS is up and running We recommend that you insert or remover the adapter only when the system is po...

Page 36: ...Page is displayed See Figure 9 on page 36 Note There is a setup exe file for the 32 bit operating system and another for the 64 bit operating system You can use each installer on Win XP Vista and Wind...

Page 37: ...tion and User s Guide 37 Figure 10 License Agreement Page 4 After you review the license agreement click I accept the terms in the license agreement and then click Next to continue The Ready to Instal...

Page 38: ...he Windows Drivers 38 Figure 11 Ready to Install the Program Page 5 Click Install The InstallShield Wizard Completed Page is displayed See Figure 12 on page 39 Note A TCP Chimney message appears with...

Page 39: ...installation provides a command line silent mode which allows for unattended installation This section discusses the various ways to perform a silent installation on all of the Windows Operating Syste...

Page 40: ...orming a Silent Install and Creating a Log File To perform a silent install and create a log file at f 1testlog txt type the following setup s v qn L f 1testlog txt Performing a Silent Upgrade To perf...

Page 41: ...ve may differ from your current installer Check the Key name corresponding with the Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 BACS application in HKLM Software Mictrosoft Windows CurrentVersion Uninstall for...

Page 42: ...Installer and then click Remove Follow the on screen prompts 3 Click Yes to restart your system or 4 Click No to restart your system at a later time Click OK to acknowledge that the installation has b...

Page 43: ...ver When placed in the I386 or AMD64 directory depending on the version of the operating system being deployed the monolithic driver is called to establish that there is driver support for the NetXtre...

Page 44: ...ed in the I386 directory as follows 1 Locate Manufacturer header within the file 2 Review the line below it which reads brcm broadcom ntx86 ntamd64 ntia64 or equivalent 3 Modify that line to read brcm...

Page 45: ...latest monolithic driver to a directory on the local hard drive of the system you installed the AIK Follow the procedure below to insert the monolithic driver into a WinPE 2 0 boot image To insert th...

Page 46: ...ng oscdimg n bc VistaPEx86 etfsboot com c VistaPEx86 ISO C VistaPEx86 VistaPEx86 iso 2 Burn the iso image to a CD Configuring the Speed and Duplex Settings Since the typical environment where the NetX...

Page 47: ...the correct section depending upon the network adapter in your system The available values are shown below Options for copper interfaces Auto 1 Gbps is enabled when that speed is supported 0 10 Mbps...

Page 48: ...Control Suite 3 2 Click the Advanced section of the Configurations tab 3 For a detailed description of the available properties as well as for instructions for viewing and changing the value of a part...

Page 49: ...e Linux Drivers This chapter provides procedures to install the Linux drivers for the AT 2872SX ExpressCard module This chapter contains the following topics Introduction on page 50 Installing Linux D...

Page 50: ...tectures Only limited testing has been done on other architectures Minor changes to some source files and Makefile may be needed on some kernels Additionally the Makefile does not compile the cnic dri...

Page 51: ...d drivers for source RPM and compressed tar Identical source files to build the driver are included in both RPM and TAR source packages The supplemental tar file contains additional utilities such as...

Page 52: ...efer to the bnx2 driver but also apply to the bnx2i driver To install the Source RPM Package do the following 1 Enter the following command rpm ivh netxtreme2 version src rpm 2 Change the directory to...

Page 53: ...on kernel drivers net bnx2 o 2 6 x kernels lib modules kernel_version kernel drivers net bnx2 ko For the bnx2i driver the driver is installed on one of the following paths 2 6 16 kernels and newer bnx...

Page 54: ...etxtreme2 version tar gz 2 Build the driver bnx2 ko or bnx2 o as a loadable module for the running kernel Enter the following commands cd bnx2 version src make 3 Test the driver by loading it first un...

Page 55: ...le for the running kernel by entering the following command cd bnx2i version drivermake 3 Test the driver by loading it first unload the existing driver if necessary Enter the following commands rmmod...

Page 56: ...2 Load the iSCSI driver and the user daemon Do the following Manual bnx2id insmod bnx2i ko or modprobe bnx2i Using system service service bnx2id start Unloading the Linux Driver You can unload or remo...

Page 57: ...r the following command to remove it rpm e netxtreme2 Unloading the Driver from a TAR Installation If the driver was installed using make install from the tar file manually delete the bnx2 o or bnx2 k...

Page 58: ...driver disk images for the most recent Red Hat and SuSE versions are included Boot drivers for other Linux versions can be compiled by modifying the Makefile and the make environment Further informati...

Page 59: ...pplied as command line arguments to the insmod or modprobe command for the bnx2i driver error_mask1 and error_mask2 Use Config FW iSCSI Error Mask to configure certain iSCSI protocol violations to be...

Page 60: ...rq_size Use the Configure RQ size parameter to choose the size of asynchronous buffer queue size per off loaded connections The RQ size is not required to be greater than 16 because it is used to plac...

Page 61: ...U 1500 range is 46 9000 RX Ring Size 255 range is 0 4080 RX Jumbo Ring Size 0 range 0 16320 adjusted by the driver based on MTU and RX Ring Size TX Ring Size 255 range is MAX_SKB_FRAGS 1 255 MAX_SKB_F...

Page 62: ...nx2 Driver Messages on page 62 Checking bnx2i Driver Messages on page 63 Checking the bnx2 Driver Messages The following are the most common bnx2 driver messages Driver Sign on Broadcom NetXtreme II G...

Page 63: ...to make an iSCSI connection Driver detects iSCSI offload is not enabled on the CNIC device bnx2i iSCSI not supported dev eth3 bnx2i bnx2i LOM is not enabled to offload iSCSI connections dev eth0 Drive...

Page 64: ...iolation Fatal errors bnx2i iscsi_error wrong StatSN rcvd bnx2i iscsi_error hdr digest err bnx2i iscsi_error data digest err bnx2i iscsi_error wrong opcode rcvd bnx2i iscsi_error AHS len 0 rcvd bnx2i...

Page 65: ...options error bnx2i iscsi_error urgent flag error CNIC detects iSCSI protocol violation non FATAL warning bnx2i iscsi_warning invalid TTT bnx2i iscsi_warning invalid DataSN bnx2i iscsi_warning invalid...

Page 66: ...res on setting up noop_out_interval and noop_out_timeout values In the scenario where multiple CNIC devices are in the system and the system is booted via Broadcom s iSCSI boot solution ensure that th...

Page 67: ...iscsi packages RHEL5 rpm e iscsi initiator utils SLES10 SP1 rpm e open iscsi 2 Install the source RPM package Type the following rpm ivh open iscsi package name src rpm 3 CD to the RPM path and build...

Page 68: ...f the NX2 device zz pci function number of the NX2 device Network interface to iscsi transport name binding can be obtained by executing the following dmesg grep bnx2i netif Sample output in a system...

Page 69: ...t driver parameters set which includes 128 outstanding commands bnx2i can offload a maximum of 28 iSCSI connections This is not a hard limit but simple on chip resource allocation math The bnx2i drive...

Page 70: ...Chapter 4 Installing the Linux Drivers 70...

Page 71: ...al specifications apply to the AT 2872SX ExpressCard module Operating Temperature 0 C to 40 C 32 F to 104 F Storage Temperature 20 C to 70 C 4 F to 158 F Operating Humidity 30 to 90 noncondensing Stor...

Page 72: ...nce specification apply to the AT 2872SX ExpressCard module MTBF 1 650 000 hours Operating Specifications The following operating specifications apply to the AT 2872SX ExpressCard module Output Optica...

Page 73: ...le to the naked eye can disrupt light transmission and lead to failure of the component or of the entire system Therefore it is of utmost importance to clean all fiber optic connectors before use Figu...

Page 74: ...ic connector To clean a fiber optic connector using a cartridge cleaner do the following 1 With one hand hold the cartridge cleaner and push the lever on the cleaning cartridge in the direction of the...

Page 75: ...up the ferrule tip when you reach the bottom of the cleaning surface can result in static electricity that can damage the fiber optic cable 4 If desired repeat steps 3 and 4 5 If a fiber inspection sc...

Page 76: ...mm and 1 25 mm sizes for use on SC and MU connectors respectively Note NEVER use a household cotton swab and or alcohol to clean a fiber optic connector This may leave a residue on the ferrule tip Fig...

Page 77: ...e 77 3 If a fiber inspection scope is available use the scope to inspect the connector to make sure that it is clean and to check for scratches pits or other problems that may affect performance Note...

Page 78: ...Appendix B Cleaning Fiber Optic Connectors 78...

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