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AOC-PG-i2+ Add-on Card User’s Guide

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Command Line Uninstall Example ....................................................... 3-9
Command Line Reinstall/Repair .......................................................... 3-9

Chapter 4 Linux Base Driver for the 
PRO/1000 Family of Adapters

....................................................... 4-1

4-1 Overview

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4-2 Identifying Your Adapter

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4-3 Building and Installation

................................................................... 4-2

4-4 Command Line Parameters

............................................................. 4-3

Notes on InterruptThrottleRate ............................................................... 4-6
Speed and Duplex Configuration ............................................................ 4-7

4-5 Additional Configurations

................................................................. 4-9

Configuring the Driver on Different Distributions..................................... 4-9

Viewing Link Messages........................................................................ 4-9
Jumbo Frames ..................................................................................... 4-9
Ethtool ................................................................................................ 4-11
Enabling Wake on LAN* (WoL) .......................................................... 4-11
NAPI................................................................................................... 4-11

Summary of Contents for AOC-PG-i2+

Page 1: ...AOC PG i2 Add on Card User s Guide Revison 1 0a ...

Page 2: ... Super Micro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This...

Page 3: ...l PROSet for Windows Device Manager 3 2 Tips for PROSet Users 3 2 Removing Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager 3 2 Receive Side Scaling 3 2 RSS Configuration 3 2 Teaming 3 2 3 3 Installing the Base Driver and Intel PROSet via the Command Line 3 3 Installation Methods 3 3 Base Driver Installation 3 3 Command Line Options 3 3 Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager Installation 3 4 Using the DxS...

Page 4: ...4 1 4 1 Overview 4 1 4 2 Identifying Your Adapter 4 1 4 3 Building and Installation 4 2 4 4 Command Line Parameters 4 3 Notes on InterruptThrottleRate 4 6 Speed and Duplex Configuration 4 7 4 5 Additional Configurations 4 9 Configuring the Driver on Different Distributions 4 9 Viewing Link Messages 4 9 Jumbo Frames 4 9 Ethtool 4 11 Enabling Wake on LAN WoL 4 11 NAPI 4 11 ...

Page 5: ...MDq for virtualized environments Next generation VMDq with loopback funtionality Support Pre boot Execution Environment PXE RoHS 6 6 Intel PROSet Utility for Windows supported network teaming Low latency interrupts Direct Cache Access DCA iSCSI remote boot Height of end bracket 8 0 cm 3 15 Dimensions 9 6 cm 5 78 x 6 2 cm 2 44 length width Supports Category 5 cable up to 100 meters NOTE The AOC PG ...

Page 6: ...facturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Shipping and handling charges will be applied for all orders that must be mailed when service is complete For faster service RMA authorizations may be requested online at http www supermicro com support rma Whenever possible repack the add on card in the original Supermi...

Page 7: ...puter B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support 9 Asia Pacific Address Super Micro Computer Inc 4F No 232 1 Liancheng Rd Chung Ho 235 Taipei County Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 8226 3990 Fax 886 2 8226 3991 Web Site www sup...

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Page 9: ...ly do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the card and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use 1 2 General Safety Guidelines Always disconnect power cables before installing or removing any components from the computer Disconnect the power cable before installing or removing any c...

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Page 11: ... on card Table 2 1 lists the add on card s front components and their description Figure 2 1 AOC PG i2 Add on Card Front Connectors and Jumpers Table 2 1 Front Connectors and Pin Definitions Number Name Description 1 LAN Connector Ports 2 Housing with two RJ 45 connectors 2 Intel 82576 chip Intel LAN chip 2 1 ...

Page 12: ...wo LEDs The LEDs indicate connection speed and activity See Table 2 2 and Table 2 3 for definitions of these LEDs NOTE Different manufacture of RJ45 Connectors after February 2010 has led to changes in the type and characteristics of LED s used for this add on card See the tables below for these differences Table 2 2 LAN Port LEDs Before January 2010 LED Color Definition Activity Amber blinking LA...

Page 13: ...2 3 Chapter 2 Card Components 2 3 Riser Card The AOC PG i2 add on card requires a RSC R1UU E8PR riser card for connection to supported systems Figure 2 2 Figure 2 2 RSC R1UU E8PR Riser Card ...

Page 14: ... system Simply connect the AOC PG i2 add on card to the RSC R1UU E8PR riser card and install the riser card into the PCI E slot on the mainboard Figure 2 3 Once installed in the PCI E slot simply connect your LAN cables to the ports provided on the side of the chassis see Figure 2 4 Figure 2 3 Add on and Riser Cards in System AOC PG i2 Add on Card RSC R1UU E8PR Riser Card ...

Page 15: ...2 5 Chapter 2 Card Components Figure 2 4 Side View of Add on Card in System AOC PG i2 Add on Card LAN Ports ...

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Page 17: ... displayed Regardless of whether or not Windows finds the driver it is recommended that you follow the procedure below to install the driver The controller comes with driver on the CD ROM CDR NIC Installing the Drivers 1 If you are installing drivers from the Product CD insert the CDR NIC If you do not have the Product CD download drivers from the support web site and transfer them to the system 2...

Page 18: ...uld like to configure Removing Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager Use ADD REMOVE PROGRAMS from the CONTROL PANEL to uninstall Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager Receive Side Scaling RSS must be enabled for Intel I O Acceleration Technology to function You must also install Microsoft s Scalable Networking Pack SNP for RSS to function Intel PROSet will not display the RSS setting if SNP is...

Page 19: ... supported on Microsoft Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Vista and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Use DxSetup exe to Install PROSet for Windows Device Manager Base Driver Installation Driver installation is started by running the SetupBD exe file Command Line Options SetupBD exe supports the following command line switches and options as shown in Table 3 1 and Table 3 2 NOTE Windows XP x64 and Windo...

Page 20: ...Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager from the command line Table 3 2 SetupBD exe Options Option Description SetupBD Installs and or updates the driver s and displays the GUI SetupBD s Installs and or updates the driver s silently SetupBD s r Installs and or updates the driver s silently and forces a reboot SetupBD s r nr Installs and or updates the driver s silently and forces a reboot nr is ig...

Page 21: ... 3 3 DxSetup exe Switches Switch Description q r n Silent install options r Reduced GUI install n Silent install l i w e a Log file options i Log status messages w Log non fatal warnings e Log error messages a Log the start of all actions Table 3 4 DxSetup exe Public Properties Switch Description BD Property settings are 0 Deselect do not execute SetupBD 1 Execute SetupBD to install the drivers de...

Page 22: ...t current information on msiexec exe command line options Please note though that Not all command line options Microsoft provides with msiexec exe have been tested or are necessarily supported for Intel PROSet installation Msiexec also sets an error level on return that corresponds to system error codes For further details see http msdn microsoft com library on the Microsoft web site NOTE Public p...

Page 23: ...e Syntax Silent Install upgrade Command Line Syntax The following launches a typical installation of PROSETDX msi Full path to msiexec exe i Full path to PROSETDX msi qn liew Full path to install log Silent Uninstall Command Line Syntax The following uninstalls all the Intel PROSet components It can be used when the path to PROSETDX msi is available path to msiexec exe x path to PROSETDX msi qn li...

Page 24: ... All characters are uppercase with no white space between characters For example msiexec exe i PROSETDX msi qn ANS 1 Any white space in ANS 1 makes the setting invalid ans 1 is not a valid setting Command Line Install Examples Assume that C WINNT System32 is in the system32 folder and PROSETDX msi is under the D Apps PROSETDX Win32 folder You can modify the paths for different operating systems an...

Page 25: ...install Example First get the path of PROSETDX msi in the local system or any other image path when you installed Intel PROSet then use msiexec exe to uninstall Intel PROSet For example assume System folder is C Windows System and PROSETDX msi is in d unattend then the command line will be C Windows System msiexec exe x d unattend PROSETDX msi qn liew d unattend uninst log Command Line Reinstall R...

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Page 27: ...tional information on Intel I OAT at http www intel com technology ioacceleration index htm The following features are now available in supported kernels Native VLANs Channel Bonding teaming SNMP Channel Bonding documentation can be found in the Linux kernel source documentation networking bonding txt The driver information previously displayed in the proc file system is not supported in this rele...

Page 28: ...dules KERNEL VERSION kernel drivers net e1000 e1000 k o The install location listed above is the default location This may differ for various Linux distributions For more information go to ldistrib htm 5 Load the module using either the insmod or modprobe command modprobe e1000 insmod e1000 Note that for 2 6 kernels the insmod command can be used if the full path to the driver module is specified ...

Page 29: ... modprobe e1000 option VAL1 VAL2 For example with two PRO 1000 PCI adapters entering modprobe e1000 TxDescriptors 80 128 loads the e1000 driver with 80 TX descriptors for the first adapter and 128 TX descriptors for the second adapter The default value for each parameter is generally the recommended setting unless otherwise noted NOTE For more information about the AutoNeg Duplex and Speed paramet...

Page 30: ...to Ethernet PAUSE frames Interrupt ThrottleRate not supported on Intel R 82542 82543 or 82544 based adapters Valid Range 0 1 3 100 100000 0 off 1 dynamic 3 dynamic conservative 3 Since 7 3 x the driver has two adaptive modes setting 1 or 3 in which it dynamically adjusts the InterruptThrottleRate value based on the traffic that it receives After determining the type of incoming traffi c in the las...

Page 31: ...ue may be set too high causing the driver to run out of available receive descriptors WARNING When setting RxIntDelay to a value other than 0 adapters may hang stop transmitting under certain network conditions If this occurs a NETDEV WATCHDOG message is logged in the system event log In addition the controller is automatically reset restoring the network connection To eliminate the potential for ...

Page 32: ...ation of transmit interrupts in units of 1 024 microseconds Transmit interrupt reduction can improve CPU efficiency if properly tuned for specific network 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 65535 0 off 64 This value in units of 1 024 microseconds limits the delay in whic...

Page 33: ...ed speed and duplex combinations and it links at the highest common speed and duplex mode IF the link partner is set to auto negotiate If Speed 1000 limited auto negotiation is enabled and only 1000 Mbps is advertised The 1000BaseT spec requires auto negotiation WARNING If you are using the Intel R PRO 1000 CT Network Connection controller 82547 setting InterruptThrottleRate to a value greater tha...

Page 34: ...00 AutoNeg 0x02 Restricts autonegotiation to 10 Full modprobe e1000 AutoNeg 0x03 Restricts autonegotiation to 10 Half or 10 Full modprobe e1000 AutoNeg 0x04 Restricts autonegotiation to 100 Half modprobe e1000 AutoNeg 0x05 Restricts autonegotiation to 10 Half or 100 Half modprobe e1000 AutoNeg 0x020 Restricts autonegotiation to 1000 Full modprobe e1000 AutoNeg 32 Same as above Note that when this ...

Page 35: ...dapters eth0 and eth1 and set the speed and duplex to 10full and 100half add the following to modules conf or etc modprobe conf alias eth0 e1000 alias eth1 e1000 options e1000 Speed 10 100 Duplex 2 1 Viewing Link Messages Link messages will not be displayed to the console if the distribution is restricting system messages In order to see network driver link messages on your console set dmesg to ei...

Page 36: ...n Intel PRO 1000 EB Network Connection with I O Acceleration Intel PRO 1000 EB Backplane Connection with I O Acceleration Intel PRO 1000 PT Quad Port Server Adapter Adapters based on the Intel 82542 and 82573V E controller do not support Jumbo Frames These correspond to the following product names Intel PRO 1000 Gigabit Server Adapter Intel PRO 1000 PM Network Connection The following adapters do ...

Page 37: ...0 driver must be loaded prior to shutting down or suspending the system NAPI NAPI Rx polling mode is supported in the e1000 driver NAPI is enabled or disabled based on the configuration of the kernel To override the default use the following compile time flags To enable NAPI compile the driver module passing in a configuration option make CFLAGS_EXTRA DE1000_NAPI install To disable NAPI compile th...

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Page 39: ...cted to result in significant injury or loss of life or catastrophic property damage Accordingly Supermicro disclaims any and all liability and should buyer use or sell such products for use in such ultra hazardous applications it does so entirely at its own risk Furthermore buyer agrees to fully indemnify defend and hold Supermicro harmless for and against any and all claims demands actions litig...

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