Supermicro AOC-SGP-i2 User manual

User's Guide
Revision 1.0
AOC-SGP-i2

User's Guide Revision 1.0
Release Date: March 5, 2013
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Preface
About this User's Guide
This user's guide is written for system integrators, PC technicians and
knowledgeable PC users. It provides information for the installation and use of the
AOC-SGP-i2 add-on card.
About this Add-on Card
With the AOC-SGP-i2, Supermicro has extended the boundaries of Ethernet
technology to create the most compact, cost-effective, and feature-packed 2-port
Ethernet controller in the market, allowing it to t into the smallest spaces in a
dense server system. With an ultra-small footprint and rich in power-management
features, the AOC-SGP-i2 represents the next step in the evolution of gigabit Eth-
ernet networking for enterprise and data center environments.
An Important Note to the User
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 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
add-on card to the manufacturer, the RMA number should be prominently displayed
on the outside of the shipping carton, and the shipping package is 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, You can also request
a RMA authorization online (http://www.supermicro.com).
This warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not cover damages in-
curred in shipping or from failure due to the alternation, misuse, abuse or improper
maintenance of the product.
During the warranty period, contact your distributor rst for any product problems.
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Conventions Used in the User's Guide
Pay special attention to the following symbols for proper system installation and to
prevent damage to the system or injury to yourself:
Warning: Important information given to ensure proper system installation
or to prevent damage to the components or injury to yourself.
Note: Additional information given to differentiate between various models
or provides information for correct system setup.
Naming Convention
SMC Networking Add-on Cards
Naming Convention
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3rd Product Type/Speed G: GbE (1Gb/s), TG: 10GbE (10Gb/s) , IBF: IB FDR (56Gb/s)
IBQ: IB QDR (40Gb/s), INF: InfiniBand DDR (20Gb/s)
4th
Chipset Model (Optional)
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: Niantec (82599ES)
P
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4th
Chipset Model (Optional)
N
:Niantec (82599ES)
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:Powerville (i350)
5th Chipset Manufacturer i: Intel, m: Mellanox, b: Broadcom
6th Number of Ports 1: 1 port, 2: 2 ports, 4: 4 ports
Exception: AOC-EXPX9502FSXR – product ODM from Intel, carries Intel model name
7th Connector Type (Optional) S: SFP+, T: 10GBase-T
Model Type Form Factor Interface Controller Connection Dimension
(w/o Brackets) (H x L)
SGP-i2 GbE Standard LP PCI-E x4 Intel® i350AM2 2 RJ45 (1Gb/port) 3.9” (9.91cm) x 2.5” (6.4cm)
SG-i2 GbE Standard LP PCI-E x4 Intel® 82575EB 2 RJ45 (1Gb/port) 5.2” (13.2cm) x 2.5” (6.4cm)
SG-i4 GbE Standard LP PCI-E x8 Intel® 82576EB 4 RJ45 (1Gb/port) 5.8” (14.7cm) x 2.5” (6.4cm)
SGP-i4 GbE Standard LP PCI-E x4 Intel® i350 4 RJ45 (1Gb/port) 3.9” (9.9cm) x 2.5” (6.4cm)
STG-b4S 10GbE Standard LP PCI-E x8 Broadcom® BCM57840S 4 SFP+ (10Gb/port) 5.4” (13.7cm) x 2.5” (6.4cm)
STG-i2T 10GbE Standard LP PCI-E x8 Intel® X540 2 RJ45 (10Gb/port) 5.4” (13.7cm) x 2.5” (6.4cm)
STGN-i2S 10GbE Standard LP PCI-E x8 Intel® 82599ES 2 SFP+ (10Gb/port) 5.4” (13.7cm) x 2.5” (6.4cm)
STG-i2 10GbE Standard LP PCI-E x8 Intel® 82598EB 2 CX4 (10Gb/port) 5.6” (14.1cm) x 2.5” (6.4cm)
PG-i2+ GbE Proprietary LP PCI-E x4 Intel® 82576EB 2 RJ45 (1Gb/port) 3.8” (9.6cm) x 2.5” (6.4cm)
UG-i4 GbE UIO FH PCI-E x8 Intel® 82571EB 4 RJ45 (1Gb/port) 6.6” (16.7cm) x 3.9” (9.8cm)
UTG-i2 10GbE UIO FH PCI-E x8 Intel® 82598EB 2 CX4 (10Gb/port) 6.6” (16.7cm) x 3.9” (9.8cm)
UIBF-m1 FDR IB UIO LP PCI-E x8 Mellanox® ConnectX-3 1 QSFP (56Gb/port) 5.6” (14.0cm) x 2.5” (6.4cm)
UINF-m2 DDR IB UIO LP PCI-E x8 Mellanox® ConnectX-2 2 CX4 (20Gb/port) 5.5” (14.0cm) x 2.5” (6.4cm)
UIBQ-m1 QDR IB UIO LP PCI-E x8 Mellanox® ConnectX-2 1 QSFP (40Gb/port) 5.6” (14.3cm) x 2.5” (6.4cm)
UIBQ-m2 QDR IB UIO LP PCI-E x8 Mellanox® ConnectX-2 2 QSFP (40Gb/port) 5.6” (14.3cm) x 2.5” (6.4cm)
CGP-i2 GbE MicroLP PCI-E x4 Intel® i350 2 RJ45 (1Gb/port 4.5” (11.3cm) x 1.3” (3.4cm)
CG-i2 GbE MicroLP PCI-E x4 Intel® 82580 2 RJ45 (1Gb/port) 4.5” (11.3cm) x 1.3” (3.4cm)
CIBF-m1 FDR IB MicroLP PCI-E x8 Mellanox® ConnectX-3 1 QSFP (56Gb/port) 4.5” (11.3cm) x 1.3” (3.4cm)
CIBQ-m1 QDR IB MicroLP PCI-E x8 Mellanox® ConnectX-3 1 QSFP (40Gb/port) 4.5” (11.3cm) x 1.3” (3.4cm)
CTG-i1S 10GbE MicroLP PCI-E x8 Intel® 82599EN 1 SFP+ (10Gb/port) 4.9” (11.3cm) x 1.3” (3.4cm)
CTG-i2S 10GbE MicroLP PCI-E x8 Intel® 82599ES 2 SFP+ (10Gb/port) 4.9” (11.3cm) x 1.3” (3.4cm)

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Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 Overview
1-1 Overview ......................................................................................................... 1-1
1-2 Key Features................................................................................................... 1-1
1-3 Specications .................................................................................................. 1-1
Chapter 2 Hardware Components
2-1 Add-On Card Image and Layout..................................................................... 2-1
2-2 Major Components.......................................................................................... 2-1
2-3 Connectors: LAN Ports and LAN LED Indicators ........................................... 2-2
Ethernet Ports ............................................................................................ 2-2
GLAN Port LEDs ........................................................................................ 2-2
2-4 Jumpers........................................................................................................... 2-3
Explanation of Jumpers .................................................................................. 2-3
3.3V Standby Power Enable ...................................................................... 2-3
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 the Windows Operating System ...................................................... 3-3
3-5 Installing the Linux Operating System ............................................................ 3-3
Build a Binary RPM Package.......................................................................... 3-3
3-6 Building the Driver Manually ........................................................................... 3-4
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Chapter 1: Overview
1-1
Chapter 1
Overview
1-1 Overview
Congratulations on purchasing your add-on card from an acknowledged leader in
the industry. Supermicro products are designed with the utmost attention to detail
to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance. For product
support and updates, please refer to our website at http://www.supermicro.com/
products/nfo/networking.cfm#adapter.
1-2 Key Features
The key features of this add-on card include the following:
• Low-Prole Standard Form Factor in 3.9-inch in Length
• PCI Express 2.1 (2.5GT/s or 5GT/s)
• Two RJ-45 ports
• Intel® I/O Acceleration Technology (I/O AT) supported
• Support of VMDq, Next-Generation VMDq, and PC-SIG SR-IOV for Virtualized
Environments
• Jumbo Frame Support of up to 9.5KB
• IEEE 802.3az – Energy Efcient Ethernet (EEE)
• Low Power Consumption (5W Typical)
• iSCSI Remote Boot support
• Flexible I/O Virtualization and Quality of Service (QoS)
• PXE Boot Support
• RoHS compliant 6/6
1-3 Specications
General
• Intel® i350 GbE controller
•Compact size low-prole standard form factor

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•PCI-E 2.1 x4 (2.5GT/s or 5GT/s) interface
•Dual RJ-45 connectors
•Intel® PROSet Utility for Windows® Device Manager
•Intel® I/O Acceleration Technology (I/O AT)
•Power consumption: about 4W
Ethernet Features
•IEEE 802.3 auto-negotiation for speed, duplex, and ow control
•IEEE 802.3x and 802.3z compliant ow control support
•Automatic cross-over detection function (MDI/MDI-X)
•1Gb/s Ethernet IEEE 802.3, 802.3u, 802.3ab PHY specications compliant
•IEEE 1588 protocol and 802.1AS implementation
PowerManagementandEfciency
•IEEE 802.3az – Energy Efcient Ethernet (EEE) which reduces power consump-
tion of the PHY by about 50%
•DMA Coalescing reduces platform power consumption
•Active State Power Management (ASPM) support
•LAN disable function
•MAC Power Management controls
•Low Power Link Up – Link Speed Control
•Maximum power consumption: 4W

Chapter 1: Overview
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Virtualization Features
•VM to VM Packet forwarding (Packet Loopback)
•Eight TX and RX queue pairs per port to support VMWare NetQueue and
Microsoft VMQ
•Flexible Port Partitioning: 32 Virtual Functions
•PC-SIG SR-IOV implementation
•IEEE 802.1q VLAN support
•IEEE 802.1q advanced packet ltering
Performance Features
•TCP/UDP, IPv4 and IPv6 checksum ofoads to improve CPU usage
•Low Latency Interrupts
•Tx TCP segmentation ofoad (IPv4, IPv6) increases throughput and lowers
processor usage
•Receive Side Scaling (RSS) for Windows environment, Scalable I/O for Linux
environments
•Jumbo Frames support up to 9.5K Bytes
•Intelligent interrupt generation
Remote Boot Options
•Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) support
•iSCSI remote boot for Windows, Linux, and VMware
OS Support
•Windows® XP SP3, Vista SP2, 7 SP1 2003 SP2, 2008 SP2, 2008 R2S
•RedHat EL 5.5, 6.0; SuSe SLES 10 SP3, 11 SP1

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•FreeBSD 8.0
•VMware ESX 4.0, 4.1, 5.0
•Xen
Cables Support
•RJ-45 Category-5/5e up to 100m
Operating Conditions
•Operating temperature: 0°C to 55°C (32°F to 131°F)
•Storage temperature: -40°C to 70°C (-40°F to 158°F)
Physical Dimensions
•Card PCB dimensions: 9.91cm (3.90in) x 6.90cm (2.73in) (L x H)
•Height of end brackets: standard – 12cm (4.725in), low-prole – 7.94cm (3.13in)
Compliance/Environmental
•RoHS Compliant 6/6, Pb Free
Supported Platforms
•Motherboards with minimum PCI-E x4 slot
•Server Systems with low-prole or full-height PCI-E x4 expansion slot
Note: Please note that this product is only available as an integrated
solution with Supermicro server systems. For the most current product
information, visit: www.supermicro.com