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Regulatory

10 Gigabit Network Adapter Regulatory Compliance

The following products comply with

Class A regulatory statements

for 10 Gigabit Ethernet.

Intel® 10 Gigabit AT Server Adapter

Intel® Ethernet X520 10GbE Dual Port KX4-KR Mezz, Model E90205

Intel® Ethernet X520 10GbE Dual Port KX4 Mezz, Model E62950

Intel® Ethernet 10G 2P X540-t Adapter, Model G16808

Intel® Ethernet 10G 4P X540/I350 rNDC

Intel® Ethernet 10G 4P X520/I350 rNDC

Intel® Ethernet 10G 2P X520-k bNDC, Model G33431

The following products comply with

Class B regulatory statements

for 10 Gigabit Ethernet.

Intel® 10 Gigabit XF SR Server Adapter

Intel® 10 Gigabit AF DA Dual Port Server Adapter

Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter X520-T2, Model E76983

Intel® Ethernet 10G 2P X520 Adapter, Model G28429

Gigabit Network Adapter Regulatory Compliance

The following products comply with

Class A regulatory statements

for Gigabit Ethernet.

Intel® ET Quad Port Mezzanine Card, Model E62937

Intel® Gigabit 4P I350-t rNDC, Model G10567

Intel® Gigabit 4P X540/I350 rNDC

Intel® Gigabit 4P X520/I350 rNDC

Intel® Gigabit 4P I350-t Mezz, Model G27582

Intel® Gigabit 4P I350 bNDC

The following products comply with

Class B regulatory statements

for Gigabit Ethernet.

Intel® ET Dual Port Server Adapter

Intel® ET Quad Port Server Adapter

Intel® PRO/1000 PT Server Adapter

Intel® PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter

Intel® PRO/1000 PF Server Adapter

Intel® Gigabit 2P I350-t Adapter, Model G13021

Intel® Gigabit 4P I350-t Adapter, Model G13021

Regulatory Class A

Regulatory Compliance Statements for Class A Products

10 Gigabit Ethernet Products

Intel® 10 Gigabit AT Server Adapter, type EXPX9501AT (D80259)

Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter X520-T2, Model E76983

Intel® Ethernet X520 10GbE Dual Port KX4-KR Mezz, Model E90205

Intel® Ethernet X520 10GbE Dual Port KX4 Mezz, Model E62950

Intel® Ethernet 10G 2P X540-t Adapter, Model G16808

Summary of Contents for Ethernet 10G 2P X520 Adapter

Page 1: ...Intel Network Adapters User Guide ...

Page 2: ...properties capabilities speeds or qualifications of the part referenced in this doc ument are made by the supplier and not by Dell Dell specifically disclaims knowledge of the accuracy completeness or substantiation for any such statements All questions or comments relating to such statements or claims should be directed to the supplier Export Regulations Customer acknowledges that these Products ...

Page 3: ...Intel PRO 1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter l Intel PRO 1000 PF Server Adapter l Intel Gigabit ET Dual Port Server Adapter l Intel Gigabit ET Quad Port Server Adapter l Intel Gigabit ET Quad Port Mezzanine Card l Intel Gigabit 2P I350 t Adapter l Intel Gigabit 4P I350 t Adapter l Intel Gigabit 4P I350 t rNDC l Intel Gigabit 4P X540 I350 rNDC l Intel Gigabit 4P X520 I350 rNDC l Intel Ethernet Connec...

Page 4: ...eter optical fiber l Utilizing 50 micron multimode length is 550 meters max l Utilizing 62 5 micron multimode length is 275 meters max l 1000BASE T or 100BASE TX on Category 5 or Category 5e wiring twisted 4 pair copper l Make sure you use Category 5 cabling that complies with the TIA 568 wiring specification For more information on this specification see the Telecommunications Industry Associatio...

Page 5: ...E Linux http www novell com linux suse Ethernet MAC Addresses Single Port Adapters The Ethernet address should be printed on the identification sticker on the front of the card Multi Port Adapters Dual port adapters have two Ethernet addresses The address for the first port port A or 1 is printed on a label on the component side of the adapter Add one to this address to obtain the value for the se...

Page 6: ...ng system to install the drivers To installing drivers using setup exe 1 Install the adapter in the computer and turn on the computer 2 Insert the installation CD in the CD ROM drive If the autorun program on the CD appears ignore it 3 Go to the root directory of the CD and double click on setup exe 4 Follow the onscreen instructions Linux There are three methods for installing the Linux drivers l...

Page 7: ...Server Adapter l Intel Gigabit ET Quad Port Server Adapter The following adapters will only fit into x8 or larger PCI Express slots l Intel Ethernet Server Adapter X520 2 l Intel Ethernet Server Adapter X520 T2 l Intel Ethernet 10G 2P X540 t Adapter l Intel Ethernet 10G 2P X520 Adapter Some systems have physical x8 PCI Express slots that actually support lower speeds Please check your system manua...

Page 8: ...more information on this specification see the Telecommunications Industry Association s web site www tiaonline org l Length is 100 meters max l Category 3 wiring supports only 10 Mbps CAUTION If using less than 4 pair cabling you must manually configure the speed and duplex set ting of the adapter and the link partner In addition with 2 and 3 pair cabling the adapter can only achieve speeds of up...

Page 9: ... compliant gigabit switch which is operating at the same laser wavelength as the adapter Conversion cables to other connector types such as SC to LC may be used if the cabling matches the optical spe cifications of the adapter including length limitations The Intel 10 Gigabit XF SR and Intel PRO 1000 PF Server Adapters use an LC connection Insert the fiber optic cable as shown below The Intel 10 G...

Page 10: ...ot load l 82598 Based adapters support all passive direct attach cables that comply with SFF 8431 v4 1 and SFF 8472 v10 4 specifications Active direct attach cables are not supported l Hot Swapping hot plugging optical modules is not supported l Only single speed 10 gigabit modules are supported Supplier Type Part Numbers Finisar SFP SR bailed 10g single rate FTLX8571D3BCL Avago SFP SR bailed 10g ...

Page 11: ...ITY WHATSOEVER AND INTEL DISCLAIMS ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY RELATING TO SALE AND OR USE OF SUCH THIRD PARTY PRODUCTS OR SELECTION OF VENDOR BY CUSTOMERS Connect the Twinaxial Cable Insert the twinaxial network cable as shown below Type of cabling l 10 Gigabit Ethernet over SFP Direct Attached Cable Twinaxial l Length is 10 meters max Insert the Mezzanine Card in the Blade Server 1 Turn off ...

Page 12: ...t the installation media supplied with your system After the first adapter driver finishes installing the next new adapter is detected and Windows automatically installs the driver You must manually update the drivers for any existing adapters For more information see Updating the Drivers Linux users For more information see Linux Driver for the Intel Gigabit Family of Adapters Updating drivers fo...

Page 13: ...Intel Ethernet X520 10GbE Dual Port KX4 KR Mezz l Intel Ethernet 10G 2P X520 Adapter l Intel Ethernet 10G 4P X520 I350 rNDC l Intel Ethernet 10G 2P X520 k bNDC l The following adapters operate at either 10Gbps 1Gbps or 100Mbps full duplex l Intel Ethernet 10G 2P X540 t Adapter l Intel Ethernet 10G 4P X540 I350 rNDC NOTE X540 ports will support 100Mbps only when both link partners are set to auto n...

Page 14: ...onfiguring Speed and Duplex on Linux systems Windows Server Push Install Introduction A Push or unattended installation provides a means for network administrators to easily install a Microsoft Windows operating system on similarly equipped systems The network administrator can create a bootable media that will auto matically log into a central server and install the operating system from an image...

Page 15: ...evice Manager Example From a Windows command prompt where e is the drive letter of your CD ROM drive e cd PUSH You must be in the PUSH directory to run PUSHCOPY pushcopy D WINPUSH WS8 The above command creates the OEM directory structure and copies all the necessary files to install the driver and Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager However Intel PROSet is not installed unless the FirstLogonCo...

Page 16: ...ported in Unattend XML visit support microsoft com to view the Win dows Automated Installation Kit WAIK documentation Sample Unattend XML file for Windows Server 2008 Add the following Components to the specified Configuration Pass Pass 1 WindowsPE Component Microsoft Windows Setup DiskConfiguration Disk CreatePartitions CreatePartition Microsoft Windows Setup DiskConfiguration Disk ModifyPartitio...

Page 17: ...ver PushWS8 intel wim Microsoft Windows Setup ImageInstall DataImage InstallTo DiskID 0 PartitionID 1 Microsoft Windows Setup UserData AcceptEula true FullName LADV Organization Intel Corporation Microsoft Windows Setup UserData ProductKey Key enter appropriate key WillShowUI OnError Microsoft Windows Shell Setup OOBE HideEULAPage true ProtectYourPC 3 SkipMachineOOBE true SkipUserOOBE true Microso...

Page 18: ...exe Command Line Options By setting the parameters in the command line you can enable and disable management applications If parameters are not specified only existing components are updated Setup exe supports the following command line parameters Parameter Definition BD Base Driver 0 do not install the base driver 1 install the base driver default ANS Advanced Network Services 0 do not install AN...

Page 19: ...he iSCSI property requires DMIX 1 LOG log file name LOG allows you to enter a file name for the installer log file The default name is C UmbInst log XML XML file name XML allows you to enter a file name for the XML output file a Extract the components required for installing the base driver to C Program Files In tel Drivers The directory where these files will be extracted to can be modified unles...

Page 20: ...1 ANS 1 qn 4 How to install Intel PROSet without ANS silently on Windows Server 2008 D Setup DMIX 1 ANS 0 qn 5 How to install components but deselect ANS for Windows Server 2008 D Setup DMIX 1 ANS 0 qn liew C install log The liew log option provides a log file for the DMIX installation NOTE To install teaming and VLAN support on a system that has adapter base drivers and Intel PROSet for Win dows ...

Page 21: ... Ethernet Connection I354 1 0 GbE Backplane l Intel Gigabit 4P I350 bNDC l Intel Gigabit 2P I350 LOM l Hardware Tests Determines if the adapter is functioning properly NOTE Hardware tests will fail if the adapter is configured for iSCSI Boot To access these tests select the adapter in Windows Device Manager click the Link tab and click Diagnostics A Dia gnostics window displays tabs for each type ...

Page 22: ...formation see the channel bonding documentation within the kernel source located at Docu mentation networking bonding txt Supported Adapters Teaming options are supported on Intel server adapters Selected adapters from other manufacturers are also sup ported If you are using a Windows based computer adapters that appear in Intel PROSet may be included in a team NOTE In order to use adapter teaming...

Page 23: ...orts connected to team adapters in order to pre vent data loss when the primary adapter is returned to service failback Activation Delay is disabled by default Alternatively an activation delay may be configured on the adapters to prevent data loss when spanning tree is used Set the Activation Delay on the advanced tab of team properties l Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE Data Center Bridging DCB ...

Page 24: ...Broadcom Device with TOE enabled No No No No No No No No No Microsoft Load Balancing and Failover LBFO teams Intel ANS teaming and VLANs are not compatible with Microsoft s LBFO teams Intel PROSet will block a member of an LBFO team from being added to an Intel ANS team or VLAN You should not add a port that is already part of an Intel ANS team or VLAN to an LBFO team as this may cause system inst...

Page 25: ...dding or removing team members or changing advanced settings of a team member make sure each team member has been configured similarly Settings to check include VLANs and QoS Packet Tagging Jumbo Packets and the various offloads These settings are available in Intel PROSet s Advanced tab Pay particular attention when using different adapter models or adapter versions as adapter capabilities vary I...

Page 26: ...apter Fault Tolerance AFT Adapter Fault Tolerance AFT provides automatic recovery from a link failure caused from a failure in an adapter cable switch or port by redistributing the traffic load across a backup adapter Failures are detected automatically and traffic rerouting takes place as soon as the failure is detected The goal of AFT is to ensure that load redistribution takes place fast enough...

Page 27: ...adapters The load is balanced according to the adapter s capabilities and bandwidth of the channel l All members of ALB and RLB teams must be connected to the same subnet Virtual Machine Load Balancing 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 ca...

Page 28: ...onnected to the second switch and the third containing the 10Gbps ports connected to the second switch NOTES l IEEE 802 3ad teaming requires that the switch be set up for IEEE 802 3ad link aggregation teaming and that spanning tree protocol is turned off l Once you choose an aggregator it remains in force until all adapters in that aggregation team lose link l In some switches copper and fiber ada...

Page 29: ...dvanced Networking Ser vices in order to use VLANs The term VLAN Virtual Local Area Network refers to a collection of devices that communicate as if they were on the same physical LAN Any set of ports including all ports on the switch can be considered a VLAN LAN segments are not restricted by the hardware that physically connects them VLANs offer the ability to group computers together into logic...

Page 30: ...at have VMQ enabled However VLAN filtering with VMQ is supported via the Microsoft Hyper V VLAN interface For more information see Microsoft Hyper V virtual NICs on teams and VLANs l You can have different VLAN tags on a child partition and its parent Those settings are separate from one another and can be different or the same The only instance where the VLAN tag on the parent and child MUST be t...

Page 31: ...are processed before lower priority packets To implement QoS the adapter must be connected to a switch that supports and is configured for 802 1p QoS QoS Tagging is enabled and disabled in the Advanced tab of Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager Once QoS is enabled in Intel PROSet you can specify levels of priority based on IEEE 802 1p 802 1Q frame tagging Supported Operating Systems l Windows ...

Page 32: ...gs txt Restore Example To restore the adapter settings from a file on removable media do the following 1 Open a Windows Command Prompt 2 Navigate to the directory where SavResDX vbs is located generally c Program Files Intel DMIX 3 Type the following cscript SavResDX vbs restore e settings txt System Management Architecture for Server Hardware SMASH Saving and Restoring an Adapter s Configuration ...

Page 33: ...ort A only l Intel Gigabit ET Dual Port Server Adapter port A only l Intel Gigabit ET Quad Port Server Adapter port A only l Intel Gigabit 2P I350 t Adapter port A only l Intel Gigabit 4P I350 t Adapter port A only l Intel Gigabit 4P I350 t rNDC l Intel Gigabit 4P X540 I350 rNDC l Intel Gigabit 4P X520 I350 rNDC l Intel Gigabit 4P I350 t Mezz l Intel Gigabit 2P I350 t LOM l Intel Ethernet 10G 4P X...

Page 34: ...eceives a Magic Packet containing its own MAC address it activates the computer s power This enables network administrators to perform off hours maintenance at remote locations without sending a technician out This early implementation did not require an OS that was aware of remote wake up However it did require a computer that was equipped with a standby power supply and had the necessary circuit...

Page 35: ...ation about supported packet types see the operating system settings section See the System Documentation for information on supported power states Wake Up Address Patterns The wake up capability of Intel adapters is based on patterns sent by the OS You can configure the driver to the fol lowing settings using Intel PROSet for Windows For Linux WoL is provided through the ethtool utility For more ...

Page 36: ...ket from shutdown under APM power management mode check this box to enable this setting See Intel PROSet help for more details In ACPI capable versions of Windows the Intel PROSet advanced settings include a setting called Wake on Settings This setting controls the type of packets that wake the system from standby See Intel PROSet help for more details In ACPI computers running ACPI aware operatin...

Page 37: ...tem parameters other than the TCP Window Size which significantly impact performance 5 Increase the allocation size of Driver Resources transmit receive buffers However most TCP traffic patterns work best with the transmit buffer set to its default value and the receive buffer set to its minimum value For specific information on any advanced settings see Advanced Settings for Windows Drivers or Li...

Page 38: ...e you want the files saved The default path is c Program Files Intel Drivers 7 The Wizard Welcome screen asks whether you want to connect to Windows Update to search for software Click No not this time Click Next 8 Click Install from a list or specific location then click Next 9 On the next screen type in the directory path where you saved the driver files and click Next 10 Windows searches for a ...

Page 39: ... The Device Manager should not be used to uninstall drivers If the Device Manager is used to uninstall drivers base drivers will not reinstall using the Modify option through Add Remove Programs in the Control Panel Temporarily Disabling an Adapter If you are testing your system to determine network faults particularly in a multi adapter environment it is recom mended that you temporarily disable ...

Page 40: ...ips for Intel PROSet Users If you have used previous versions of Intel PROSet you should be aware of the following changes with Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager l There is no system tray icon l The configuration utility is not accessible from Control Panels or the Start menu l All Intel PROSet features are now accessed from Device Manager To access features simply open the Device Manager an...

Page 41: ...ation The VLANs tab allows you to create modify and delete VLANs You must install Advanced Network Services in order to see this tab and use the feature See Installing Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager for more information The Boot Options tab allows you to configure Intel Boot Agent settings for the adapter NOTE This tab will not appear if the Boot Agent has not been enabled on the adapter ...

Page 42: ...me of any adapter that is a member of the team NOTE If you want to set up VLANs on a team you must first create the team Adding or Removing an Adapter from an Existing Team NOTE A team member should be removed from the team with link down See the Configuration Notes in Adapter Teaming for more information 1 Open the Team Properties dialog box by double clicking on a team listing in the Computer Ma...

Page 43: ... only and does not have to match the name on the switch The VLAN Name is limited to 256 characters NOTE VLAN IDs 0 and 1 are often reserved for other uses 4 Click OK The VLAN entry will appear under Network Adapters in the Computer Management window Complete these steps for each adapter you want to add to a VLAN NOTE If you configure a team to use VLANs the team object icon in the Network Connecti...

Page 44: ... extensions to Windows Device Manager provided by Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager select Intel R PRO Network Connections from Programs and Features in the Control Panel for Windows Server 2008 or later NOTES l This process removes all Intel PRO adapter drivers and software l It is suggested that you uninstall VLANS and teams before removing adapters l The setup u can also be used from the ...

Page 45: ... Jumbo Packets feature for the team is not supported Before adding a non Intel adapter to a team make sure that you disable Jumbo Packets for all non Intel adapters using the software shipped with the adapter Restrictions l Jumbo frames are not supported in multi vendor team configurations l Supported protocols are limited to IP TCP UDP l Jumbo frames require compatible switch connections that for...

Page 46: ...stem event logger This message contains the link s speed and duplex Administrators view the event message from the system event log The following events are logged l The link is up l The link is down l Mismatch in duplex l Spanning Tree Protocol detected Default Enabled Range Enabled Disabled Priority VLAN Tagging Enables the adapter to offload the insertion and removal of priority and VLAN tags f...

Page 47: ...e per formance The Windows Task Manager shows the NUMA Node ID for each processor NOTE This setting only affects NUMA systems It will have no effect on non NUMA systems l Receive Side Scaling Queues This setting configures the number of RSS queues which determine the space to buffer transactions between the network adapter and CPU s Default 2 queues for the Intel 10 Gigabit Server Adapters 1 queue...

Page 48: ...ed as advanced tuning options for those platform managers attempting to maximize sys tem performance They are generally expected to be used to maximize performance for multi port platform con figurations Since all ports share the same default installation directives the inf file etc the FCoE queues for every port will be associated with the same set of NUMA CPUs which may result in CPU contention ...

Page 49: ...y indic ation from SW that the optimal nearest NUMA node to the PCI device is the third logical NUMA node in the system By default SW has allocated that port s queues to NUMA node 0 The following settings would direct SW to use CPUs on the optimal processor socket l FCoE NUMA Node Count 1 l FCoE Starting NUMA Node 2 l FCoE Starting Core Offset 0 This example highlights the fact that platform archi...

Page 50: ...shifted via the performance options discussed above To make the locality of the FCoE queues even more obvious the application affinity can be assigned to an isolated set of CPUs on the same or another processor socket For example the IoMeter application can be set to run only on a finite number of hyper thread CPUs on any processor If the performance options have been set to direct queue alloc ati...

Page 51: ... must enable DMA Coalescing on all active ports in the system You may not gain any energy savings if it is enabled only on some of the ports in your system There are also several BIOS platform and application settings that will affect your potential energy savings A white paper containing information on how to best configure your platform is available on the Intel website Flow Control Enables adap...

Page 52: ... may increase LLI can be used for data packets containing a TCP PSH flag in the header or for specified TCP ports l Packets with TCP PSH Flag Any incoming packet with the TCP PSH flag will trigger an immediate interrupt The PSH flag is set by the sending device l TCP Ports Every packet received on the specified ports will trigger an immediate interrupt Up to eight ports may be specified Default Di...

Page 53: ...mized for typical servers l Web Server This profile is optimized for IIS and HTTP based web servers l Virtualization Server This profile is optimized for Microsoft s Hyper V virtualization environment l Storage Server This profile is optimized for Fibre Channel over Ethernet or for iSCSI over DCB performance Selecting this profile will disable SR IOV and VMQ l Storage Virtualization This profile i...

Page 54: ...feature enhances receive and transmit performance and reduces CPU utilization With Offloading off the operating system verifies the TCP checksum With Offloading on the adapter completes the verification for the operating system Default RX TX Enabled Range l Disabled l RX Enabled l TX Enabled l RX TX Enabled UDP Checksum Offload IPv4 and IPv6 Allows the adapter to verify the UDP checksum of incomin...

Page 55: ...veral settings that control the adapter s power consumption For example you can set the adapter to reduce its power consumption if the cable is disconnected Reduce Power if Cable Disconnected Reduce Link Speed During Standby Enables the adapter to reduce power consumption when the LAN cable is disconnected from the adapter and there is no link When the adapter regains a valid link adapter power us...

Page 56: ...apters Adapter Port s supporting WOL Intel PRO 1000 PT Server Adapter Intel PRO 1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter both ports A and B Intel PRO 1000 PF Server Adapter Intel Gigabit ET Dual Port Server Adapter port A Intel Gigabit ET Quad Port Server Adapter port A Intel Gigabit ET Quad Port Mezzanine Card all ports Intel Gigabit 2P I350 t Adapter port A Intel Gigabit 4P I350 t Adapter port A Intel G...

Page 57: ...loss of connectivity Intel PROSet will not allow you to change settings that change the MAC address NOTES l On 10Gb Ethernet devices if Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE Data Center Bridging DCB is present on the port configuring the device in Virtual Machine Queue VMQ DCB mode reduces the number of VMQ VPorts available for guest OSes l When sent from inside a virtual machine LLDP and LACP packets ...

Page 58: ...x you can do the following step in the parent partition 6 Open the Network Control Panel for the Virtual NIC 7 On the General Tab check the protocol bindings that you desire NOTE This step is not required for the team When the Virtual NIC is created its protocols are correctly bound Command Line for Microsoft Windows Server Core Microsoft Windows Server Core does not have a GUI interface If you wa...

Page 59: ...ceive Load Balancing enabled Receive Load Balancing is automatically disabled if you create a virtual NIC on a team l If a team is bound to a Hyper V virtual NIC you cannot change the Primary or Secondary adapter SR IOV Single Root I O Virtualization SR IOV lets a single network port appear to be several virtual functions in a virtualized environment If you have an SR IOV capable NIC each port on ...

Page 60: ...s yes yes yes yes yes R720 yes no yes yes yes yes yes yes yes R820 yes no yes yes yes yes yes yes yes R920 yes no yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes T320 no no yes yes yes T420 no no yes yes yes yes T620 yes yes no yes yes yes yes Blade NDC Mezzanine Slot Dell Platform 10 GbE Adapter 1 GbE Adapter B C M420 yes yes yes M520 no yes yes M620 yes yes yes M820 yes yes yes Supported platforms or sl...

Page 61: ...environments until industry hypervisors release production level support The following drivers support the listed virtual function devices that can only be activated on kernels that support SR IOV SR IOV requires the correct platform and OS support l igbvf Linux Driver for the Intel Gigabit Family of Adapters for 82575 82576 I350 and I354 based Gigabit Fam ily of Adapters l ixgbevf Linux Driver fo...

Page 62: ...G14843 xxx G59298 xxx and G33388 xxx ixgbe or ixgbevf 82599 Intel Ethernet 10G 4P X520 I350 rNDC G61346 xxx and G63668 xxx ixgbe or ixgbevf 82599 Intel Ethernet 10G 2P X520 k bNDC G19030 xxx ixgbe or ixgbevf I350 Intel Gigabit 4P I350 bNDC H23791 xxx igb I350 Intel Gigabit 4P I350 t LOM n a igb I350 Intel Gigabit 4P I350 LOM n a igb To verify your adapter is supported find the board ID number on t...

Page 63: ...ollowing Intel network adapters are compatible with the e1000e driver in this release Controller Adapter Name Board IDs 82571EB Intel PRO 1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter C57721 xxx 82572EI Intel PRO 1000 PT Server Adapter D28777 xxx and E55239 xxx 82572EI Intel PRO 1000 PF Server Adapter D28779 xxx To verify your adapter is supported find the board ID number on the adapter Look for a label that h...

Page 64: ...me subnet as the interface that is being tested ping IP_address NOTE Some systems have trouble supporting MSI and or MSI X interrupts If your system needs to disable this type of interrupt the driver can be built and installed with the command make CFLAGS_EXTRA DDISABLE_PCI_MSI install Normally the driver generates an interrupt every two seconds If interrupts are not received in cat proc interrupt...

Page 65: ...ion order For example modprobe e1000e InterruptThrottleRate 16000 16000 In this case there are two network ports supported by igb in the system The default value for each parameter is gen erally the recommended setting unless otherwise noted The following table contains parameters and possible values for modprobe commands Parameter Name Valid Range Settings Default Description InterruptThrottleRat...

Page 66: ...te could be as high as 8000 Setting InterruptThrottleRate to 0 turns off any interrupt mod eration and may improve small packet latency but is gen erally not suitable for bulk throughput traffic NOTE When e1000e is loaded with default settings and multiple adapters are in use simultaneously the CPU utilization may increase non linearly In order to limit the CPU utilization without impacting the ov...

Page 67: ...5 and later adapters only TxIntDelay 0 65535 0 off 8 This value delays the generation of transmit interrupts in units of 1 024 microseconds Transmit interrupt reduction can improve CPU efficiency if properly tuned for specific net work traffic If the system is reporting dropped transmits this value may be set too high causing the driver to run out of available transmit descriptors TxAbsIntDelay 0 ...

Page 68: ...allocate memory for this adapter port 1 uses the driver default of alloc ating memory on whichever pro cessor is running modprobe 1 off The Node parameter allows you to choose which NUMA node you want to have the adapter allocate memory from All driver structures in memory queues and receive buffers will be allocated on the node specified This parameter is only useful when interrupt affinity is sp...

Page 69: ...apter Intel PRO 1000 PT Server Adapter Intel PRO 1000 PF Server Adapter ethtool The driver utilizes the ethtool interface for driver configuration and diagnostics as well as displaying statistical inform ation ethtool version 3 0 or later is required for this functionality although we strongly recommend downloading the latest version at http ftp kernel org pub software network ethtool NOTE When va...

Page 70: ...couraged to run an OS that fully supports MSI interrupts You can check your system s BIOS by downloading the Linux Firmware Developer Kit that can be obtained at http www linuxfirmwarekit org Dropped Receive Packets on Half duplex 10 100 Networks If you have an Intel PCI Express adapter running at 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps half duplex you may observe occasional dropped receive packets There are no worka...

Page 71: ... using ethtool you must turn off auto negotiation on the same command line For example ethtool A eth autoneg off rx off Unplugging Network Cable While ethtool p is Running In kernel versions 2 5 50 and later including 2 6 kernel unplugging the network cable while ethtool p is running will cause the system to become unresponsive to keyboard commands except for control alt delete Restarting the syst...

Page 72: ...ating the ethtool can be found in the Addi tional Configurations section later in this page igb Linux Base Driver Supported Network Connections The following Intel network adapters are compatible with the igb driver in this release Controller Adapter Name Board IDs 82576 Intel Gigabit ET Quad Port Mezzanine Card G19945 xxx 82576 Intel Gigabit ET Dual Port Server Adapter G18758 xxx and G20882 xxx 8...

Page 73: ... will be installed as lib modules KERNEL VERSION kernel drivers net igb igb ko The install locations listed above are the default locations This might differ for various Linux distributions For more information see the ldistrib txt file included in the driver tar 5 Install the module using the modprobe command modprobe igb For 2 6 based kernels make sure that the older igb drivers are removed from...

Page 74: ...filename For example to install the igb KMP RPM package type the following rpm i intel igb 1 3 8 6 1 x86_64 rpm rpm i intel igb kmp default 1 3 8 6_2 6 27 19_5 1 x86_64 rpm Install Using KMOD RPM The KMOD RPMs are provided for supported Linux distributions The naming convention for the included RPMs is kmod driver name version 1 arch type rpm For example kmod igb 2 3 4 1 x86_64 rpm l igb is the dr...

Page 75: ...e value for that traffic The algorithm classifies the incoming traffic every interval into classes Once the class is determined the InterruptThrottleRate value is adjusted to suit that traffic type the best There are three classes defined Bulk traffic for large amounts of packets of normal size Low latency for small amounts of traffic and or a significant percentage of small packets and Lowest lat...

Page 76: ...ns NOTE Enabling LLIPush may allow a denial of service attack LLISize 0 1500 0 dis abled LLISize causes an immediate interrupt if the board receives a packet smaller than the specified size IntMode 0 2 2 This allows load time control over the interrupt type registered by the driver MSI X is required for multiple queue support Some kernels and combinations of kernel config options will force a lowe...

Page 77: ... new VLAN filter is added For example ip link set eth0 vf 0 vlan 100 set vlan 100 for VF 0 ip link set eth0 vf 0 vlan 0 Delete vlan 100 ip link set eth0 vf 0 vlan 200 set a new vlan 200 for VF 0 QueuePairs 0 1 1 This option can be overridden to 1 if there are not sufficient inter rupts available This can occur if any combination of RSS VMDQ and max_vfs results in more than 4 queues being used 0 Wh...

Page 78: ...nsume less power DMA Coalescing is effective in helping potentially saving the platform power only when it is enabled across all active ports InterruptThrottleRate ITR should be set to dynamic When ITR 0 DMA Coalescing is automatically disabled A whitepaper containing information on how to best configure your platform is available on the Intel website MDD 0 1 1 enabled The Malicious Driver Detecti...

Page 79: ... 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 This should only be needed when attempting to link with an older switch that does not support auto negotiation or one that has been forced to a specific speed or duplex mode Your link...

Page 80: ...RO is a compile time flag It can be enabled at compile time to add support for LRO from the driver The flag is used by adding CFLAGS_EXTRA DIGB_LRO to the make file when it is being compiled For example make CFLAGS_EXTRA DIGB_LRO install You can verify that the driver is using LRO by looking at these counters in ethtool l lro_aggregated count of total packets that were combined l lro_flushed count...

Page 81: ...option or per manently disable MSI support in your kernel by configuring your kernel with CONFIG_PCI_MSI unset Compiling the Driver When trying to compile the driver by running make install the following error may occur Linux kernel source not configured missing version h To solve this issue create the version h file by going to the Linux Kernel source tree and entering make include linux version ...

Page 82: ...ith LRO and routing do not use LRO when routing packets MSI X Issues with Kernels Between 2 6 19 and 2 6 21 inclusive Kernel panics and instability may be observed on any MSI X hardware if you use irqbalance with kernels between 2 6 19 and 2 6 21 If these types of problems are encountered you may disable the irqbalance daemon or upgrade to a newer kernel Rx Page Allocation Errors Page allocation f...

Page 83: ...Gigabit adapter All hardware requirements listed apply to use with Linux Instructions on updating ethtool can be found in the section Additional Configurations later in this document NOTE For VLANs There is a limit of a total of 32 shared VLANs to 1 or more VFs igbvf Linux Base Driver Supported Network Connections The following Intel network adapters are compatible with the igbvf driver in this re...

Page 84: ...kernel drivers net igbvf igbvf ko The install locations listed above are the default locations This might differ for various Linux distributions For more information see the ldistrib txt file included in the driver tar 5 Install the module using the modprobe command modprobe igbvf For 2 6 based kernels make sure that the older igbvf drivers are removed from the kernel before loading the new module...

Page 85: ...he driver is built as a module the following optional parameters are used by entering them on the command line with the modprobe command using this syntax modprobe igbvf option VAL1 VAL2 A value VAL must be assigned to each network port in the system supported by this driver The values are applied to each instance in function order For example modprobe igbvf InterruptThrottleRate 16000 16000 In th...

Page 86: ...ate is set to mode 1 In this mode which operates the same as mode 3 the InterruptThrottleRate will be increased stepwise to 70000 for traffic in class Lowest latency Setting InterruptThrottleRate to 0 turns off any interrupt moderation and may improve small packet latency but is generally not suitable for bulk throughput traffic NOTES l Dynamic interrupt throttling is only applic able to adapters ...

Page 87: ...the following dmesg n 8 NOTE This setting is not saved across reboots Jumbo Frames Jumbo Frames support is enabled by changing the MTU to a value larger than the default of 1500 bytes Use the ifcon fig command to increase the MTU size For example ifconfig eth x mtu 9000 up This setting is not saved across reboots The setting change can be made permanent by adding MTU 9000 to the file etc sysconfig...

Page 88: ...sed by the way the Linux kernel reports this stressed condition Unloading Physical Function PF Driver Causes System Reboots when VM is Run ning and VF is Loaded on the VM Do not unload the PF driver igb while VFs are assigned to guests Host May Reboot after Removing PF when VF is Active in Guest Using kernel versions earlier than 3 2 do not unload the PF driver with active VFs Doing this will caus...

Page 89: ... Ethernet Server Adapter X520 2 G18786 xxx and G20891 xxx 82599 Intel Ethernet X520 10GbE Dual Port KX4 KR Mezz G18846 xxx 82599 Intel Ethernet Server Adapter X520 T2 E76986 xxx and E92016 xxx X540 Intel Ethernet 10G 2P X540 t Adapter G35632 xxx 82599 Intel Ethernet 10G 2P X520 Adapter G28774 xxx and G38004 xxx X540 Intel Ethernet 10G 4P X540 I350 rNDC G14843 xxx G59298 xxx and G33388 xxx 82599 In...

Page 90: ... NOTE IXGBE_NO_LRO is a compile time flag The user can enable it at compile time to remove support for LRO from the driver The flag is used by adding CFLAGS_EXTRA DIXGBE_NO_LRO to the make file when it is being compiled For example make CFLAGS_EXTRA DIXGBE_NO_LRO install 5 Install the module using the modprobe command for kernel 2 6 x modprobe ixgbe parameter value For 2 6 based kernels make sure ...

Page 91: ...ovided for supported Linux distributions The naming convention for the included RPMs is kmod driver name version 1 arch type rpm For example kmod ixgbe 2 3 4 1 x86_64 rpm l ixgbe is the driver name l 2 3 4 is the version l x86_64 is the architecture type To install the KMOD RPM go to the directory of the RPM and type the following command rpm i rpm filename For example to install the ixgbe KMOD RP...

Page 92: ...eue support and some kernels and com binations of kernel config options will force a lower level of interrupt support cat proc interrupts will show different values for each type of interrupt 0 Legacy interrupt 1 MSI 2 MSIX InterruptThrottleRate 956 488 281 0 off 1 d dynamic 1 Interrupt Throttle Rate interrupts second The ITR parameter controls how many interrupts each interrupt vector can gen era...

Page 93: ...diate interrupt if the board receives a packet smaller than the specified size LLIEType 0 x8FFF 0 dis abled Low Latency Interrupt Ethernet Protocol Type LLIVLANP 0 7 0 dis abled Low Latency Interrupt on VLAN Priority Threshold Flow Control Flow Control is enabled by default If you want to disable a flow control capable link partner use ethtool ethtool A eth autoneg off rx off tx off NOTE For 82598...

Page 94: ...hen DCB is enabled If the queue is defined as 1 the filter will drop matching pack ets To account for filter matches and misses there are two stats in ethtool fdir_match and fdir_miss In addition rx_queue_N_ packets shows the number of packets processed by the Nth queue NOTES l Receive Packet Steering RPS and Receive Flow Steering RFS are not compatible with Flow Director If Flow Director is enabl...

Page 95: ...m RSS hashing run ethtool N eth1 rx flow hash udp4 sd To display UDP hashing current configuration run ethtool n eth1 rx flow hash udp4 The results of running that call will be the following if UDP hash ing is enabled UDP over IPV4 flows use these fields for com puting Hash flow key IP SA IP DA L4 bytes 0 1 TCP UDP src port L4 bytes 2 3 TCP UDP dst port The results if UDP hashing is disabled would...

Page 96: ...in those positions occupied by an 82598 port With kernel 3 6 the driver supports the simultaneous usage of max_vfs and DCB features subject to the constraints described below Prior to kernel 3 6 the driver did not support the sim ultaneous operation of max_vfs 0 and the DCB features mul tiple traffic classes utilizing Priority Flow Control and Extended Transmission Selection When DCB is enabled ne...

Page 97: ...If during this process you are asked for the driver or module name the name for the Linux Base Driver for the Intel 10 Gigabit PCI Express Family of Adapters is ixgbe Viewing Link Messages Link messages will not be displayed to the console if the distribution is restricting system messages In order to see net work driver link messages on your console set dmesg to eight by entering the following dm...

Page 98: ... the driver is using LRO by looking at these counters in ethtool l lro_flushed the total number of receives using LRO l lro_coal counts the total number of Ethernet packets that were combined HW RSC 82599 based adapters support hardware based receive side coalescing RSC which can merge multiple frames from the same IPv4 TCP IP flow into a single structure that can span one or more descriptors It w...

Page 99: ...s the receive network flow classification configurations rx flow hash tcp4 udp4 ah4 esp4 sctp4 tcp6 udp6 ah6 esp6 sctp6 Retrieves the hash options for the specified network traffic type N config nfc Configures the receive network flow classification rx flow hash tcp4 udp4 ah4 esp4 sctp4 tcp6 udp6 ah6 esp6 sctp6 m v t s d f n r Configures the hash options for the specified network traffic type udp4...

Page 100: ...et Issue Under small packets UDP stress test with the 10GbE driver the Linux system may drop UDP packets due to the full ness of socket buffers You may want to change the driver s Flow Control variables to the minimum value for controlling packet reception Another option is to increase the kernel s default buffer sizes for udp by changing the values in proc sys net core rmem_default and rmem_max U...

Page 101: ...s the Ethernet interface you re trying to modify Lower than Expected Performance on Dual Port and Quad Port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Devices Some PCIe x8 slots are actually configured as x4 slots These slots have insufficient bandwidth for full 10Gbe line rate with dual port and quad port 10GbE devices In addition if you put a PCIe Gen 3 capable adapter into a PCIe Gen 2 slot you can not get full bandw...

Page 102: ...on instructions of NetworkManager refer to the documentation provided by your distribution Loading ixgbe Driver in 3 2 x and Above Kernels Displays Kernel Tainted Message Due to recent kernel changes loading an out of tree driver will cause the kernel to be tainted Host may Reboot after Removing PF when VF is Active in Guest If you are using kernel versions earlier than 3 2 do not unload the PF dr...

Page 103: ... connectivity to each VM through a virtual function l Preserves VM migration l Increases VM scalability on a virtualized server l Provides data protection SR IOV Software Requirements l ixgbe driver Intel Linux Base Driver for 82599 and X540 based 10 Gigabit Family of Adapters l ixgbevf driver Intel Linux Driver for 82599 and X540 based 10 Gigabit Family of Adapters l kvm driver NOTE SR IOV must b...

Page 104: ...x X540 Intel Ethernet 10G 4P X540 I350 rNDC G14843 xxx G59298 xxx and G33388 xxx 82599 Intel Ethernet 10G 4P X520 I350 rNDC G61346 xxx and G63668 xxx 82599 Intel Ethernet 10G 2P X520 k bNDC G19030 xxx To verify your adapter is supported find the board ID number on the adapter Look for a label that has a barcode and a number in the format 123456 001 six digits hyphen three digits Match this to the ...

Page 105: ...ar zxf ixgbevf x x x tar gz 3 Change to the driver src directory where x x x is the version number for the driver tar cd ixgbevf x x x src 4 Compile the driver module make install The binary will be installed as lib modules KERNEL VERSION ker nel drivers net ixgbevf ixgbevf ko The install locations listed above are the default locations This might differ for various Linux distributions For more in...

Page 106: ...bevf RPMs currently installed on the system These updates are provided by SuSE in the SLES release If an RPM does not currently exist on the system the KMP will not install The RPMs are provided for supported Linux distributions The naming convention for the included RPMs is intel component name component version arch type rpm For example intel ixgbevf 1 3 8 6 1 x86_64 rpm ixgbevf is the component...

Page 107: ...latency The hardware can handle many more small packets per second however and for this reason an adaptive interrupt moderation algorithm was imple mented The driver has one adaptive mode setting 1 in which it dynamically adjusts the InterruptThrottleRate value based on the traffic that it receives After determining the type of incom ing traffic in the last timeframe it will adjust the Inter ruptT...

Page 108: ...n is accessed by the hardware Additional Configurations Configuring the Driver on Different Distributions Configuring a network driver to load properly when the system is started is distribution dependent Typically the con figuration process involves adding an alias line to etc modules conf or etc modprobe conf as well as editing other sys tem startup scripts and or configuration files Many Linux ...

Page 109: ...expected All Ethernet interfaces will respond to IP traffic for any IP address assigned to the system This results in unbalanced receive traffic If you have multiple interfaces in a server turn on ARP filtering by entering echo 1 proc sys net ipv4 conf all arp_filter this only works if your kernel s version is higher than 2 4 5 or install the interfaces in separate broadcast domains NOTE This sett...

Page 110: ...he Sender Responder diagnostic test l Make sure the duplex mode and speed setting on the adapter matches the setting on the switch Another adapter stopped working after you installed a second adapter l Make sure the cable connections are correct l Make sure your BIOS is current l Check for interrupt conflicts and sharing problems Make sure the other adapter supports shared interrupts Also make sur...

Page 111: ...eports the adapter is Not enabled by BIOS l The BIOS isn t configuring the adapter correctly l Try another PCI Express slot The server hangs when the drivers are loaded l Change the BIOS interrupt settings Adapter unable to connect to switch at correct speed copper wiring only This is applicable only to copper based connections l Try another cable l Make sure the cable is Category 5 or 5e l Make s...

Page 112: ... compatible with your network adapter port l Make sure the link partner is set to auto negotiate l For gigabit copper connections make sure the cable is a 4 pair Category 5 or better l For 10 gigabit copper connections make sure the cable is a 4 pair Category 6 or better The Cable test fails in Intel PROSet Failures of the Cable test indicate breaks shorts or mis wirings in the network cable attac...

Page 113: ...ghts The Intel Ethernet Server Adapter X520 2 has the following indicator lights Label Indication Meaning ACT LNK Green flashing Data activity Off No link 10G Green on 10 Gbps link Yellow on 1 Gbps link Off No link ...

Page 114: ...Off No link LNK Green on 10 Gbps link Yellow on 1 Gbps link Off No link The Intel Ethernet 10G 2P X520 Adapters have the following indicator lights Label Indication Meaning LNK green yellow Green on Operating at maximum port speed Yellow on Operating at lower port speed Off No link ACT green Green flashing Data activity Off No activity ...

Page 115: ...Adapters have the following indicator lights Label Indication Meaning LNK green yellow Green on Operating at maximum port speed Yellow on Operating at lower port speed Off No link ACT green Green flashing Data activity Off No activity ...

Page 116: ... on Operating at lower port speed Off No link ACT green Green flashing Data activity Off No activity The Intel Ethernet 10G 4P X520 I350 rNDC and Intel Gigabit 4P X520 I350 rNDC have the following indicator lights Label Indication Meaning LNK green yellow Green on Operating at maximum port speed Yellow on Operating at lower port speed Off No link ACT green Green flashing Data activity Off No activ...

Page 117: ...Off 10 Mbps Green 100 Mbps Orange 1000 Mbps The Intel Gigabit ET Dual Port Server Adapter Intel Gigabit ET Quad Port Server Adapter and PRO 1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter have the following indicator lights Dual Port Quad Port Label Indication Meaning ACT LNK Green on The adapter is connected to a valid link partner Green flashing Data activity Off No link Green flashing Identity Use the Identif...

Page 118: ...ting at maximum port speed Yellow on Operating at lower port speed Off No link ACT green Green flashing Data activity Off No activity The Intel Gigabit 4P I350 t rNDC has the following indicator lights Label Indication Meaning LNK green yellow Green on Operating at maximum port speed Yellow on Operating at lower port speed Off No link ACT green Green flashing Data activity Off No activity ...

Page 119: ...ted startup memory for each adapter enabled Disable the service on adapters that do not need to boot Pre Boot Execution Environment PXE Check the sections on installing driver software for your particular operating system for further information Other Performance Issues Attaining gigabit speeds requires that many components are operating at peak efficiency Among them are the fol lowing l Cable qua...

Page 120: ...ughput may significantly drop This may be due to the PCI property configuration by the Hot Plug software If this occurs throughput can be restored by restarting the system CPU Utilization Higher Than Expected Setting RSS Queues to a value greater than 4 is only advisable for large web servers with several processors Values greater than 4 may increase CPU utilization to unacceptable levels and have...

Page 121: ...leep You must disable and enable the NIC to resolve the issue Installing Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager will also resolve the issue Intermittent Link Loss and Degraded Performance at High Stress Can Occur on Windows Server 2012 Systems In a Windows Server 2012 based system with multi core processors possible intermittent link loss and degraded per formance at high stress may occur due to ...

Page 122: ...ges Intel Network Adapter Messages Below is a list of Intel network adapter custom event messages that appear in the Windows Event Log for the following adapters l Intel PRO 1000 PT Server Adapter l Intel PRO 1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter l Intel PRO 1000 PF Server Adapter Event ID Message Severity 4 E1express PROBLEM Could not find a PRO 1000 adapter ACTION Reinstall driver NOTE An additional ...

Page 123: ... PCI slot Error 18 E1express PROBLEM The PRO 1000 adapter was not configured for bus mastering by the PCI BIOS ACTION Install the adapter in a bus mastering capable slot See your computer doc umentation for details ACTION For more information run PROSet diagnostics Error 19 E1express PROBLEM Could not allocate the NDIS receive packets necessary for operation ACTION Reduce the number of receive des...

Page 124: ...r network connection is attached to Informational 32 E1express Link has been established 1000Mbps Informational 33 E1express Link has been established 100Mbps full duplex Informational 34 E1express Link has been established 100Mbps half duplex Informational 35 E1express Link has been established 10Mbps full duplex Informational 36 E1express Link has been established 10Mbps half duplex Informationa...

Page 125: ...omhttp www in tel com support go network adapter home htm Error 23 PROBLEM The EEPROM on the network adapter may be corrupt ACTION Visit the support web site at http www in tel com support go network adapter home htm Error 24 PROBLEM Unable to start the network adapter ACTION Install the latest driver from http www in tel com support go network adapter home htm Error 25 PROBLEM The MAC address on ...

Page 126: ...emory necessary for operation ACTION Reduce the number of transmit and receive descriptors then restart Error 45 PROBLEM Could not allocate a resource pool necessary for operation ACTION Reduce the number of transmit and receive descriptors then restart Error 46 PROBLEM Could not initialize scatter gather DMA resources necessary for operation ACTION Reduce the number of transmit descriptors and re...

Page 127: ...etwork adapter may be corrupt ACTION Visit the support web site at http www in tel com support go network adapter home htm for assistance for assistance Error 24 PROBLEM Unable to start the network adapter ACTION Install the latest driver from http www in tel com support go network adapter home htm Error 25 PROBLEM The MAC address on the network adapter is invalid ACTION Visit http www intel com s...

Page 128: ...essary for operation ACTION Reduce the number of transmit descriptors and restart Error 47 PROBLEM Could not map the network adapter flash ACTION Install the latest driver from http www in tel com support go network adapter home htm ACTION Try another slot Error 48 PROBLEM The fan on the network adapter has failed ACTION Power off the machine and replace the network adapter Error 49 PROBLEM The dr...

Page 129: ... Unable to allocate required resources Free some memory resources and restart Error 3 Unable to read required registry parameters To resolve remove the adapter team and then create a new team Error 4 Unable to bind to physical adapter To resolve remove the adapter team and then create a new team Error 5 Unable to initialize an adapter team To resolve remove the adapter team and then create a new t...

Page 130: ... Adapter failed to initialize Error 32 An illegal loopback situation has occurred on the adapter in device member description Check the configuration to verify that all the adapters in the team are connected to 802 3ad compliant switch ports Warning 35 Initializing Team ID with missing missing adapters Check the configuration to verify that all the adapters are present and functioning Warning 37 V...

Page 131: ...p a second system on the network as a responder prior to starting a test If there are hot keys the letters will be highlighted Starting the Test Utility NOTE If there is an MS DOS network driver present such as NDIS2 or DOS ODI the test utility and the network driver could become unstable You should reboot and ensure that there are no network drivers loaded 1 Boot to MS DOS 2 Navigate to the DOSUt...

Page 132: ...es that are applicable to your adapter Only supported tests are dis played Device Registers Test patterns are written read and verified through the adapter s device registers to ensure proper functionality FIFOs This will write test bit patterns to the adapter s FIFO buffers to make sure the FIFOs are working properly Not all adapters have FIFO so it will not appear in all test lists EEPROM This t...

Page 133: ...h a switch the best results are obtained with a cross over cable and a same type adapter When you press Esc the responder operation is canceled and control is immediately returned to the Networking menu Detect Spanning Tree Spanning trees can be troublesome in a networking configuration The Detect Spanning Tree option attempts to detect if a spanning tree exists on the network This is done by rese...

Page 134: ... with Class A regulatory statements for Gigabit Ethernet l Intel ET Quad Port Mezzanine Card Model E62937 l Intel Gigabit 4P I350 t rNDC Model G10567 l Intel Gigabit 4P X540 I350 rNDC l Intel Gigabit 4P X520 I350 rNDC l Intel Gigabit 4P I350 t Mezz Model G27582 l Intel Gigabit 4P I350 bNDC The following products comply with Class B regulatory statements for Gigabit Ethernet l Intel ET Dual Port Se...

Page 135: ...tional l EN55022 2006 Radiated Conducted Emissions European Union l EN55024 1998 A1 2001 A2 2003 Immunity European Union l EU EMC Directive 2004 108 EC l VCCI Radiated Conducted Emissions Japan l CNS13438 Class A Radiated Conducted Emissions Taiwan l AS NZS CISPR 22 Class A Radiated Conducted Emissions Australia New Zealand Regulatory Compliance Markings When required these products are provided w...

Page 136: ...cts l Intel PRO 1000 PT Server Adapter Model D33745 l Intel PRO 1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter Model D49919 l Intel Gigabit ET Dual Port Server Adapter Model D68166 l Intel Gigabit ET Quad Port Server Adapter Model D42543 l Intel Gigabit 2P I350 t Adapter Model G13021 l Intel Gigabit 4P I350 t Adapter Model G13021 Fiber Products Verified for FCC Class B l Intel PRO 1000 PF Server Adapter Model C...

Page 137: ...and receiver l Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected l Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help CAUTION If the device is changed or modified without permission from Intel the user may void his or her authority to operate the equipment NOTE This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subj...

Page 138: ...irements vary by country Contact the retailer or distributor of this product for information about product recycling and or take back Regulatory Class B Regulatory Compliance Statements for Class B Products Copper Products l Intel 10 Gigabit AF DA Dual Port Server Adapter Model E27466 l Intel Ethernet 10G 2P X520 Adapter Model G28429 Fiber Products l Intel Ethernet Server Adapter X520 2 Model E698...

Page 139: ...cordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guar antee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does 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 of th...

Page 140: ...or main tenance is to be performed otherwise CAUTION Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure These Class 1 Laser devices Comply with FDA CDRH per CFR21 subchapter J Comply with EN60825 1 1994 A1 A2 End of Life Product Recycling Product recycling and end of life take back systems and requirements vary b...

Page 141: ...tware running and the product documentation at hand The technician may ask for the following l Your address and telephone number l The name and model number of the product you are calling about l The serial number and service tag of the product l The names and version numbers of the software you are using to operate the product l The name and version number of the operating system you are using l ...

Page 142: ...ts Two per port Link and Activity Two per port Link and Activity Link Activity Standards Conformance IEEE 802 1p IEEE 802 1Q IEEE 802 3an IEEE 802 3ac IEEE 802 3ad IEEE 802 3an IEEE 802 3x ACPI v1 0 PCI Express 2 0 IEEE 802 1p IEEE 802 1Q IEEE 802 3an IEEE 802 3ac IEEE 802 3ad IEEE 802 3x ACPI v1 0 PCI Express 2 0 IEEE 802 1p IEEE 802 1Q IEEE 802 1ae IEEE 802 3ac IEEE 802 3ad IEEE 802 3an IEEE 802...

Page 143: ...tor Lights Link Activity 1Gig 10Gig Standards Conformance IEEE 802 1p IEEE 802 1Q IEEE 802 3ac IEEE 802 3ad IEEE 802 3x ACPI v1 0 PCI Express 2 0 Regulatory and Safety Safety Compliance l UL 60950 Third Edition CAN CSA C22 2 No 60950 00 USA Canada l EN 60 950 European Union l IEC 60 950 International EMC Compliance l FCC Part 15 Radiated Conducted Emissions USA l ICES 003 Radiated Conducted Emissi...

Page 144: ...n CAN CSA C22 2 No 60950 00 USA Canada l EN 60 950 European Union l IEC 60 950 International EMC Compliance l FCC Part 15 Radiated Conducted Emissions USA l ICES 003 Radiated Conducted Emissions Canada l CISPR 22 Radiated Conducted Emissions International l EN55022 1998 Radiated Conducted Emissions European Union l EN55024 1998 Immunity European Union l CE EMC Directive 89 336 EEC European Union l...

Page 145: ...I v1 0 PCI Express 2 0 Regulatory and Safety Safety Compliance l UL 60950 Third Edition CAN CSA C22 2 No 60950 00 USA Canada l EN 60 950 European Union l IEC 60 950 International EMC Compliance l FCC Part 15 Radiated Conducted Emissions USA l ICES 003 Radiated Conducted Emissions Canada l CISPR 22 Radiated Conducted Emissions International l EN55022 1998 Radiated Conducted Emissions European Union...

Page 146: ...60 950 European Union l IEC 60 950 International EMC Compliance l FCC Part 15 Radiated Conducted Emissions USA l ICES 003 Radiated Conducted Emissions Canada l CISPR 22 Radiated Conducted Emissions International l EN55022 1998 Radiated Conducted Emissions European Union l EN55024 1998 Immunity European Union l CE EMC Directive 89 336 EEC European Union l VCCI Radiated Conducted Emissions Japan l C...

Page 147: ...000 Mbps Full or half at 10 100 Mbps full only at 1000 Mbps Standards Con formance IEEE 802 1p IEEE 802 1Q IEEE 802 3ab IEEE 802 3ac IEEE 802 3ad IEEE 802 3u IEEE 802 3x IEEE 802 3z ACPI v1 0 PCI Express 1 0a IEEE 802 1p IEEE 802 1Q IEEE 802 3ac IEEE 802 3ad IEEE 802 3x IEEE 802 3z ACPI v1 0 PCI Express 1 0a IEEE 802 1p IEEE 802 1Q IEEE 802 3ab IEEE 802 3ac IEEE 802 3ad IEEE 802 3u IEEE 802 3x IEE...

Page 148: ...ull at 1000 Mbps Full at 1000 Mbps Standards Conformance IEEE 802 1p IEEE 802 1Q IEEE 802 3ab IEEE 802 3ac IEEE 802 3ad IEEE 802 3x ACPI v1 0 PCI Express 2 0 IEEE 802 1p IEEE 802 1Q IEEE 802 3ab IEEE 802 3ac IEEE 802 3ad IEEE 802 3x ACPI v1 0 PCI Express 2 0 Regulatory and Safety Safety Compliance l UL 60950 Third Edition CAN CSA C22 2 No 60950 00 USA Canada l EN 60 950 European Union l IEC 60 950...

Page 149: ...00 Mbps Standards Con formance IEEE 802 1p IEEE 802 1Q IEEE 802 3ab IEEE 802 3ac IEEE 802 3ad IEEE 802 3u IEEE 802 3x IEEE 802 3z ACPI v1 0 PCI Express 1 0a IEEE 802 1p IEEE 802 1Q IEEE 802 3ab IEEE 802 3ac IEEE 802 3ad IEEE 802 3u IEEE 802 3x IEEE 802 3z ACPI v1 0 PCI Express 1 0a IEEE 802 1p IEEE 802 1Q IEEE 802 3ab IEEE 802 3ac IEEE 802 3ad IEEE 802 3u IEEE 802 3x IEEE 802 3z ACPI v1 0 PCI Expr...

Page 150: ...950 Third Edition CAN CSA C22 2 No 60950 00 USA Canada l EN 60 950 European Union l IEC 60 950 International EMC Compliance l FCC Part 15 Radiated Conducted Emissions USA l ICES 003 Radiated Conducted Emissions Canada l CISPR 22 Radiated Conducted Emissions International l EN55022 1998 Radiated Conducted Emissions European Union l EN55024 1998 Immunity European Union l CE EMC Directive 89 336 EEC ...

Page 151: ...EEE 802 3u Fast Ethernet l IEEE 802 3x Flow Control l IEEE 802 3z Gigabit Ethernet over optical fiber l ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Management l PCI Express system bus specification 32 64 bit x1 x2 x4 x8 x16 More information on IEEE 802 standards available at http www ieee802 org IEEE 802 3ac VLANs VLANs require VLAN capable switches either implicit switch only or explicit IEEE 802 3ac I...

Page 152: ... unauthorized copying of the Software 3 You may not reverse engineer decompile or disassemble the Software 4 You may not sublicense or permit simultaneous use of the Software by more than one user 5 The Software may include portions offered on terms in addition to those set out here as set out in a license accompanying those portions OWNERSHIP OF SOFTWARE AND COPYRIGHTS Title to all copies of the ...

Page 153: ... California excluding its principles of conflict of laws and the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the Sale of Goods You may not export the Software in violation of applicable export laws and regulations Intel is not obligated under any other agreements unless they are in writing and signed by an authorized representative of Intel GOVERNMENT RESTRICTED RIGHTS The Software is provided with...

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