MSI MS-9238- User Manual

v Introduction Introduction About this Manual This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users who intend to integrate SuperMicro's AOC-SG-i4 add-on card to their system. Product Features The AOC-SG-i4 add-on card offers the following features: • Dual Intel 82...

AOC-SG-i4 Add On Card User’s Guide vi Contacting SuperMicro Headquarters Address: Super Micro Computer, Inc. 980 Rock Ave. San Jose, CA 95131 U.S.A. Tel: +1 (408) 503-8000 Fax: +1 (408) 503-8008 Email: [email protected] (General Information) [email protected] (Technical Support) Web Site...

vii Introduction 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 vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization (RMA) number. When returning to the m...

1-1 Chapter 1 Safety Guidelines To avoid personal injury and property damage, carefully follow all the safety steps listed below when accessing your system or handling the components. 1-1 ESD Safety Guidelines Electric Static Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic components. To prevent damage to you...

2-1 Chapter 2 Card Components 2-1 Front Components Figure 2-1 shows the front components of the AOC-SG-i4 add-on card. Table 2-1 lists the add-on card’s front components and their description. Figure 2-1. AOC-SG-i4 Add On Card Front Connectors and Jumpers Table 2-1. Front Connectors and Pin Definiti...

AOC-SG-i4 Add On Card User’s Manual 2-2 2-2 Front Connectors, Jumpers and LEDs This section describes the front connectors, jumpers and LEDs found on the AOC-SG-i4 add-on card. LAN Ports LAN ports allow the add-on card to connect to a maximum of four network cables. These are RJ45 connectors. Each L...

2-3 Chapter 2: Card Components Table 2-3 lists the add-on card’s front jumpers and their pin definitions. Table 2-3. Front Jumpers and Pin Definitions Jumper Jumper Settings Description 3.3V STBY On = Enabled 3.3V STBY enabled (Default)

3-1 Chapter 3 Installing the Drivers 3-1 Updating iSCSI Option ROM Firmware If you need to update your add-on card’s firmware to use iSCSI option ROM, follow the procedure below. Updating iSCSI Option ROM Firmware 1. Download the iSCSI boot image BootIMG.FLB at ftp://ftp.supermicro.com/ CDR-NIC_1.22...

AOC-SG-i4 Add On Card User’s Manual 3-2 Installing the Drivers 1. If you are installing drivers from the Product CD, insert the CD. If you do not have the Product CD, download drivers from the support web site and transfer them to the system. 2. If the F OUND N EW H ARDWARE W IZARD screen is display...

3-3 Chapter 3: Installing the Drivers Removing Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager Use A DD /R EMOVE PROGRAMS from the C ONTROL P ANEL 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 ...

AOC-SG-i4 Add On Card User’s Manual 3-4 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 . In addition, the following considerations s...

3-5 Chapter 3: Installing the Drivers • You can use the /r and /nr switches only with a silent install (such as with the “ /s ” option). Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager Installation This section describes how to install Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager from the command line. Using the...

AOC-SG-i4 Add On Card User’s Manual 3-6 DxSetup.exe also takes the install options from the command line and applies them to the PROSETDX.msi command line installation. Command Line Examples You can modify the paths for different operating systems and CD layouts and apply the following command line ...

AOC-SG-i4 Add On Card User’s Manual 3-8 Command Line Switches This section describes how to install Intel PROSet using PROSETDX.msi and msiexec.exe from the command line. For more information on msiexec.exe command line parameters, refer to the msiexec.exe command line options section. Windows Insta...

3-9 Chapter 3: Installing the Drivers The following uninstalls all the Intel PROSet components. It can be used when the path to PROSETDX.msi is not available but the ProductCode of MSI package is known. <path to msiexec.exe> /x <ProductCode of PROSETDX.msi> /qn / liew <path to uninsta...

AOC-SG-i4 Add On Card User’s Manual 3-10 Notes Installing Intel PROSet Silently on Windows Server 2003 for Itanium®-Based Systems: C:\WINNT\System32\msiexec.exe /i D:\Apps\PROSETDX\Win64\PROSETDX.msi /qn /liew C:\ install.log Installing Components but Deselecting ANS: Set the ANS=0 in the command li...

4-1 Chapter 4: Linux Base Driver for PRO/1000 Family of Adapters Chapter 4 Linux Base Driver for PRO/1000 Family of Adapters 4-1 Overview This file describes the Linux* Base Driver for the Intel® PRO/1000 Family of Adapters. This driver supports the 2.4.x and 2.6.x kernels. This driver includes supp...

AOC-SG-i4 Add On Card User’s Manual 4-2 4-3 Building and Installation To build a binary RPM* package of this driver, run rpmbuild -tb <filename.tar.gz> Replace <filename.tar.gz> with the specific file name of the driver. Building a Binary RPM Package 1. Move the base driver tar file to t...

4-3 Chapter 4: Linux Base Driver for PRO/1000 Family of Adapters rmmod e1000; modprobe e1000 6. Assign an IP address to the interface by entering the following, where <x> is the interface number: ifconfi g eth<x> <IP_address> 7. Verify that the interface works. Enter the following,...

AOC-SG-i4 Add On Card User’s Manual 4-4 Table 4-1. Command Line Parameter Settings Parameter Name Valid Range/Settings Default Description AutoNeg 0x01-0x0F, 0x20-0x2F 0x2F This parameter is a bit mask that specifies which speed and duplex settings the board advertises. When this parameter is used, ...

AOC-SG-i4 Add On Card User’s Manual 4-6 Notes on InterruptThrottleRate 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 traffic in the last tim...

4-7 Chapter 4: Linux Base Driver for PRO/1000 Family of Adapters In dynamic conservative mode, the InterruptThrottleRate value is set to 4000 for traffic that falls in class “Bulk traffic”. If traffic falls in the “Low latency” or “Lowest latency” class, the InterruptThrottleRate is increased stepwi...

4-9 Chapter 4: Linux Base Driver for PRO/1000 Family of Adapters 4-5 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 configuration process involves adding an...

0-i Disclaimer The products sold by Supermicro are not intended for and will not be used in life support systems, medical equipment, nuclear facilities or systems, aircraft, aircraft devices, aircraft/emergency communication devices or other critical systems whose failure to perform be reasonably ex...