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.
Preface
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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
AOC
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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)
N
: Niantec (82599ES)
P
: Powerville (i350)
4th
Chipset Model (Optional)
N
:Niantec (82599ES)
,
P
: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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Preface
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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
1-3
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

Chapter 2: Hardware Components
2-1
AOC-SGP-i2 Rev. 1.00
Intel I350
LAN CTRL
LAN Port1
3.3V SB PWR Enable
J3
LAN Port1
Chapter 2
Hardware Components
2-1 Add-On Card Image and Layout
The AOC-SGP-i2 Image
The AOC-SGP-i2 Layout
1
1
2
2
3
4
2-2 Major Components
The following major components are installed on the AOC-SGP-i2:
1. Intel® I350 LAN Controller 2. (RJ45) LAN Port 1 & LED
3. (RJ45) LAN Port 2 & LED 4. 3.3V Standby Power Enable
Jumper
3
4

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Link LED
GLAN Port LEDs
Two LAN ports (LAN1/LAN2) are lo-
cated on the add-on card. Each Ether-
net LAN port has two LEDs. The LED
on the left indicates activity; while the
other LED on the right may be green,
orange, or off to indicate the speeds of
the connections. See the table at right
for more information.
GLAN Port LEDs
LEDColorDenition
Activity Amber
(Blinking)
LAN Active
Link Orange 1Gb/s Link Speed
Green 100Mb/s Link
Speed
Off 10Mb/s Link
Speed or No
Connection
Activity LED
2-3 Connectors: LAN Ports and LAN LED Indicators
Ethernet Ports
Two Ethernet ports (LAN1/LAN2) are
located on the add-on card. Plug the
RJ45 type cables into LAN Port 1/LAN
Port 2 to provide Ethernet connec-
tions. Refer to the add-on card layout
on Page 2-1 for the locations of the
LAN ports.
IPMI LAN
(X8ST3-F)
IPMI LAN
(X8ST3-F)

Chapter 2: Hardware Components
2-3
2-4 Jumpers
Explanation of Jumpers
To modify the operation of the add-on card, a
jumper can be used to choose between optional
settings. A jumper creates shorts between two
pins to change the function of the connector. Pin
1 is identied with a square solder pad on the
printed circuit board. See the add-on card layout
on Page 2-1 for the jumper location.
Note: On two pin jumpers, "Closed"
means the jumper is on and "Open"
means the jumper is off the pins.
3.3V Standby PWR Enable
Jumper Settings
Jumper setting Denition
On
(1-2)
Enabled (default)
Off Disabled
3.3V Standby Power Enable
The 3.3V Standby Power Enable jumper is
located at J3 on the add-on card. Refer to the
layout on Page 2-1 for the location of the jump-
er. Close Pins 1 & 2 to enable 3.3V Standby
Power for Wake-on-LAN support. The default
setting is Enabled.
2-pin Jumper Jumper Cap
Jumper Off
(Open)
Pins 1/2 On
(Closed)

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Notes

3-1
Chapter 3: Installation
Chapter 3
Installation
3-1 Static-Sensitive Devices
Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic components. To avoid dam-
aging your add-on card, it is important to handle it very carefully. The following
measures are generally sufcient to protect your equipment from ESD.
Precautions
•Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge.
•Touch a grounded metal object before removing the add-on card from the
antistatic bag.
•Handle the 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
unpacking your component or your system, make sure that the person handling it
is static protected.
Note: To avoid damaging your components and to ensure proper installa-
tion, be sure to always connect the power cord last, and always remove it
before adding, removing or changing any hardware components.

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3-2 Before Installation
To install the add-on card properly, be sure to follow the instructions below.
1. Power down the system.
2. Remove the power cord from the wall socket.
3. Use industry-standard anti-static equipment (such as gloves or wrist strap)
and follow the instructions listed on Page 3-1 to avoid damage caused by
ESD.
4. Familiarize yourself with the server, motherboard, and/or chassis documenta-
tion.
5. Conrm that your operating system includes the latest updates and hotxes.
3-3 Installing the Add-on Card
Follow the steps below to install the add-on card 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 required, use the screw that you
previously removed.
5. Attach any necessary external cables to the add-on card.
6. Replace the chassis cover.
7. Plug the power cord into the wall socket, and power up the system.

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Chapter 3: Installation
Note: If the FOUND NEW HARDWARE WIZARD screen displays on your
system, click CANCEL.
3. Click on INSTALL DRIVERS AND SOFTWARE.
4. Follow the prompts to complete the installation.
3-5 Installing the Linux Operating System
Follow the steps below to install the driver to a Linux system.
Build a Binary RPM Package
1. Run ‘rpmbuild -tb <lename.tar.gz>’
2. Replace <lename.tar.gz> with the specic lename of the driver.
Note: For the build to work properly, the current running kernel MUST
match the version and conguration of the installed kernel sources. If you
have just recompiled the kernel, reboot the system at this time.
3-4 Installing the Windows Operating System
Follow the steps below to install the drivers needed for your Windows OS support.
The controller comes with a driver on the CD-ROM CDR-NIC.
1. Run the CDR-NIC. (If you do not have a product CD-ROM, download drivers
from the Supermicro Support Website and then transfer them to your system.)
2. When the SUPERMICRO window appears, click on the computer icon next to
the product model.

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3-6 Building the Driver Manually
Follow the instructions below to build the driver manually.
1. Move the base driver tar le to the directory of your choice. For example, use
'/home/username/e1000' or '/usr/local/src/e1000'.
2. Untar/unzip the archive, where <x.x.x> is the version number for the driver
tar le:
tar zxf e1000-<x.x.x>.tar.gz
3. Change to the driver src directory, where <x.x.x> is the version number for
the driver tar:
cd e1000-<x.x.x>/src/
4. Compile the driver module:
# make install
The binary will be installed as:
/lib/modules/<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.
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 specied. For example:
insmod /lib/modules/<KERNEL VERSION>/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:
rmmod e1000; modprobe e1000
6. Assign an IP address to the interface by entering the following, where <x> is
the interface number:
ifcong eth<x> <IP_address>
7. Verify that the interface works. Enter the following, where <IP_address> is the
IP address for another machine on the same subnet as the interface that is being
tested:
ping <IP_address>

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