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            AOC-STGN-i1S/-i2S Add-on Card User's Guide

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General

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Intel® 82599EN 10GbE controller (AOC-STGN-i1S) / Intel 82599ES 10GbE 
controller (AOC-STGN-i2S)

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Standard low-profile form factor

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Single SFP+ port (AOC-STGN-i1S)

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Dual SFP+ ports (AOC-STGN-i2S)

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PCI-E 2.0 x8 (5GT/s)

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Load balancing on multiple CPUs

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iSCSI remote boot support

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Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Support

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Intel® PROSet Utility for Windows® Device Manager

I/O Features

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Intel® QuickData Technology: DMA engine that enhances data acceleration and 
lowers CPU usage

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Direct Cache Access (DCA) to avoid cache misses

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MSI-X support to minimize the overhead of interrupts allowing load-balancing 
between multiple cores/CPUs

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Tx/Rx IP, SCTP, TCP and UDP checksum offloading capabilities (IPv4, IPv6)

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Receive and Transmit Side Scaling for Windows environments and Scalable 
I/O for Linux environments

Virtualization Features

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Supports virtualization features such as VMDq, Next-generation VMDq (64 
queues per port) and PC-SIG SR-IOV implementation

Summary of Contents for AOC-STGN-i1S

Page 1: ...User s Guide Revision 1 0c AOC STGN i2S AOC STGN i1S ...

Page 2: ...SIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between the manufacturer and the customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara County in the State of Cal...

Page 3: ... or may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in this user s guide Returning Merchandise for Service A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required before any warranty service will be rendered You can obtain service by calling your ven dor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization RMA number When returning the motherboard to the manufacturer the RMA number ...

Page 4: ...andard LP PCI E x8 Broadcom BCM57840S 4 SFP 10Gb port 5 4 13 7cm x 2 73 6 9cm 14 STG i2T 10GbE Standard LP PCI E x8 Intel X540 2 RJ45 10Gb port 5 9 14 99cm x 2 73 6 9cm 13 STGN i2S 10GbE Standard LP PCI E x8 Intel 82599ES 2 SFP 10Gb port 4 0 10 2cm x 2 73 6 9cm 11 2 STGN i1S 10GbE Standard LP PCI E x8 Intel 82598EN 1 SFP 10Gb port 4 0 10 2cm x 2 73 6 9cm 10 STG i4S 10GbE Standard LP PCI E x8 Intel...

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Page 6: ... 4 SMC Platform Support 1 5 Chapter 2 Hardware Components 2 1 Add On Card Image and Layout 2 1 2 2 Major Components 2 3 2 3 Connectors and LAN LED Indicators 2 4 LAN Ports 2 4 LAN LED 2 4 NC SI Connector 2 5 Chapter 3 Installation 3 1 Static Sensitive Devices 3 1 Precautions 3 1 Unpacking 3 1 3 2 Before Installation 3 2 3 3 Installing the Add on Card 3 2 3 4 Installing Drivers on Windows 3 3 3 5 I...

Page 7: ...ucts nfo networking cfm adapter 1 2 Product Highlights The product highlights of this add on card include the following Single Dual SFP Connector Standard Low profile PCI Express 2 0 up to 5GT s Intel QuickData Technology VMDq Next Generation VMDq and PC SIG SR IOV for Virtualized Environ ments Load Balancing on Multiple CPUs iSCSI Remote Boot Support Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE Support Suppo...

Page 8: ...lity for Windows Device Manager I O Features Intel QuickData Technology DMA engine that enhances data acceleration and lowers CPU usage Direct Cache Access DCA to avoid cache misses MSI X support to minimize the overhead of interrupts allowing load balancing between multiple cores CPUs Tx Rx IP SCTP TCP and UDP checksum offloading capabilities IPv4 IPv6 Receive and Transmit Side Scaling for Window...

Page 9: ...g RMON statistics counters iSCSI remote boot NC SI for remote management Only supported with Supermicro motherboards with corresponding NC SI connectors OS Support Windows Server 2012 x64 edition Windows 8 x64 edition and 32 bit Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 edition and 64 bit Windows Server 2008 x64 edition 64 bit and 32 bit Windows 7 x64 edition and 32 bit Windows Vista x64 edition and 32 bit Windo...

Page 10: ...7L 1m 10GbE SFP to SFP Passive 30AWG Pull Type CBL NTWK 0347 1m 10GbE SFP to SFP Passive 30AWG Push Type CBL NTWK 0456 2m 10GbE SFP to SFP Passive 30AWG Push Type CBL 0348L 3m 10GbE SFP to SFP Passive 24AWG Pull Release CBL 0349L 5m 10GbE SFP to SFP Passive 24AWG Pull Release CBL SFP AOC 1M 1m 10GbE SFP to SFP Fiber Active Optical Cable AOC CBL SFP AOC 3M 3m 10GbE SFP to SFP Fiber Active Optical C...

Page 11: ...ollowing platforms are supported by the AOC STGN i1S and AOC STGN i2S add on cards Supermicro motherboards with minimum PCI E x8 slot Supermicro servers with full height or low profile PCI E x8 expansion slot NC SI feature is only supported by Supermicro motherboards with correspond ing NC SI connectors Note This product is intended to be used with Supermicro server systems or motherboards as an i...

Page 12: ...1 6 AOC STGN i1S i2S Add on Card User s Guide Notes ...

Page 13: ... On Card Image and Layout The AOC STGN i1S Layout 1 2 3 4 2 1 DESIGNED IN USA AOC STGN i1S REV 2 10 Intel 82599 JP1 JNCSI1 LED1 SFP1 J1_SFP1 Q4 1 2 3 The AOC STGN i1S Image 4 Components Number Description 1 SFP Port 2 LED1 3 Intel 82599 Network Controller 4 NC SI Connector ...

Page 14: ...out 1 2 3 4 2 1 DESIGNED IN USA AOC STGN i2S REV 2 10 Intel 82599 JP1 JNCSI1 LED1 LED2 SFP2 SFP1 J1_SFP1 J1_SFP2 Q6 Q4 1 3 The AOC STGN i2S Image 4 Components Number Description 1 SFP Port1 and Port2 2 LED1 and LED2 3 Intel 82599 Network Controller 4 NC SI Connector 2 ...

Page 15: ...ajor Components The following major components are on the AOC STGN i1S and AOC STGN i2S 1 Single SFP port AOC STGN i1S Dual SFP ports AOC STGN i2S 2 LED1 AOC STGN i1S LED1 and LED2 AOC STGN i2S 3 Intel 82599 LAN Controller 4 NC SI Connector ...

Page 16: ...cable specified by the manufacturer Direct attached twin axial copper cable or Short Range or Long Range fiber optic cable used in conjunction with op tional optical transceiver Note 2 For detailed information on the cable and transceiver recom mended by the manufacturer please refer to Optional Accessories on Page 1 4 or SMC product information posted online 2 3 Connectors and LAN LED Indicators ...

Page 17: ... the pin definition See the layouts on pages 2 1 and 2 2 for the location of the connector Note The NC SI connector is only available on AOC STGN i1S and AOC STGN i2S rev 2 10 NC SI Connector Pin Definitions Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 NCSI_CLK_IN 2 GND 3 NCSI_CRS_DV 4 GND 5 NCSI_RXD_0 6 GND 7 NCSI_RXD_1 8 GND 9 NCSI_TXD_0 10 GND 11 NCSI_TXD_1 12 GND 13 NCSI_TX_EN 14 PRESET_N 15 NCSI_ARB_IN 16...

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Page 19: ...add on card by its edges only do not touch its components or peripheral chips Put the add on card back into the antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure that your system chassis provides excellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the add on card Unpacking The add on card is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid static damage When ...

Page 20: ...d into your system 1 Remove the server cover and if necessary set aside any screws for later use 2 Remove the add on card slot cover If the case requires a screw place the screw aside for later use 3 Position the add on card in the slot directly over the connector and gently push down on both sides of the card until it slides into the PCI connector 4 Secure the add on card to the chassis If requir...

Page 21: ... filename tar gz with the specific filename of the driver Note For the build to work properly the current running kernel MUST match the version and configuration of the installed kernel sources If you have just recompiled the kernel reboot the system at this time 3 4 Installing Drivers on Windows Follow the steps below to install the drivers for Windows Download the drivers from the Supermicro FTP...

Page 22: ... drivers net ixgbe ixgbe k o The install locations listed above are the default locations They might not be correct for certain Linux distributions For more information see the ldistrib txt file included in the driver tar 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...

Page 23: ...g tested ping IP_address 3 6 Installing Drivers on FreeBSD Follow the instructions below to install the drivers in FreeBSD kernel 4 8 or later In the instructions below x x x is the driver version as indicated in the name of the drive tar file Note You must have kernel sources installed in order to compile the driver module 1 Move the base driver tar file to the dirctory of your choice For example...

Page 24: ...nf and add the following line if_ixgb_load YES or compile the driver into the kernel see item 8 Edit etc rc conf and create the appropriate ifconfig_ixgb interface_num entry ifconfig_ixgb interface_num ifconfig_settings Example usage ifconfig_ixgb0 inet 192 168 10 1 netmask 255 255 255 0 8 If you want to compile the driver into the kernel enter cd ixgb x x x src mkdir usr src sys dev ixgb cp if_ix...

Page 25: ...exist dev ixgb if_ixgb_fx_hw c optional ixgb dev ixgb if_ixgb_phy c optional ixgb Edit the kernel configuration file i e GENERIC or MYKERNEL in usr src sys i386 conf and ensure the following line is present device ixgb Compile and install the kernel Reboot the system for the kernel updates to take affect ...

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Page 27: ... expected 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 ap plications 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...

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