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1. 3 2 Tips for PROSet Users een 3 2 Removing Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager 3 2 Receive Side Scaling ienei a e oaa aea aee taa Ea aE Sa E ESA 3 2 RSS Configurations au ea aa 3 2 TAM a a bergen 3 2 3 3 Installing the Base Driver and Intel PROSet via the Command Line 3 3 Installation Methoas miasidi Nin a ie Bae 3 3 Base Driver Installation ernrnerneeraa 3 3 Command Line Options srenennennneeannananennnenannananeeanenae 3 3 Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager Installation 3 4 Using the DxSetup exe Utility cece eee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeseaeeeeetas 3 5 Command Line Examples cceccceeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeneeseaeeeeeeeeaees 3 6 msiexec exe Command Line Options uursseerssensnennnnennnnnnnennnnennnnn 3 6 Command Line Switches msmeeennenannneneeennenannaenannnneat 3 7 Silent Install upgrade Command Line Syntax cooococonocccconoccconancnnannnnnnns 3 7 Silent Uninstall Command Line Syntax u EEE 3 7 Command Line Options Supported by PROSETDX masi 3 8 Command Line Install Examples EEEEEE Eke kese 3 8 AOC PG i2 Add on Card User s Guide Command Line Uninstall Example u nennen na nannaa 3 9 Command Line Reinstall Repair E Ek kk ke 3 9 Chapter 4 Linux Bas2. s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands 31 0 73 6400390 31 0 73 6416525 sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Super Micro Computer Inc 4F No 232 1 Liancheng Rd Chung Ho 235 Taipei County Taiwan R O C 886 2 8226 3990 886 2 8226 3991 www supermicro com tw support supermicro com tw 886 2 8228 1366 ext 132 or 139 vii AOC PG i2 Add on Card User s Guide Notes viii 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 your system it is important to handle it very carefully The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before removing a component from the antistatic bag e Handle the add on card by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts e 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
3. x lt ProductCode of PROSETDX msi gt qn liew lt path to uninstall log gt Command Line Options Supported by PROSETDX msi PROSETDX msi provides public properties that can be used to change Intel PROSet install selections from the command line By setting the properties in the command line you can disable and hide some features in PROSETDX msi or force some feature to be selected displayed This provides the flexibility to install different components features in Intel PROSet Following is the list of public properties provided by PROSETDX msi e The ANS property should only be set to ANS 1 if DMIX 1 is set If DMIX 0 and ANS 1 only the base driver will be installed e Public properties are case sensitive 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 and CD layouts and apply the command line examples Command Line Examples Installing Intel PROSet Silently on Windows XP C WINNT System32 msiexec exe i D Apps PROSETDX Win32 PROSETDX msi qn liew C N install log 3 8 Chapter 3 Installing the Drivers Installing Intel PROSet Silently on W
4. Port Server Adapter WARNING Using Jumbo Frames at 10 or 100 Mbps may result in poor A performance or loss of link 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 not support Jumbo Frames Intel 82562V 10 100 Network Connection Intel 82566DM Gigabit Network Connection Intel 82566DC Gigabit Network Connection Intel 82566MM Gigabit Network Connection Intel 82566MC Gigabit Network Connection Intel 82562GT 10 100 Network Connection Intel 82562G 10 100 Network Connection 4 10 Chapter 4 Linux Base Driver for the PRO 1000 Family of Adapters Ethtool The driver utilizes the Ethtool interface for driver configuration and diagnostics as well as displaying statistical information Ethtool version 1 6 or later is required for this functionality The latest release of Ethtool can be found at http sourceforge net projects gkernel amp NOTE Ethtool 1 6 only supports a limited set of ethtool options Support for a more complete Ethtool feature set can be enabled by upgrading Ethtool to Ethtool 1 8 1 Enabling Wake on LAN WoL WoL is configured through the Ethtool utility Ethtool is included with all versions of Red Hat after Red Hat 7 2 For other Linux distributions download and install Ethtool from the following
5. 540 82545 and later adapters A value of 1 indicates that the driver should enable IP checksum offload for received packets both XsumRX 0 1 1 UDP and TCP to the adapter hardware This parameter is not supported on the 82542 based adapter 1 InterruptThrottleRate takes precedence over the TxAbsintDelay and RxAbsintDelay parameters In other words minimizing the receive and or transmit absolute delays does not force the controller to generate more interrupts than what the Interrupt Throttle Rate allows Notes on InterruptThrottleRate Since 7 3 x the driver has two adaptive modes setting 1 or 3 in which it dynamically adjusts the nterruptThrottleRate value based on the traffic that it receives After determining the type of incoming traffic in the last time frame it will adjust the InterruptThrottleRate to an appropriate value for that traffic The algorithm classifies the incoming traffic every interval into classes Once the class is determined the nterruptThrottleRate 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 latency for almost completely small packets or minimal traffic Chapter 4 Linux Base Driver for the PRO 1000 Family of Adapters In dynamic conservative mode th
6. A 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 Supermicro box using the original packaging materials If these are no longer available be sure to pack the add on card in an anti static bag and inside the box Make sure that there is enough packaging material surrounding the add on card so that it does not become damaged during shipping This warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not cover damages incurred in shipping or from failure due to the alteration misuse abuse or improper maintenance of products During the warranty period contact your distributor first for any product problems vi Contacting SuperMicro Headquarters Address Tel Fax Email Web Site Europe Address Tel Fax Email 9 Asia Pacific Address Tel Fax Web Site Technical Support Email Tel Super Micro Computer Inc 980 Rock Ave San Jose CA 95131 U S A 1 408 503 8000 1 408 503 8008 marketing supermicro com General Information support supermicro com Technical Support www supermicro com Super Micro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML
7. SUPERMICR AOC PG i2 Add on Card User s Guide Revison 1 0a AOC PG i2 Add on Card User s Guide The information in this User s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual or to notify any person or organization of the updates Please Note For the most up to date version of this manual please see our web site at www supermicro com Super Micro Computer Inc Super micro reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without notice This product including software if any and documentation may not in whole or in part be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any medium or machine without prior written consent IN NO EVENT WILL SUPERMICRO BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL SPECULATIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR SUPERMICRO 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 manufacturer and customer shall be governed by th
8. al 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 Insta Is and or updates the driver s silently and forces a reboot nris ignored SetupBD u Uninstalls all drivers from the system E Installs and or updates the driver s looks for INF and driver files only in SetupBD infdir x infdir the specified directory w VA NOTE You must include a space between switches In addition the following considerations should be noted when running SetupBD exe for the driver installation e Ifyou uninstall an adapter s driver from Windows Device Manager you must reboot before using SetupBD exe to install a new driver e If you install drivers on a system based on the Intel 5000 Series Chipset the s switch silent install forces a reboot without the r switch If you do not want the system to reboot use the nr switch e For Intel I O Acceleration Technology to function properly you must reboot after driver installation You can use the rand 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 NOTE Intel PROSet ca
9. and using this syntax modprobe el000 lt option gt lt VAL1 gt lt VAL2 gt For example with two PRO 1000 PCI adapters entering modprobe el000 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 f parameters see the Speed and Duplex Configuration section in this document For more information about the nterruptThrottleRate RxintDelay TxIntDelay RxAbsintDelay and TxAbs ntDelay parameters see the application note at http www intel com design network applnots ap450 htm A descriptor describes a data buffer and attributes related to the data buffer This information is accessed by the hardware 4 3 AOC PG i2 Add on Card User s Manual Table 4 1 Command Li ne Parameter Settings Parameter Valid Range Default Description Name Settings This parameter is a bit mask that specifies which speed and duplex settings the board advertises When this parameter is used the Speed and Duplex parameters must not be specified AutoNeg TS Ox2F This parameter is supported only on adapters using copper connections NOTE Refer to the Speed and Duplex section of this readme for more information on the AutoNeg parameter Defines the direction in which data
10. btain the same information Instructions on updating ethtool can be found in the Section 4 5 Additional Configurations on page 4 9 4 2 Identifying Your Adapter For more information on how to identify your adapter go to the Adapter amp Driver ID Guide at http support intel com support network adapter pro 100 21397 htm For the latest Intel network drivers for Linux refer to the following website In the search field enter your adapter name or type or use the networking link on the left to search for your adapter http downloadfinder intel com scripts df support_intel asp 4 1 AOC PG i2 Add on Card User s Manual 4 3 Building and Installation To build a binary RPM package of this driver run rpmbuild tb lt filename tar gz gt Replace lt filename tar gz gt with the specific file name of the driver amp NOTE For the build to work properly the currently running kernel MUST match the version and configuration of the installed kernel sources If you have just recompiled the kernel reboot the system now v EN VA NOTE PM functionality has only been tested in Red Hat distributions Building a Binary RPM Package 1 Move the base driver tar file to the directory of your choice For example use home username e 1000 or usr local src e 1000 2 Untar unzip the archive where lt x x x gt is the version number for the driver tar file tar zxf el000 lt x x x gt tar gz 3 Change to the driver src
11. c temp install log Most commonly used msiexec exe command line options are silent install upgrade command line syntax and Silent Uninstall Command Line Syntax Silent Install upgrade Command Line Syntax The following launches a typical installation of PROSETDX msi lt Full path to msiexec exe gt i lt Full path to PROSETDX msi gt qn liew lt Full path to install log gt 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 lt path to msiexec exe gt x lt path to PROSETDX msi gt gn liew lt path to uninstall log gt 3 7 AOC PG i2 Add on Card User s Manual Table 3 6 Property Settings Property Description Property settings are 0 Deselect do not execute SetupBD e 1 Execute SetupBD to install the drivers NOTE In this release it is set to 1 by default It is always installed by default in this release BD should only be set to 0 if the Base Drivers have already been installed prior to running PROSETDX msi Property Settings are 0 Deselect hide ANS ANS 1 Select ANS NOTE In this release it is set to 1 by default It is always installed by default in this release The following uninstalls all the Intel PROSet components It can be used when the path to PROSETDX msiis not available but the ProductCode of MSI package is known lt path to msiexec exe gt
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13. dapters in a team RSS will be disabled for the team e Ian adapter that does not support RSS is added to a team RSS will be disabled for the team e If anon Intel adapter is added to a team RSS will be disabled for the team Non Intel adapters with RSS enabled cannot be added to a team 3 3 Installing the Base Driver and Intel PROSet via the Command Line Installation Methods The base driver install utility SetupBD exe allows unattended install of base drivers from a command line Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager is supported on Microsoft Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Vista and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Use DxSetup exe to Install PROSet for Windows Device Manager NOTE Windows XP x64 and Windows Server 2003 x64 do not support VA unattended driver installation 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 Table 3 1 SetupBD exe Switches Switch Description Is Silent install with no boot Ir Force reboot must be used with the s switch No reboot must be used with the s switch ime This switch is ignored if it is included with the r switch lu Uninstall infdir directory name Search for INF and driver files only in the specified directory 3 3 AOC PG i2 Add on Card User s Manu
14. directory where lt x x x gt is the version number for the driver tar cd el000 lt x x x gt src 4 Compile the driver module make install The binary will be installed as lib modules lt KERNEL VERSION gt kernel drivers net el000 el000 k o The install location listed above is the default location This may differ for various Linux distributions For more information go to Idistrib htm 5 Load the module using either the insmod or modprobe command modprobe el000 insmod e1000 Note that for 2 6 kernels the insmod command can be used if the full path to the driver module is specified For example insmod lib modules lt KERNEL VERSION gt kernel drivers net e1000 e1000 ko With 2 6 based kernels also make sure that older e1000 drivers are removed from the kernel before loading the new module 4 2 Chapter 4 Linux Base Driver for the PRO 1000 Family of Adapters rmmod el000 modprobe el000 6 Assign an IP address to the interface by entering the following where lt x gt is the interface number ifconfi g eth lt x gt lt IP_address gt 7 Verify that the interface works Enter the following where lt P_address gt is the IP address for another machine on the same subnet as the interface that is being tested ping lt IP_address gt 4 4 Command Line Parameters If the driver is built as a module the following optional parameters are used by entering them on the command line with the modprobe comm
15. 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 Ifthe FOUND New HARDWARE WIZARD screen is displayed click CANCEL 3 SUPERMICRO window appears on the screen Click on the computer button next to AOC PG 12 4 Click on INSTALL DRIVERS AND SOFTWARE 5 Follow the prompts on screen to complete the installation 3 2 Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager is an extension to the Windows Device Manager When you install the Intel PROSet software additional tabs are automatically added to Device Manager You can install Intel PROSet on computers running Microsoft Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003 including 64 bit and x64 versions 3 1 AOC PG i2 Add on Card User s Manual NOTE You must have administrator rights to install or use Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager Installing Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager is installed from the Product CD with the same process used to install drivers You can select Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager and Advanced Network Services from the Install Options dia
16. e nterruptThrottleRate 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 stepwise to 20000 This default mode is suitable for most applications For situations where low latency is vital such as cluster or grid computing the algorithm can reduce latency even more when nterruptThrottleRate is set to mode 1 In this mode which operates the same as mode 3 the nterruptThrottleRate will be increased stepwise to 70000 for traffic in class Lowest latency Setting nterruptThrottleRate to 0 turns off any interrupt moderation and may improve small packet latency but is generally not suitable for bulk throughput traffic WARNING If you are using the Intel R PRO 1000 CT Network Connection controller 82547 setting InterruptThrottleRate to a value greater than 75 000 may hang stop transmitting adapters 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 the hang ensure that InterruptThrottleRate is set no greater than 75 000 and is not set to 0 NOTE When e1000 is loaded with default settings and multiple adapters are in use simultaneously the CPU utilization may increase non linearly In order to J limit the CPU utilization witho
17. e Driver for the PRO 1000 Family of Adaptere 4 1 ATOM Witten sa A TT an y den MET Rs 4 1 4 2 Identifying Your Adapter 4 1 4 3 Building and Installation LiiiEE reee 4 2 4 4 Command Line Parameters ennenennnenn 4 3 Notes on InterruptThrottleRate ii kk keke 4 6 Speed and Duplex Configuration 1 nwmeennenannnenneeanenana 4 7 4 5 Additional Configurations cceuouussssss m nenne naene 4 9 Configuring the Driver on Different Distributione 4 9 Viewing Link Messages eernannenenenanennaneenananneanaeneenaanant 4 9 Jumbo iFrames 1344 teri il dida 4 9 EthtoOlsesu saatat My ara de pe aol ee at ler Met al e od She 4 11 Enabling Wake on LAN WOL nennen nnnnnnnnnnen ern 4 11 NAPA el ne ero ne ER es 4 11 Introduction About this Manual This manual is written for system integrators PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users who intend to integrate SuperMicro s AOC PG i2 add on card add on card to their system Product Features The AOC PG i2 add on card offers the following features e Intel 82576 LAN chip e PCl e x8 interface e Low profile half length PCI e x8 proprietary form factor card e Two RJ 45 connectors Jumbo frames support up to 9 5 KB packets VMDq for virtualized environments e Next gene
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19. et to auto negotiate the board will auto detect the correct speed Duplex must also be set when Speed is set to either 10 or 100 This parameter is supported only on adapters using copper connections AOC PG i2 Add on Card User s Manual Table 4 1 Command Line Parameter Settings Continued Parameter Valid Range Default Description Name Settings 80 256 for 82542 and 82543 based This value is the number of transmit descriptors TxDescriptors adapters 256 allocated by the driver Increasing this value allows 80 4096 for all the driver to queue more transmits Each descriptor other supported is 16 bytes adapters This value delays the generation of transmit interrupts in units of 1 024 microseconds Transmit interrupt reduction can improve CPU efficiency if TxIntDelay 0 65535 0 off 64 properly tuned for specific network traffic If the TxAbsintDelay 0 65535 0 off 64 system is reporting dropped transmits this value may be set too high causing the driver to run out of available transmit descriptors This value in units of 1 024 microseconds limits the delay in which a transmit interrupt is generated Useful only if TxIntDelay is non zero this value ensures that an interrupt is generated after the initial packet is sent on the wire within the set amount of time Proper tuning along with TxIntDelay may improve traffic throughput in specific network conditions This parameter is supported only on 82
20. evison 1 0a Release Date February 4 2010 Unless you request and receive written permission from Super Micro Computer Inc you may not copy any part of this document Information in this document is subject to change without notice Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders Copyright 2010 by Super Micro Computer Inc All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Table of Contents Chapter 1 Safety Guidelinee 1 1 1 1 ESD Safety Guidelines nnereneennenenenn 1 1 1 2 General Safety Guidelines eneneenn 1 1 1 3 An Important Note to Users 1 1 Chapter 2 Card Components 2 1 2 1 Front Components nnsnennenennnnenennnnenenenennennnnannenenenan 2 1 2 2 Front Connectors Jumpers and LEDS ennen 2 2 LAN Polls acu e ei att dane 2 2 EAN PortilEDs a Ay art E HN 2 2 2 3 Riser Card ii See a 2 3 2 4 System Installation ennenenenneneneneneenennennn 2 4 Chapter 3 Installing the Drivere 3 1 3 1 Installing the Drivers in Microsoft Windows 3 1 3 2 Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager 3 1 Installing Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager
21. for more information 3 9 AOC PG i2 Add on Card User s Manual Notes Chapter 4 Linux Base Driver for the PRO 1000 Family of Adapters Chapter 4 Linux Base Driver for the PRO 1000 Family of Adapters 4 1 Overview This chapter 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 support for Itanium 2 based systems This driver is only supported as a loadable module Intel is not supplying patches against the kernel source to allow for static linking of the driver For questions related to hardware requirements refer to the documentation supplied with your Intel PRO 1000 adapter All hardware requirements listed apply to use with Linux This release includes support for Intel I O Acceleration Technology Intel I OAT This is supported on systems using the Intel 5000 Series Chipsets Integrated Device 1A38 You can find additional information on Intel OAT at http www intel com technology ioacceleration index htm The following features are now available in supported kernels e Native VLANs e 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 release Alternatively you can use ethtool version 1 6 or later spci and ifconfig to o
22. he MTU size For example ifconfig eth lt x gt 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 network scripts ifcfg eth lt x gt Red Hat distributions Other distributions may store this setting in a different location P NOTE To enable Jumbo Frames increase the MTU size on the interface VA beyond 1500 4 9 AOC PG i2 Add on Card User s Manual NOTE The maximum MTU setting for Jumbo Frames is 16110 This value VA coincides with the maximum Jumbo Frames size of 16128 Some Intel gigabit adapters that support Jumbo Frames have a frame size limit of 9238 bytes with a corresponding MTU size limit of 9216 bytes The adapters with this limitation are based on the Intel 82571EB 82572El 82573L and 80003ES2LAN controllers These correspond to the following product names Intel PRO 1000 PT Server Adapter Intel PRO 1000 PT Desktop Adapter Intel PRO 1000 PT Network Connection Intel PRO 1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter Intel PRO 1000 PT Dual Port Network Connection Intel PRO 1000 PF Server Adapter Intel PRO 1000 PF Network Connection Intel PRO 1000 PF Dual Port Server Adapter Intel PRO 1000 PB Server Connection Intel PRO 1000 PL Network Connection 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
23. indows 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 line for example C WINNT System32 msiexec exe i D Apps PROSETDX Win32 PROSETDX msi qn ANS 0 liew C install log Applying a Transform File to MSI Using msiexec exe Set the TRANSFORMS filename mst in the command line For example C WINNT System32 msiexec exe i D Apps PROSETDX Win32 PROSETDX msi qn TRANSFORMS 2052 mst liew C install log amp NOTE Intel recommends using DxSetup exe to install Intel PROSet since it detects the system s language searches for the appropriate transform file and applies itto MSI package Command Line Uninstall Example NOTE Do not use the ANS option when uninstalling Intel PROSet from a VA command line 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 an liew d unattend uninst log Command Line Reinstall Repair If you need to repair an Intel PROSet installation uninstall the application and then reinstall it See the uninstall and install examples above
24. is allowed to flow Can be either one or two directional If both 0 2 Duplex and the link partner are set to E auto negotiate the board auto detects the correct Duplex 0 auto negotiate 0 duplex If the link partner is forced either full or 1 half 2 full half Duplex defaults to half duplex This parameter is supported only on adapters using copper connections 9 9 Read ilow This parameter controls the automatic FlowControl O none 1 Rx conirol generation Tx and response Rx to Ethernet only 2 Tx only settings from PAUSE frames 3 Rx amp Tx the EEPROM 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 timeframe it will adjust the InterruptThrottleRate to an appropriate value for that traffic The algorithm classifies the incoming traffic every not supported on interval into classes Once the class is determined Intel R 82542 the InterruptThrottleRate value is adjusted to suit 82543 or that traffic type the best 82544 based There are three classes defined adapters Bulk traffic for large amounts of packets of Interrupt Valid R L 3 Isi ThrottleRate alid Range normal size 0 1 3 100 100000 Low latency for small amounts of traffic and O off or a significant percentage of small packets 1 dynamic Lowest latency for almost completely sma
25. ll 3 dynamic packets or minimal traffic conservative 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 stepwise to 20000 This default mode is suitable for most applications See the Footnote at the end of this table for more information Chapter 4 Linux Base Driver for the PRO 1000 Family of Adapters Table 4 1 Command Line Parameter Settings Continued Parameter Name Valid Range Settings Default Description RxDescriptors RxIntDelay RxAbsintDelay Speed 80 256 for 82542 and 82543 based adapters 80 4096 for all other supported adapters 0 65535 O off 0 65535 0 off 0 10 100 1000 256 128 This value specifies the number of receive buffer descriptors allocated by the driver Increasing this value allows the driver to buffer more incoming packets at the expense of increased system memory utilization Each descriptor is 16 bytes A receive buffer is also allocated for each descriptor and can be either 2048 4096 8192 or 16384 bytes depending on the MTU setting The maximum MTU size is 16110 NOTE MTU designates the frame size and it only needs to be set for Jumbo Frames Depending on the available system resources the request for a higher number of receive descriptor
26. log Tips for PROSet Users If you have used prior versions of Intel PROSet you should be aware of the following changes with Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager With PROSet There is no system tray icon The configuration utility is not accessible from the CONTROL PANEL or the START menu All Intel PROSet features are now accessed from DEVICE MANAGER To access features simply open the DEVICE MANAGER and double click the Intel adapter you would 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 not installed NOTE The Scalable Networking Pack is part of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 It is not part of Service Pack 1 therefore it requires a separate download See http www microsoft com for more information RSS Configuration RSS is enabled on the Advanced tab of the adapter property sheet If your adapter does not support RSS or if the SNP is not installed the RSS setting will not be displayed Teaming Some RSS teaming considerations are as follows 3 2 Chapter 3 Installing the Drivers If RSS is not enabled for all a
27. n be installed with DxSetup exe or msiexec exe Intel recommends using DxSetup exe DxSetup exe detects the system s language VA searches for the appropriate transform file and applies it to MSI package The transform file translates the installation instructions to the language associated with your operating system 3 4 Chapter 3 Installing the Drivers Using the DxSetup exe Utility DxSetup exe is a setup utility used for installing Intel PROSet It detects the system language searches for the appropriate transform file in the same folder and then launches PROSETDX msi in the language specific to the operating system The transform file translates the installation instructions to the language associated with your operating system Table 3 3 displays and describes DxSetup exe switches while Table 3 4 describes its public properties Table 3 3 DxSetup exe Switches Switch Description afrin Milwlela Silent install options e r Reduced GUI install n Silent install Log file options e i Log status messages w Log non fatal warnings e e Log error messages a Log the start of all actions Table 3 4 DxSetup exe Public Properties Switch Description BD ANS DMIX Property settings are 0 Deselect do not execute SetupBD 1 Execute SetupBD to install the drivers default setting NOTE BD should only be set to 0 if the Base Drivers have already been i
28. nfigurations 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 alias line to etc modules conf or etc modprobe conf as well as editing other system startup scripts and or configuration files Many popular Linux distributions ship with tools to make these changes for you To learn the proper way to configure a network device for your system refer to your distribution documentation If during this process you are asked for the driver or module name the name for the Linux Base Driver for the Intel PRO 1000 family of adapters is e1000 As an example if you install the e1000 driver for two PRO 1000 adapters ethO 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 ethl e1000 options el000 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 eight by entering the following dmesg n 8 gt J NOTE This setting is not saved across reboots v Jumbo Frames Jumbo Frames support is enabled by changing the Maximum Transmission Unit MTU to a value larger than the default value of 1500 Use the ifconfig command to increase t
29. nstalled prior to running DxSetup exe Property settings are 0 Deselect hide ANS 1 Select ANS default setting Property settings are 0 Deselect hide Intel PROSet feature 1 Select Intel PROSet feature default setting The ANS property should only be set to ANS 1 if DMIX 1 is set If DMIX 0 and ANS 1 the ANS 1 is ignored and only the base driver will be installed DxSetup exe also takes the install options from the command line and applies them to the PROSETDX msi command line installation 3 5 AOC PG i2 Add on Card User s Manual NOTE Public properties are case sensitive All characters are uppercase with 3 no white space between characters For example VA DxSetup exe qn ANS 1 Any white space in ANS 1 makes the setting invalid ans 1 is not a valid setting Command Line Examples You can modify the paths for different operating systems and CD layouts and apply the following command line examples Launches a Typical Install Silently DxSetup exe qn liew C install log VA NOTE BD ANS and DMIX are selected by default Installing Components but Deselecting ANS Setting ANS 0 DxSetup exe qn ANS 0 liew C install log msiexec exe Command Line Options Refer to Microsoft s web site http msdn microsoft com library for the most current information on msiexec exe command line options Please note though that Not all command line options Microsoft pr
30. ovides 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 3 6 Chapter 3 Installing the Drivers Command Line Switches Table 3 5 Command Line Switches Switch Description li Ix Install Uninstall Silent install options q r n e r Reduced GUI Install n Silent install Log file options e i Log status messages Milwlela w Log non fatal warnings Transforms e e Log error messages a Log the start of all actions A property used to apply transforms a mst file to an MSI package The following example applies a Chinese language transform to MSI package so the installer displays Chinese strings during installation TRANSFORMS 2052 mst 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 Installer Service is installed by default in Windows 2000 XP32 and XP64 msiexec exe is under System32 folder When System32 is not in the current PATH the full path to msiexec exe should be specified in the command line For example C WINNT System32 msiexec exe i PROSETDX msi qn liew
31. ration VMDg with loopback funtionality Support Pre boot Execution Environment PXE RoHS 6 6 e 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 i2 add on card requires the RSC R1UU E8PR riser card VA for mounting in systems NOTE The AOC PG i2 add on card is designed for certain Supermicro motherboards and server systems Please go to www supermicro com for the latest list of supported platforms AOC PG i2 Add on Card User s Guide Operating Systems Supported The AOC PG i2 add on card supports the following Operating Systems OS Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows 2003 Windows 2008 Windows Vista e Linux VMWare An Important Note to Users All images and layouts shown in this user s guide are based upon the latest revision available at the time of publishing The card you have received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in this manual 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 manufacturer the RM
32. removing any components from the computer Disconnect the power cable before installing or removing any cables from the system Make sure that the add on card is securely and properly installed on the motherboard to prevent damage to the system due to power shortage 1 3 An Important Note to Users All images and layouts shown in this user s guide are based upon the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing The card you have received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in this manual 1 1 AOC PG i2 Add on Card User s Manual Notes 1 2 Chapter 2 Card Components 2 1 Front Components Figure 2 1 shows the front components of the AOC PG i2 add on card Figure 2 1 AOC PG i2 Add on Card Front Connectors and Jumpers AOC PGH2 O 693 e e S O O SUPERO l kaun gt O ES Table 2 1 lists the add on card s front components and their description 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 AOC PG i2 Add on Card User s Manual 2 2 Front Connectors Jumpers and LEDs This section describes the front connectors jumpers and LEDs found on the AOC PG i2 add on card LAN Ports LAN ports allow the add on card to connect to a maxim
33. required over the auto negotiation process It should be used when you wish to control which speed and duplex combinations are advertised during the auto negotiation process The parameter may be specified as either a decimal or hexadecimal value as determined by Table 4 2 below Table 4 2 AutoNeg Parameter Values Bit Position Decimal Value Hex Value Speed Mbps Duplex T 128 80 N A 6 64 40 N A 5 32 20 1000 Full 4 16 10 N A 3 8 100 Full 2 4 4 100 Half 1 2 1 10 Full 0 1 1 10 Half Some examples of using AutoNeg modprobe e1000 AutoNeg 0x01 Restricts autonegotiation to 10 Half modprobe e1000 AutoNeg 1 Same as above modprobe e1000 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 parameter is used Speed and Duplex must not be specified If the link partner is forced to a specific speed and duplex then this parameter should not be used Instead use the Speed and Duplex parameters previously mentioned to force the adapter to the same speed and duplex 4 8 Chapter 4 Linux Base Driver for the PRO 1000 Family of Adapters 4 5 Additional Co
34. s may be denied In this case use a lower number This value delays the generation of receive interrupts in units of 1 024 microseconds Receive interrupt reduction can improve CPU efficiency if properly tuned for specific network traffic Increasing this value adds extra latency to frame reception and can end up decreasing the throughput of TCP traffic If the system is reporting dropped receives this value may be set too high causing the driver to run out of available receive descriptors WARNING When setting Rx ntDelay 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 the hang ensure that Rx ntDelay is set to zero This value in units of 1 024 microseconas limits the delay in which a receive interrupt is generated Useful only if RxIntDelay is non zero this value ensures that an interrupt is generated after the initial packet is received within the set amount of time Proper tuning along with Rx ntDelay may improve traffic throughput in specific network conditions This parameter is supported only on 82540 82545 and later adapters Speed forces the line speed to the specified value in megabits per second Mbps If this parameter is not specified or is set to O and the link partner is s
35. talled in a PCI E slot on the mainboard of the 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 2 4 Chapter 2 Card Components Figure 2 4 Side View of Add on Card in System AOC PG i2 Add on Card LAN Ports 2 5 AOC PG i2 Add on Card User s Manual 2 6 Chapter 3 Installing the Drivers 3 1 Installing the Drivers in Microsoft Windows These instructions apply to all versions of Microsoft Windows 2000 Windows XP including Windows XP x64 and Windows XP 64 bit Edition Windows VistaTM including Windows Vista x64 and Windows ServerTM 2003 including Windows Server 2003 x64 and Windows Server 2003 64 Bit Edition This driver installation updates the drivers for all supported Intel PRO network adapters in your system Before installing or updating the drivers insert your adapter s in the computer and plug in the network cable When Windows discovers the new adapter it attempts to find an acceptable Windows driver already installed with the operating system If found the driver is installed without any user intervention If Windows cannot find the driver the Found New Hardware Wizard window is displayed Regardless of whether or not Windows finds the
36. um of two network cables These are RJ 45 connectors Each LAN port provides up to one gigabit per second connection speed which require CAT6 cables for maximum throughput The ports are designated LAN1 and LAN2 LAN Port LEDs Each LAN port includes two LEDs The LEDs indicate connection speed and activity See Table 2 2 and Table 2 3 for definitions of these LEDs gt 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 LAN Activity Orange Link speed in 1000 Mb s Link Green Link speed in 100 Mb s Off No connection or link speed at 10 Mb s Table 2 3 LAN Port LEDs After February 2010 LED Color Definition Activity Green blinking LAN Activity ene Green Link speed in 1000 Mb s Off Link speed in 10 100 Mb s 2 2 Chapter 2 Card Components 2 3 Riser Card Figure 2 2 RSC R1UU E8PR Riser Card The AOC PG i2 add on card requires a RSC R1UU E8PR riser card for connection to supported systems Figure 2 2 2 3 AOC PG i2 Add on Card User s Manual 2 4 System Installation Figure 2 3 Add on and Riser Cards in System RSC R1UU E8PR Riser Card AOC PG i2 Add on Card The AOC PG i2 add on card and RSC R1UU E8PR riser card are ins
37. ut impacting the overall throughput we ja recommend that you load the driver as follows modprobe el000 InterruptThrottleRate 3000 3000 3000 This sets the nterruptThrottleRate to 3000 interrupts sec for the first second and third instances of the driver The range of 2000 to 3000 interrupts per second works on a majority of systems and is a good starting point but the optimal value will be platform specific If CPU utilization is not a concern use RX POLLING NAPI and default driver settings Speed and Duplex Configuration Three keywords are used to control the speed and duplex configuration These keywords are Speed Duplex and AutoNeg If the board uses a fiber interface these keywords are ignored and the fiber interface board only links at 1000 Mbps full duplex For copper based boards the keywords interact as follows The default operation is auto negotiate The board advertises all supported 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 reguires auto negotiation 4 7 AOC PG i2 Add on Card User s Manual If Speed 10 or 100 then both Speed and Duplex should be set Auto negotiation is disabled and the AutoNeg parameter is ignored Partner SHOULD also be forced The AutoNeg parameter is used when more control is
38. website http sourceforge net projects gkernel For instructions on enabling WoL with Ethtool refer to the website listed above WoL will be enabled on the system during the next shut down or reboot For this driver version in order to enable WoL the e1000 driver must be loaded prior to shutting down or suspending the system NOTE Wake On LAN is only supported on port A for the following devices amp VA Intel PRO 1000 PT Dual Port Network Connection Intel PRO 1000 PT Dual Port Server Connection Intel PRO 1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter Intel PRO 1000 PF Dual Port Server Adapter Intel PRO 1000 PT Quad Port Server Adapter 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 the driver module passing in a configuration option make CFLAGS_EXTRA DE1000_NO_NAPI install See http www cyberus ca hadi usenix paper tgz for more information on NAPI 4 11 AOC PG i2 Add on Card User s Manual Notes 4 12 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
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