User manual SMC 10GPCIE-XFP

[. . . ] USER GUIDE SMC10GPCIe-10BT SMC10GPCIe-XFP TigerCardTM 10G 10GBASE-T and XFP Ethernet Server Adapters TigerCard 10G User Guide From SMC's Tiger line of feature-rich workgroup LAN solutions 20 Mason Irvine, CA 92618 Phone: (949) 679-8000 June 2008 Pub. # SFMMANUAL-0002 E062008-CS-R02 Copyright Information furnished by SMC Networks, Inc. (SMC) is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, no responsibility is assumed by SMC for its use, nor for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties which may result from its use. [. . . ] On the first boot after installing the TigerCardTM 10G into the target machine, Windows may prompt you with the "Found New Hardware" dialog. Click "Cancel. " If the "Found New Hardware" dialog appears later during the installation process, it can be safely ignored. 3-1 Windows Driver Installation Microsoft Windows Server® 2008: Microsoft Windows Server® 2003: 2. Double click on the MSI installation file. 3-2 Windows Driver Installation After a brief pause the Setup Wizard is displayed. Click "Next" to continue with the installation. 3. The software end-user license agreement is displayed. To install the drivers, you must indicate you accept this agreement and click "Next. " 3-3 Windows Driver Installation 4. Select the destination folder for the driver package and click "Next. " 5. No further configuration of the installation process is necessary. Click "Install" to begin the driver installation. 6. The driver installation process can take a few minutes. The Setup Wizard displays its status and progress during this period. 3-4 Windows Driver Installation 7. Once driver installation is complete the final page of the Setup Wizard is displayed. Click "Finish" to complete the installation. · Open Network Connections -- Selecting this causes the Windows Network Connections control panel to be displayed when the Setup Wizard has completed. This is helpful to configure TCP/IP settings on the newly added 10G network interface. · Show Release Notes -- Selecting this causes the release notes to be displayed when the Setup Wizard has completed. 8. The Setup Wizard may request for permission to restart your system. Click "Yes" to restart now or "No" if you want to manually restart your system later. 3-5 Linux Installation Instructions Linux Installation Instructions SMC recommends users install the TigerCardTM 10G into the target machine before installing the Linux network drivers. The Linux drivers are available both in a source RPM or pre-built binary RPMs for a selection of distributions and kernel variants. The source RPM builds cleanly on a large variety of Linux 2. 4 and 2. 6 kernel variants. SMC recommends using the pre-built RPMs where they are available from SMC Networks. You will need root privileges on the target machine in order to install the SMC network drivers. If you do not have root privileges on the target machine, contact your system administrator for assistance. Installation From a Binary RPM The following pre-built binary RPMs are available on the SMC support site: Linux NET driver RHEL4 binary RPMs Linux NET driver RHEL5 binary RPMs Linux NET driver SLES9 binary RPMs Linux NET driver SLES10 binary RPMs These packages contain a "tar" file containing RPMs for various kernel variants plus a "readme" listing the kernel variants supported. The readme can be viewed on the support site before downloading the associated package. If your Linux distribution is not contained in the above list of packages, you will need to build a binary RPM from source. See "Building the Source RPM" on page 3-8. To determine the exact kernel version running on the target machine type: [user@myhost1]>uname -a Browse the readme in the associated package to see if a binary RPM is available for your kernel version. [. . . ] It is the portion of the network that transports information from one central location to another central location where it is unloaded onto a local system. Bandwidth The difference between the highest and lowest frequencies available for network signals. Also synonymous with wire speed, the actual speed of the data transmission along the cable. Checksum Offload The calculation and validation for the checksums found in IP, TCP and UDP. This feature saves a significant amount of valuable CPU cycles. Glossary-1 Glossary End Station A workstation, server, or other device that does not forward traffic. Ethernet A network communication system developed and standardized by DEC, Intel, and Xerox, using baseband transmission, CSMA/CD access, logical bus topology, and coaxial cable. The successor IEEE 802. 3 standard provides for integration into the OSI model and extends the physical layer and media with repeaters and implementations that operate on fiber, thin coax and twisted-pair cable. Full Duplex Transmission method that allows two network devices to transmit and receive concurrently, effectively doubling the bandwidth of that link. Gigabit Ethernet A 1000 Mbps network communication system based on Ethernet and the CSMA/CD access method. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. IEEE 802. 3 The body of specifications that define the various standards of wired Ethernet and Ethernet physical layers. IEEE 802. 3x Defines Ethernet frame start/stop requests and timers used for flow control on full-duplex links. [. . . ]