Allied Telesis AT-2872SX User's Manual
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1. Note Always keep a dust cap on a fiber optic cable when it is not in use TT Appendix B Cleaning Fiber Optic Connectors 782. InstallShield Wizard E Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Broadcom NetXtreme II Driver Installer The InstallShield R Wizard will install Broadcom Netxtreme II Driver Installer on your computer To continue click Next WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Cancel Figure 9 Broadcom NetXtreme II Driver Installer InstallShield Wizard Page 3 Click Next to continue The License Agreement Page is displayed See Figure 10 on page 37 36 AT 2872SX ExpressCard Fast Ethernet Fiber Module Installation and User s Guide ie Broadcom NetXtreme ll Driver Installer InstallShield Wizard License Agreement Please read the Following license agreement carefully LICENSE AGREEMENT This is a legal agreement between you Licensee and Broadcom Corporation BROADCOM BY OPENING THE SOFTWARE PACKAGE CLICKING ON THE ACCEPT BUTTON OF ANY ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THIS END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT AGREEMENT OR ACCESSING OR INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THE LICENSE AGREEMENT UNDERSTAND IT AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS If you do not agree to the terms E thim A mem mr a ae d in fr leew ml S me aw fhe Phen lime le t accept the terms in the license agreemen Loma rrr v OI do not accept the terms in the license agreement InstallShield Figure 10 License Agreement Page 4 After you review the license agr
3. 23 Chapter 2 Installing the Hardware Pre Installation Checklist 24 Before you install the module check the following list 1 Verify that your laptop is using the latest BIOS If you downloaded the module software from the Allied Telesis support website record the path to where the module driver files reside on your system If your laptop is active shut it down When the system shut down is complete power OFF and unplug your system Holding the module by the edges remove it from its shipping package and place it on an antistatic surface Check the module for visible signs of damage particularly on the edge connector Caution Do not attempt to install a damaged module If the module is damaged report it to Allied Telesis See Contacting Allied Telesis on page 14 AT 2872SX ExpressCard Fast Ethernet Fiber Module Installation and User s Guide Installing the Module The following instructions describe how to install the AT 2872SX ExpressCard module in a laptop equipped with an ExpressCard interface slot This procedure applies to laptops with either 34 mm or 54 mm interface slots For laptop computers the 54 mm interface is the more common interface Therefore the installation illustrations in this manual use the 54 mm interface For additional details about performing these tasks on your particular PC refer to the manual that was supplied with your laptop Note Allied Telesis recomm
4. bnx2i bnx2i iscsi error iscsi error iscsi error iscsi error iscsi error iscsi error iscsi error iscsi error iscsi error iscsi error iscsi error iscsi error iscsi error iscsi error iscsi error iscsi error iscsi error iscsi error iscsi error iscsi error iscsi error iscsi error iscsi error iscsi error wrong StatSN rcvd hdr digest err data digest err wrong opcode rcvd AHS len gt O rcvd invalid ITT rcvd wrong StatSN rcvd wrong DataSN rcvd pend R2T violation ERLO UO ERLO U1 ERLO U2 ERLO U3 ERLO U4 ERLO U5 ERLO U invalid resi len MRDSL violation F bit not set invalid TTT invalid DatasN burst len violation buf offset violation invalid LUN field AT 2872SX ExpressCard Fast Ethernet Fiber Module Installation and User s Guide bnx2i iscsi error invalid R2TSN field bnx2i iscsi error invalid cmd len1 bnx2i iscsi error invalid cmd len2 bnx2i iscsi error pend r2t exceeds MaxOutstandingR2T value bnx2i iscsi error TTT is rsvd bnx2i iscsi error MBL violation bnx2i iscsi error data seg len 0 bnx2i iscsi error reject pdu len error bnx2i iscsi error async pdu len error bnx2i iscsi error nopin pdu len error bnx2i iscsi error pend r2t in cleanup bnx2i iscsi error IP fragments rcvd bnx2i iscsi error IP options error bnx2i iscsi error urgent flag error CNIC detects iSCSI protocol violation non FATAL warning bnx2i iscsi warning invalid TTT bnx2i isc
5. Allied Telesis Online Support Email and Telephone Support Warranty Returning Products Sales or Corporate Information Warranty Management Software Updates This section provides Allied Telesis contact information for technical support as well as sales and corporate information You can request technical support online by accessing the Allied Telesis Knowledge Base www alliedtelesis com support kb aspx You can use the Knowledge Base to submit questions to our technical support staff and review answers to previously asked questions For Technical Support via email or telephone refer to the Support amp Services section of the Allied Telesis web site www alliedtelesis com Select your country from the list displayed on the website then select the appropriate menu tab For hardware warranty information refer to the Allied Telesis web site www alliedtelesis com support warranty Products for return or repair must first be assigned a return materials authorization RMA number A product sent to Allied Telesis without an RMA number will be returned to the sender at the sender s expense To obtain an RMA number contact the Allied Telesis Technical Support group at our web site www alliedtelesis com support rma Select your country from the list displayed on the website Then select the appropriate menu tab You can contact Allied Telesis for sales or corporate information through our web site www alliedtele
6. Figure 11 Figure 12 Figure 13 Figure 14 Figure 15 Figure 16 Figure 17 Figure 18 AT 2872SX ExpressCard module reiten eei dk e Ie Ue te e a Re Ree EEGENEN a ER RE Y Pe 16 AT 28 72SX RIPE EE 20 Selecting the ExpressGCard Slot aria 26 Pressing the Te EE 27 Removing the Faceplate From PCI ExpressCard Slot eene eren 27 Removing the Plate sic ce a aii Inserting th Module coria adictas Found New Hardware Wizard Page Broadcom NetXtreme II Driver Installer InstallShield Wizard Page 36 License Agreement Page 1 x recede teat oido 37 Ready to Install the Program Page eeeeeneetnn eter tenete nnne netten cenguesenseedanencegunentesenecessts 38 InstallShield Wizard Completed Page 39 Ferrul inan SC Connector Plug erii andenes 73 Uncdean and Clean e TEE 73 Cartridge Cleaner EE 74 Rubbing the Ferrule Tip on the Cleaning Surface 74 Lint Free and Alcohol Free Swabs ssssssssese enne ener en nennen erret s enne en nennen nennen nns 76 Cleaning a Recessed Ferrule 5 arian pee eae ect diel RE i edie iia 76 Figures Tables Table 1 Safe Oy DOS t Lp J as 12 Table 2 Fiber Optic Port 1000 LED Status vecino teet A A due E i ia 20 Table 3 Broadcom NetXtreme ll Linux Drivers 50 Table 4 Linux Driver Packaging eiie niedrige ea Reis 51 Tables Preface This guide contains instructions
7. Mask to configure certain iSCSI protocol violations to be treated either as a warning or a fatal error All fatal iSCSI protocol violations result in session recovery ERL 0 These are bit masks By default all violations are treated as errors A Caution Do not use the error_mask parameter if you are not sure about the consequences These values are to be discussed with Broadcom development team on a case by case basis This is a mechanism to work around iSCSI implementation issues on the target side and without proper knowledge of iSCSI protocol details users are advised not to experiment with these parameters en_tcp_dack The Enable TCP Delayed ACK parameter enables or disables the TCP delayed ACK feature on off loaded iSCSI connections By default TCP delayed ACK is ENABLED To set the en tcp dack parameter in the bnx2i driver enter the following command insmod bnx2i ko en_tcp_dack 0 or 59 Chapter 4 Installing the Linux Drivers 60 modprobe bnx2i en_tcp_dack 0 Default ENABLED sq_size Use the Configure SQ size parameter to select the send queue size for off loaded connections The SQ size determines the maximum SCSI commands that can be queued Also SQ size has a bearing on the number of connections that can be off loaded as QP size increases the number of connections supported decreases With the default values the AT 2872SX ExpressCard module can offload 28 connections Defaults 128 Ra
8. intended to be used as a driver loaded in the running state of an operating system The exception to this would be when used for the Windows Preinstallation Environment WinPE For WDS this driver is used similarly to any other network adapter driver for supporting network connectivity after the PXE boot to the WDS server When placed in the 1386 or AMD64 directory depending on the version of the operating system being deployed the monolithic driver is called to establish that there is driver support for the NetXtreme ll adapter included in the WDS legacy image For ADS the driver is placed in the PreSystem directory on the server running ADS to establish connectivity with the deployment agent on remote systems with NetXtreme II adapters when booting from PXE While Windows PE 2005 natively supports the VBD architecture it was found that using the minint switch in the startnet cmd file does not The minint switch performs a limited scan of the system bus to identify network devices only and therefore does not support the VBD architecture Since only network connectivity is required in Windows PE the only supported driver is the monolithic driver for the NetXtreme II adapter in this environment as well Place the bO6nd inf file in the INF directory within the Windows PE image and place the appropriate driver file pb06nd51a sys for x64 based builds or b06nd51 sys for x86 based builds in the driver s directory If Windows PE is dep
9. line argument to the insmod or modprobe command The property can also be set in the modprobe conf command See the man page for more information All other driver settings can be queried and changed using the ethtool utility See the ethtool man page for more information The ethtool settings do not persist across a reboot or module reload The ethtool commands can be put in a startup script such as etc rc local to preserve the settings across a reboot AT 2872SX ExpressCard Fast Ethernet Fiber Module Installation and User s Guide Note Some combinations of property values may conflict and result in failures The driver cannot detect all conflicting combinations This property is used to disable Message Signal Interrupts MSI The property is valid only on 2 6 kernels that support MSI However this property cannot be used on 2 4 kernels By default the driver enables MSI if itis supported by the kernel It runs an interrupt test during initialization to determine if MSI is working If the test passes the driver enables MSI Otherwise it uses legacy INTx mode Enter the following to set the bnx2 driver insmod bnx2 ko disable msi 1 or modprobe bnx2 disable msi 1 Setting Optional Properties for the bnx2i Driver Optional parameters en_tcp_dack error mask1 and error mask2 can be supplied as command line arguments to the insmod or modprobe command for the bnx2i driver error mask1 and error mask2 Use Config FW iSCSI Error
10. slot the module fits snugly into the slot 28 AT 2872SX ExpressCard Fast Ethernet Fiber Module Installation and User s Guide 6 Applying even pressure at both corners of the module push the module until it is firmly seated in the ExpressCard slot See Figure 7 Figure 7 Inserting the Module 7 Make sure the module is seated securely 8 Power the system on Once the system returns to proper operation the module hardware is fully installed Next connect the network cables See Connecting the Network Cables on page 30 29 Chapter 2 Installing the Hardware Connecting the Network Cables 30 The AT 2872SX ExpressCard module has two fiber optic connectors transmit and receive for attaching the system to a compatible link partner or an IEEE 802 3z compliant Gigabit Ethernet switch The module requires a fiber optic cable For specifications for this cable see the AT 2872SX ExpressCard module data sheet After you install the cables see the appropriate chapter for software driver installation and configuration information See one of the following chapters O Chapter 3 Installing the Windows Drivers on page 33 O Chapter 4 Installing the Linux Drivers on page 49 To connect a network cable to the module do the following 1 Connect one end of the cable to the module 2 Connect the other end of the cable to the appropriate Ethernet fiber optic port After you connect the system to
11. the network and power is supplied the AT 2872SX ExpressCard module attempts to establish the connection at 1000 Mbps in auto negotiation mode Note Since the port on the AT 2872SX ExpressCard module operates in auto negotiate mode only the end nodes connected to the AT 2872SX ExpressCard module must also be configured to operate in the Auto Negotiate mode If an end node is configured to a specific duplex in a manual mode it will not respond to the Auto Negotiate protocol from the AT 2872SX ExpressCard module The speed is determined from the link pulses however so the speed is always detected correctly As a result the port setting on the AT 2872SX ExpressCard module will end up at half duplex If the end node is manually configured to full duplex there will be a duplex mismatch and data will be lost If the end node is manually configured to half duplex both ports will have the speed and duplex match up correctly Refer to Configuring the Speed and Duplex Settings on page 46 for more information Note After the cable is properly connected at both ends the module port LED is functional See Physical Description on page 20 for a description of the LED operation AT 2872SX ExpressCard Fast Ethernet Fiber Module Installation and User s Guide Note For instructions that describe how to clean the fiber optic connector see Appendix B Cleaning Fiber Optic Connectors on page 73 31 Chapter 2 Installing the Hardwar
12. type sendtargets p ipaddr port Login to target using iscsiadm command iscsiadm mode node targetname iqn targetname portal ipaddr port login List all drives active in the system fdisk 1 Maximizing Offload iSCSI Connections With default driver parameters set which includes 128 outstanding commands bnx2i can offload a maximum of 28 iSCSI connections This is not a hard limit but simple on chip resource allocation math The bnx2i driver can offload gt 28 connections by reducing the shared queue size which in turn limits the maximum outstanding tasks on a connection See Setting Values for Optional Properties on page 58 for information on Sq size and rq size Driver logs the following message to syslog when the maximum allowed connection offload limit is reached bnx2i unable to allocate iSCSI context resources 69 Chapter 4 Installing the Linux Drivers 70 Appendix A Specifications Physical Specifications This section provides the dimensions and weight of the module Dimensions 13 7 cm x 3 4 cm 5 4 in x 1 3 in Weight 45 36 g 10 Ibs Environmental Specifications The following environmental specifications apply to the AT 2872SX ExpressCard module Operating Temperature 0 C to 40 C 32 F to 104 F Storage Temperature 20 C to 70 C 4 F to 158 F Operating Humidity 30 to 90 noncondensing Storage Humidity 10 to 95 noncondensing Maximu
13. 2872SX ExpressCard Fast Ethernet Fiber Module Installation and User s Guide Once located notice the following information params_utp hkr req medium 25 30 params fiber hkr req medium 2 65283 These make up two separate sections that can be configured one for standard RJ 45 copper interfaces params utp and one for fiber devices params fiber As described in the file replace the value above in quotation marks under the correct section depending upon the network adapter in your system The available values are shown below Options for copper interfaces Auto 1 Gbps is enabled when that speed is supported 0 10 Mbps Half Duplex 65794 10 Mbps Full Duplex 258 100 Mbps Half Duplex 66050 100 Mbps Full Duplex 514 Options for fiber interfaces Auto 1 Gbps is enabled when that speed is supported 0 7 Gbps Full Duplex 771 Auto with 1 Gbps Fallback 33539 Hardware default 65283 An example is provided in the file showing how to configure a copper interface for a 10 Mbps Full Duplex connection The example is shown below hkr req medium 2 258 47 Chapter 3 Installing the Windows Drivers Displaying or Changing the Properties of the Adapter To display or change the properties of the Broadcom network adapter do the following 1 In Control Panel click Broadcom Control Suite 3 2 Click the Advanced se
14. 2SX ExpressCard module has one LED as shown in Figure 2 See Table 1 for a description of the LED operating status p A 1757 Figure 2 AT 2872SX LED Table 1 Fiber Optic Port 1000 LED Status State Description Flashing The port is receiving or transmitting network packets at 1000 Mbps Chapter 2 Installing the Hardware This chapter contains the following sections Reviewing Safety Precautions on page 22 Pre Installation Checklist on page 24 Installing the Module on page 25 u uuu Connecting the Network Cables on page 30 21 Chapter 2 Installing the Hardware Reviewing Safety Precautions 22 Please review the following safety precautions before you begin to install the switch or any of its components The indicates that a translation of the safety statements is available in a PDF document titled Translated Safety Statements This other product documentation is posted on the Allied Telesis website at http www alliedtelesis com support software Refer to Where to Find Web based Documentation and Drivers on page 13 to navigate to this document A A A Warning This is a Class 1 LED product amp L1 Warning Do not stare into the laser beam a L2 Warning The fiber optic ports contain a Class 1 laser device When the ports are disconnected always cover them with the provided plug Exposed ports may cause skin or e
15. 2id by entering the following commands cd DRV_BASE driver make install_usr The make install_usr command installs the bnx2id binary under sbin To use Broadcom iSCSI see Load and Run Necessary iSCSI Software Components on page 56 to load the necessary software components 55 Chapter 4 Installing the Linux Drivers Load and Run Broadcom iSCSI Offload software suite consists of 3 kernel modules and Necessary iSCSI a user daemon You can load the required software components either manually or through system services Software Components 1 Unload existing driver amp kill the user daemon if necessary Do the following Manual rmmod bnx2i pkill 9 bnx2id Using system service service bnx2id stop 2 Load the iSCSI driver and the user daemon Do the following Manual bnx2id insmod bnx2i ko or modprobe bnx2i Using system service service bnx2id start Unloading the You can unload or remove the Linux Driver from an RPM or TAR Linux Driver nstallation See the following D Unloading the Driver from an RPM Installation on page 56 D Unloading the Driver from a TAR Installation on page 57 Unloading the Driver from an RPM Installation This section describes how to unload or remove a Linux driver from an RPM installation Note The examples used in this procedure refer to the bnx2 driver but also apply to the bnx2i driver 56 Patching PCI Files Optional AT 2872SX E
16. Gigabit Ethernet Fiber ExpressCard Module AT 2872SX Installation and User s Guide E Allied Telesis Copyright O 2010 Allied Telesis Inc All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced without prior written permission from Allied Telesis Inc Allied Telesis and the Allied Telesis logo are trademarks of Allied Telesis Incorporated All other product names company names logos or other designations mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners Electrical Safety and Emissions Standards This product meets the following standards U S Federal Communications Commission Declaration of Conformity Manufacturer Name Allied Telesis Inc Declares that the product Gigabit Ethernet Fiber ExpressCard Module Model Numbers AT 2872SX This product complies with FCC Part 15B Class B Limits This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device must not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Radiated Energy Note This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and ca
17. PM netxtreme2 bnx2i version src rpm version src rpm Compressed tar netxtreme2 bnx2i version tar gz version tar gz Supplemental tar netxtreme2 sup bnx2i sup version tar gz version tar gz Identical source files to build the driver are included in both RPM and TAR source packages The supplemental tar file contains additional utilities such as patches and driver diskette images for network installation The following updated open iSCSI components are released in source RPM format o iscsi initiator utils 6 2 0 868 0 7c src rpm updated open iscsi for Red Hat 5 distributions o open iscsi 2 0 707 0 25b src rpm updated open iscsi components for SLES 10 SP1 distribution o open iscsi 2 0 707 0 44b src rpm updated open iscsi components for SLES 10 SP2 distribution 51 Chapter 4 Installing the Linux Drivers Installing Linux Driver Software 52 Installing the Source RPM Package There are two ways to install the Linux driver software from the Source RPM Package or build the driver from the source TAR file See the following sections m Installing the Source RPM Package on page 52 O Building the Driver from the Source TAR File on page 54 Note If a bnx2 or bnx2i driver is loaded and you update the Linux kernel you must recompile the driver module if it was installed using the source RPM or the TAR package The procedure in this section describes how to install the Source RPM
18. Package The examples in the following procedure refer to the bnx2 driver but also apply to the bnx2i driver To install the Source RPM Package do the following 1 Enter the following command rpm ivh netxtreme2 version src rpm Change the directory to the RPM path and build the binary driver for your kernel the RPM path is different for each Linux distribution cd usr src redhat OpenL Tnux turbo packages rpm rpm bb SPECS bnx2 spec rpmbuild bb SPECS bnx2 spec for RPM version 4 x x Note During your attempt to install a source RPM package the following message may be displayed error cannot create sourcedir usr src redhat SOURCES The most likely cause of the error is that the rpm build package has not been installed Locate the rpm build package on the Linux installation media and install it using the following command rpm ivh rpm build version arch rpm Complete the installation of the source RPM AT 2872SX ExpressCard Fast Ethernet Fiber Module Installation and User s Guide 3 Install the newly built package which includes the driver and man page rpm ivh RPMS 1386 bnx2 vers70on arch rpm If you are installing over an existing distribution that may already contain an older version of the driver the force option is needed Depending on the kernel the driver is installed to one of the following paths 2 4 x kernels lib modules kernel version kernel drivers net bnx2 0 2 6 x ker
19. Speed Autonegotiation with all speeds advertised Flow Control Autonegotiation with RX and TX advertised MTU 1500 range is 46 9000 RX Ring Size 255 range is 0 4080 RX Jumbo Ring Size 0 range 0 16320 adjusted by the driver based on MTU and RX Ring Size TX Ring Size 255 range is MAX SKB FRAGS 1 255 MAX SKB FRAGS varies on different kernels and different architectures On a 2 6 kernel for x86 MAX SKB FRAGS is 18 Coalesce RX Microseconds 18 range is 0 1023 Coalesce RX Microseconds IRQ 18 range is 0 1023 Coalesce RX Frames 6 range is 0 255 Coalesce RX Frames IRQ 6 range is 0 255 Coalesce TX Microseconds 80 range is 0 1023 Coalesce TX Microseconds IRQ 80 range is 0 1023 Coalesce TX Frames 20 range is 0 255 Coalesce TX Frames IRQ 20 range is 0 255 Coalesce Statistics Microseconds 999936 approximately 1 second range is 0 16776960 in increments of 256 MSI Enabled if supported by the 2 6 kernel and the interrupt test passes 61 Chapter 4 Installing the Linux Drivers 62 Checking Driver Messages TSO Enabled on 2 6 kernels WoL Initial setting based on NVRAM s setting The following are the most common sample messages that may be logged in the var log messages file for the bnx2 and bnx2i drivers Use dmesg n level command to control the level at which messages appear on the console Most systems are set to level 6 by default To see all messages set the leve
20. ck Remove Follow the on screen prompts Click Yes to restart your system Or Click No to restart your system at a later time Click OK to acknowledge that the installation has been suspended The uninstallation of the driver is postponed until the next restart of your system To remove the device drivers do the following 1 2 3 Go to Programs and Features Highlight Broadcom Net Xtreme II Driver Installer Select Uninstall from the top menu AT 2872SX ExpressCard Fast Ethernet Fiber Module Installation and User s Guide Using the NetXtreme II Monolithic Driver The NetXtreme II based on its advanced functionalities uses a software architecture that includes a Virtual Bus Device VBD to extend functionalities beyond basic network connectivity Microsoft however does not currently support this architecture when loading an operating system through its Windows Deployment Services WDS which was previously known as Remote Installation Services RIS or for the deployment agent used in the Automated Deployment Services ADS Therefore a separate driver was created to accommodate these Microsoft deficiencies This driver is known as the NetXtreme II monolithic driver but itis sometimes referred to as the RIS driver The NetXtreme II monolithic driver was developed to work only for the text mode portion of a WDS legacy installation and to establish connectivity with a deployment agent for ADS It is not
21. ction of the Configurations tab 3 Fora detailed description of the available properties as well as for instructions for viewing and changing the value of a particular property see the Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 User Guide available from our website To navigate to this document refer to Where to Find Web based Documentation and Drivers on page 13 for more information 48 Chapter 4 Installing the Linux Drivers This chapter provides procedures to install the Linux drivers for the AT 2872SX ExpressCard module This chapter contains the following topics O Introduction on page 50 O Installing Linux Driver Software on page 52 49 Chapter 4 Installing the Linux Drivers Introduction This chapter discusses the Linux drivers for the Broadcom NetXtreme II network adapters and describes how to install them For a description of the drivers see Table 2 Table 2 Broadcom NetXtreme ll Linux Drivers Linux Driver Description bnx2 Indicates the Linux drivers for the AT 2872SX cnic ExpressCard module The bnx2 driver is the networking driver and the cnic driver supports additional features required by the bnx2i iSCSI offload driver The bnx2i iSCSI driver is packaged separately bnx2i Indicates the Linux driver that enables iSCSI offload on the AT 2872SX ExpressCard module Limitations This section describes the testing limitations of the following Linux drivers bnx2 Driver O bnx2 Driver
22. driver in the Windows Server 2008 Vista installation To insert Broadcom s NetXtreme II monolithic driver in a WinPE 2 0 image Vista Windows Server 2008 download AIK from http www microsoft com downloads Search aspx displaylang en and install After installing AIK copy the latest monolithic driver to a directory on the local hard drive of the system you installed the AIK Follow the procedure below to insert the monolithic driver into a WinPE 2 0 boot image To insert the monolithic driver into a WinPE 2 0 boot image do the following 1 From All Programs open Windows AIK and select Windows PE Tools Command prompt 2 Atthe command prompt run the copype cmd script The script requires two arguments hardware architecture and destination location copype cmd arch destination For example copype x86 c VistaPEx86 Note The directory structure c VistaPEx86 is used throughout this procedure 3 Mount the base image to a local directory so that you can add or remove packages by typing imagex mountrw c NVistaPEx86Nwinpe wim 1 C NVistaPEx86Nmount 4 Place the monolithic driver and inf file in c drivers x32 by typing peimg inf c Drivers x32 b06nd inf c VistaPEx86 mount windows AIK inserts the driver into the WinPE 2 0 image 45 Chapter 3 Installing the Windows Drivers Configuring the Speed and Duplex 46 Settings 5 To complete the customization of the image prepare the image fo
23. e 32 Chapter 3 Installing the Windows Drivers This chapter provides procedures to install and remove the driver software for all of the Windows Operating Systems supported by the AT 2872SX ExpressCard module In addition it describes how to display and change adapter properties including power management options This chapter covers the following topics Installing the Windows Driver Software on page 34 Removing the Device Drivers on page 42 Using the NetXtreme Il Monolithic Driver on page 43 u uuu Inserting the NetXtreme Il Monolithic Driver in a WinPE 2 0 Image on page 45 LI Displaying or Changing the Properties of the Adapter on page 48 33 Chapter 3 Installing the Windows Drivers Installing the Windows Driver Software 34 This chapter describes how to install all of the following Windows Operating Systems O Microsoft Windows XP 32 bit and 64 bit extended O Microsoft Windows Vista 32 bit and 64 bit extended O Microsoft Windows 7 32 bit and 64 bit extended The Windows driver software for all of the Windows Operating Systems is available for download from the Allied Telesis website at www alliedtelesis com To navigate to this document refer to Where to Find Web based Documentation and Drivers on page 13 for more information Note Windows 7 may install an older version of the AT 2872SX driver Allied Telesis recommends that you use the latest version of the dri
24. eement click accept the terms in the license agreement and then click Next to continue The Ready to Install the Program Page is displayed See Figure 11 on page 38 37 Chapter 3 Installing the Windows Drivers 38 ie Broadcom NetXtreme ll Driver Installer InstallShield Wizard Ready to Install the Program The wizard is ready to begin installation Click Install to begin the installation If you want to review or change any of your installation settings click Back Click Cancel to exit the wizard Figure 11 Ready to Install the Program Page 5 Click Install The InstallShield Wizard Completed Page is displayed See Figure 12 on page 39 Note A TCP Chimney message appears with Windows 7 installation AT 2872SX ExpressCard Fast Ethernet Fiber Module Installation and User s Guide ie Broadcom NetXtreme II Driver Installer InstallShield Wizard x InstallShield Wizard Completed The InstallShield Wizard has successfully installed Broadcom Netxtreme II Driver Installer Click Finish to exit the wizard Cancel Figure 12 InstallShield Wizard Completed Page 6 Click Finish to close the wizard 7 The installer determines if a system restart is necessary Follow the on screen instructions Using Silent Silent installation provides a command line silent mode which allows for Installation Unattended installation This section discusses the various ways to perform a silent installatio
25. ends that you turn off your PC before installing the AT 2872SX ExpressCard module Note To perform this procedure you need to supply a pen To install an AT 2872SX ExpressCard module perform the following procedure 1 Review the Pre Installation Checklist on page 24 and Reviewing Safety Precautions on page 22 Before installing the module ensure the laptop power is OFF and unplugged from the power outlet 2 Select the 34 mm or 54 mm ExpressCard slot See Figure 3 on page 26 for an example of the 54 mm ExpressCard slot Note If you do not know how to identify an ExpressCard slot refer to your laptop documentation 25 Chapter 2 Installing the Hardware 1758 Figure 3 Selecting the ExpressCard Slot 3 Use a pen and press the button toward the laptop and to the left See Figure 4 on page 27 The button pops out along with the plate See Figure 5 on page 27 26 AT 2872SX ExpressCard Fast Ethernet Fiber Module Installation and User s Guide 1710 Figure 4 Pressing the Button D e 1711 Figure 5 Removing the Faceplate From PCI ExpressCard Slot Chapter 2 Installing the Hardware 4 Remove the plate from the laptop See Figure 6 Keep the plate in a safe place You may need it for future use mn Figure 6 Removing the Plate 5 Forthe 54 mm ExpressCard slot align the module to the left side of the slot See Figure 7 For laptops with the 34 mm ExpressCard
26. es by running the scripts provided in the supplemental tar file For example on Red Hat Enterprise Linux apply the updates by entering the following commands patch pcitbl sh usr share hwdata pcitable pci updates usr share hwdata pcitable new bnx2 patch pciids sh usr share hwdata pci ids pci updates usr share hwdata pci ids new Next back up the old files and the rename the new files by entering the following copy commands cp usr share hwdata pci ids usr share hwdata old pci ids cp usr share hwdata pci ids new usr share hwdata pci ids cp usr share hwdata pcitable usr share hwdata old pcitable cp usr share hwdata pcitable new usr share hwdata pcitable For network installations through NFS FTP or HTTP using a network boot disk or PXE a driver disk that contains the bnx2 driver may be needed The driver disk images for the most recent Red Hat and SuSE versions are included Boot drivers for other Linux versions can be compiled by modifying the Makefile and the make environment Further information is available from the Red Hat website http www redhat com You can set values for optional properties for the bnx2 and bnx2i Linux drivers See the following 0 Setting Optional Properties for the bnx2 Driver on page 58 o Setting Optional Properties for the bnx2i Driver on page 59 Setting Optional Properties for the bnx2 Driver The disable msi optional property can be supplied as a command
27. g the AT 2872SX Gigabit Ethernet Fiber ExpressCard Module Hardware Features The following list of hardware features for the AT 2872SX ExpressCard module applies to all of the supported operating systems WS WS WS WS 0 UU D DUU UU One 1000BASE SX port with SC multi mode fiber connector Full and half duplex Media Access Control MAC IPv4 Large Send Offload and Checksum Offload LSO TCO Receive Side Scaling RSS for multi core client processors PCI ExpressCard Interface Statistics for SNMP MIB Il Ethernet like MIB and Ethernet MIB 80 2 3z Clause 30 Flow Control IEEE 802 3x VLAN Tag support 802 1Q Ethernet Priority 802 1P Pre boot Execution Environment PXE v2 1 Jumbo Packet Support 48 KB Receive Buffer 8 KB Transmit Buffer Activity LED Interrupt Moderation AT 2872SX ExpressCard Fast Ethernet Fiber Module Installation and User s Guide Supported Operating Systems The following list describes the supported operating systems for the AT 2872SX ExpressCard module oO Windows XP oO Windows Vista oO Windows 7 Chapter 1 Introducing the AT 2872SX Gigabit Ethernet Fiber ExpressCard Module Physical Description 20 This section provides a physical description of the AT 2872SX ExpressCard enclosure and the LED The enclosure has one fiber port that provides two fiber optic connectors for attaching the module to a compatible link partner one transmitting and one receiving The AT 287
28. h to offload an iSCSI connection onto CNIC device should explicitly change the transport binding of the iSCSI node This can be done using iscsiadm cli utility as follows iscsiadm mode node targetname iqn 2004 06 com broadcom tgl portal 192 168 1 100 op update name node t ranspo rt name value XPORT NAME where SPORT NAME bcm570x xxyyzz XX pci bus number of the NX2 device yy pci device number of the NX2 device zz pci function number of the NX2 device Network interface to iscsi transport name binding can be obtained by executing the following dmesg grep bnx2i netif Sample output in a system with two NetXtreme ll devices bnx2i netif eth1 iscsi bcm570x 050000 bnx2i netif eth0 iscsi bcm570x 030000 If you wish to switch back to use the software initiator enter the following iscsiadm mode node targetname iqn 2004 06 com broadcom tgl portal 192 168 1 100 op update name node transport_name value tcp Making Connections to iSCSI Targets Refer to open iscsi documentation for a comprehensive list of iscsiadm commands This is a sample list of commands to discovery targets and to create iscsi connections to a target Adding static entry iscsiadm m node p lt ipaddr port gt T iqn 2007 05 com broadcom targetl o new AT 2872SX ExpressCard Fast Ethernet Fiber Module Installation and User s Guide iSCSI target discovery using SendTargets iscsiadm m discovery
29. he Source RPM Package ciis eis eee engendre tnit b dean trennt ka dtr eb atra deste darn iiin iana 52 Building the Driver from the Source TAR File 54 Load and Run Necessary iSCSI Software Components A 56 Unloading the Linux Driver s Em 56 Patching PCI Files Opoa orte terre e ore inh sds REPETI Med eite tants 57 Network Installations coiere ree as 58 Setting Values for Optional Properties eerte teret een 58 Checking the bnx2 Driver Detauhts enne nene tenete nensis sinn rennes theres stis ente ness nnne nensis 61 Checking EB MISCERE 62 Teaming with Channel Bonding NEE 66 Statistics orien ee ie ee ee eed re ev ed ee ee bas 66 Bil aere RE 66 Contents Appendix A Specifications o pec eder tei RES E UN e d Sr Ae eia ue o Eie ici ded ee a Ie Ra T etcetera 71 PhySical Sp Cifications Cn 71 Environmental Specifications eese nenen nnne ne nenrt etit nete sitet ert ns seit ne rra rn nnne resin nnn nn nete t ese te nete es 71 Power SpeCiflCati OMS PEE 71 Performance SpecifICaltiOri ee eerie C OE aine ase Dite 72 Operating Specifications Hm 72 Appendix B Cleaning Fiber Optic Conmectors ccccccceccccce ce ceeeeeee ee eect eeaee cece secaece Ennn nn rn nn naar nn nn n naar nn nr nn cnn nnnnnnns 73 Using a Cartridge Type Cleaner bass 74 USADAS le EE 76 Figures Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6 Figure 7 Figure 8 Figure 9 Figure 10
30. i nuni a R a Aida 18 Supported Operating Systems ccna e e edi ela E E A vie ei ahs 19 Physical Re le LTE 20 Chapter 2 Installing the Hardware eene nene nennen nns r enhn nisl ssi n nnn ns sl et nnn ESSEE nanne Enne 21 Reviewing Safety Precautions netter cia 22 Pre Installation Checklist 24 eri ort eerte err REPE Rp RUE NR on URS Deer Ie ERE PREND De XH RE RH TRIRSE HE ERR ta 24 Installing the Module DEP 25 Connecting the Network Cables cio sii 30 Chapter 3 Installing the Windows Drivers 33 Installing the Windows Driver Software AA 34 Using the Asta ee M H 35 Using Silent Installation sz a rrr A Sir n In ATH Reg norte ng erus 39 Removing the Device Drivers c id das 42 WiridOWs XP teet tinte te de peed cad OO RE RE DET nU 42 Mistarand WINGOWS M 42 Using the NetXtreme I Monolithic Driver 43 Inserting the NetXtreme II Monolithic Driver in a WinPE 2 0 Image sseeeene eem eem eem nennen 45 Configuring the Speed and Duplex Settings A 46 Displaying or Changing the Properties of the Adapter AA 48 Chapter 4 Installing the Linux Drivers 49 ite e et p ene E 50 Limitations A 50 Package teins Put n cf Ete Scotis cef et ie PES escudo 51 Installing Linux le TEE 52 Installing t
31. ide Installing Open iSCSI User Applications Install and run the open iscsi programs iscsid and iscsiadm from the Broadcom distributed open iscsi packages See Packaging on page 51 for details All pre installed open iscsi packages need to be removed before the Broadcom iSCSI supported packages can be installed To install and run the iscsid and iscsiadm programs do the following 1 Remove all existing open iscsi packages RHEL5 rpm e iscsi initiator utils SLES10 SP1 rpm e open iscsi Install the source RPM package Type the following rpm ivh lt open iscsi package name gt src rpm CD to the RPM path and build the binary driver for your kernel Enter cd usr src redhat OpenLinux turbo packages rpm rpm bb SPECS lt open 1scsi package name gt spec Or rpmbuild bb SPECS open iscsi package name spec for RPM version 4 x x Note The RPM path is different for each Linux distribution Install the newly built package Type rpm ivh RPMS lt arch gt lt open 1scsi package name gt lt arch gt rpm where lt arch gt is the machine architecture such as i386 rpm ivh RPMS 1386 open iscsi package name gt 1386 rpm Start the daemon Type iscsid 67 Chapter 4 Installing the Linux Drivers 68 Binding iSCSI Target to Broadcom NX2 iSCSI Transport Name By default the open iscsi daemon connects to discovered targets using software initiator transport name tcp Users who wis
32. l higher O Checking the bnx2 Driver Messages on page 62 O Checking bnx2i Driver Messages on page 63 Checking the bnx2 Driver Messages The following are the most common bnx2 driver messages Driver Sign on Broadcom Netxtreme II Gigabit Ethernet Driver bnx2 v1 6 3c July 23 2007 CNIC Driver Sign on Broadcom NetXxtreme II cnic v1 1 19 Sep 25 2007 NIC Detected eth Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base T BO PCI X 64 bit 133MHz found at mem f6000000 IRQ 16 node addr 0010180476ae cnic Added CNIC device ethO Link Up and Speed Indication bnx2 eth NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps full duplex Link Down Indication bnx2 eth NIC Link is Down MSI enabled successfully bnx2 only bnx2 eth0 using MSI AT 2872SX ExpressCard Fast Ethernet Fiber Module Installation and User s Guide Checking bnx2i Driver Messages The following are the most common bnx2i driver messages BNX2I Driver signon Broadcom NetXtreme II iSCSI Driver bnx2i v1 0 30 Sep 29 2007 Network port to iSCSI transport name binding bnx2i netif eth2 iscsi bcm570x 050000 bnx2i netif eth1 iscsi bcm570x 030c00 Driver completes handshake with iSCSI offload enabled CNIC device bnx2i 05 00 00 ISCSI INIT passed Note This message is displayed only when the user attempts to make an iSCSI connection Driver detects iSCSI offload is not enabled on the CNIC device bnx2i iSCSI not supported dev eth3 bnx2i bnx2i LOM is no
33. leaner on page 74 D Using a Swab on page 76 73 Appendix B Cleaning Fiber Optic Connectors Using a Cartridge Type Cleaner Fiber optic cartridge cleaners are available from many vendors and are typically called cartridge cleaners as shown in Figure 15 Figure 15 Cartridge Cleaner Note Do not use compressed air or aerosol air to clean a fiber optic connector To clean a fiber optic connector using a cartridge cleaner do the following 1 With one hand hold the cartridge cleaner and push the lever on the cleaning cartridge in the direction of the arrow to expose the cleaning surface as shown in Figure 16 2 Place the ferrule tip on the exposed cleaning surface and rub the ferrule in a downward direction as shown in Figure 16 Figure 16 Rubbing the Ferrule Tip on the Cleaning Surface 74 AT 2872 SX Gigabit Ethernet Fiber ExpressCard Interface User s Guide Note Rub the ferrule tip on the cleaning surface in one direction only 3 When you reach the end of the cleaning surface pick up the ferrule tip rotate and place it at the top and rub downwards at least 2 times A Caution Failing to pick up the ferrule tip when you reach the bottom of the cleaning surface can result in static electricity that can damage the fiber optic cable 4 f desired repeat steps 3 and 4 5 Ifa fiber inspection scope is available use the scope to inspect the ferrule end face to make sure
34. loyed as a flat image from a RIS or WDS server you must also place both the bO6nd inf and the appropriate driver file in the 1386 or AMD64 directory containing the image If the RIS or WDS server is running Windows 2000 Server and deploying an x86 WinPE image you may need to include the Windows 2000 monolithic driver file bO6nd50x sys in the 1386 directory 43 Chapter 3 Installing the Windows Drivers 44 In cases where adding the Windows 2000 monolithic driver still does not work apply the following modification to the bO6nd inf file located in the 1386 directory as follows 1 Locate Manufacturer header within the file 2 Review the line below it which reads brcm broadcom ntx86 ntamd64 ntia64 or equivalent 3 Modify that line to read brcm broadcom ntx86 ntamd64 ntia64 The change made replaces the comma and space after broadcom with a period 4 Save the file 5 Restart the RIS service binlsvc or WDS services wdsserver AT 2872SX ExpressCard Fast Ethernet Fiber Module Installation and User s Guide Inserting the NetXtreme II Monolithic Driver in a WinPE 2 0 Image By default the monolithic driver is not included in the boot wim and install wim files that come with the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Vista CD Microsoft s Windows Automated Installation Kit AIK allows you to modify the default boot wim and install wim files and create WinPE 2 0 images to include the NetXtreme II monolithic
35. m Operating Altitude 3 048 m 10 000 ft Power Specifications The following power specifications apply to the AT 2872SX ExpressCard module Operating Voltage 3 3V Power Consumption 3 4 Watts 3 3V 71 Appendix A Specifications Performance Specification The following performance specification apply to the AT 2872SX ExpressCard module MTBF 1 650 000 hours Operating Specifications The following operating specifications apply to the AT 2872SX ExpressCard module Output Optical Power min max 9 5 1 5 dBm Input Optical Power min 17 dBm Wavelength 850 nm 72 Appendix B Cleaning Fiber Optic Connectors The fiber optic connector consists of a fiber optic plug and its adapter The end of the fiber optic cable is held in the core of the ferrule in the plug Light signals are transmitted through the core of the fiber Even minor smudges or dirt on the end face of the fiber completely invisible to the naked eye can disrupt light transmission and lead to failure of the component or of the entire system Therefore it is of utmost importance to clean all fiber optic connectors before use Figure 13 shows the ferrule in an SC connector Ferrule Figure 13 Ferrule in an SC Connector Plug Figure 14 shows part of the end face of an unclean and clean ferrule Unclean Clean Figure 14 Unclean and Clean Ferrule This appendix provides the following procedures O Using a Cartridge Type C
36. multimode specifications This module operates at speeds of 1000 Mbps featuring auto negotiation PC Express Card is the new notebook interface that replaces the PCMCIA Card Bus interface The PC Express interface is available in 34 mm and 54 mm sizes You can install the AT 2872SX ExpressCard module in both the 34 mm and 54 mm sizes The AT 2872SX ExpressCard module has an SC connector as show in Figure 1 1929 Figure 1 AT 2872SX ExpressCard module The following items are included with your module O Antistatic bag used for protecting the module when stored or shipped Keep the module in its packaging until ready for installation O Plastic enclosure attached to the module AT 2872SX ExpressCard Fast Ethernet Fiber Module Installation and User s Guide Note The AT 2872SX ExpressCard module is not shipped with a software driver CD To download new driver software see Management Software Updates on page 14 Inform your network supplier of any missing or damaged items If you need to return the module you must pack it in the original or equivalent packing material or the warranty will be voided See Returning Products on page 14 The documentation for this module is available in portable document format PDF on our web site at www alliedtelesis com To information to view or download these documents refer to Where to Find Web based Documentation and Drivers on page 13 Chapter 1 Introducin
37. n on all of the Windows Operating Systems supported by the AT 2872SX ExpressCard module See the following Performing a Silent Install on page 40 Performing a Silent Install and Creating a Log File on page 40 Performing a Silent Upgrade on page 40 Performing a Silent Uninstall on page 40 uduauiau Performing a Silent Reinstall on page 41 39 Chapter 3 Installing the Windows Drivers 40 Note All commands are case sensitive Note User must Run as Administrator for Vista when using msiexec for silent install or uninstall procedures Note For detailed instructions and information about unattended installs refer to the Silent txt file in the Drvinst folder Performing a Silent Install To perform a silent install from within the installer source folder type the following setup s v qn or msiexec 1 BDrv5706 msi qn Performing a Silent Install and Creating a Log File To perform a silent install and create a log file at f 1testlog txt type the following setup s v qn L f Mltestlog txt Performing a Silent Upgrade To perform a silent upgrade from within the installer source folder type the following setup s v qn Performing a Silent Uninstall There are two ways to perform a silent uninstall from the installer source folder and from the any folder In some circumstances you must reboot your system before uninstallation can continue If you
38. n radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with instructions may cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on The user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna ncrease the separation between the equipment and the receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Changes and modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer or registrant of this equipment can void your authority to operate this equipment under Federal Communications Commission rules Industry Canada This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 003 Cet appareil num rique de la classe B est conforme a la norme NMB 003 du Canada European Union Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances RoHS in Electrical and Electronic Equipment This Allied Telesis RoHS compliant product conforms to the European Union Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances RoHS in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Allied Telesis ensures RoHS conformance by requiring supplier Declarations of Conformity monitoring incoming materials and maintaining manufacturing process controls RFI Emis
39. nels lib modules kernel version kernel drivers net bnx2 ko For the bnx2i driver the driver is installed on one of the following paths 2 6 16 kernels and newer bnx2 driver lib modules kernel version kernel drivers net bnx2 ko lib modules kernel version kernel drivers net cnic ko 2 6 16 kernels and newer bnx2i driver lib modules kernel version kernel drivers iscsi bnx2i ko 4 Toload the driver enter the following insmod bnx2 or modprobe bnx2 5 To load the cnic driver if applicable enter the following insmod cnic ko or modprobe cnic To configure the network protocol and address refer to the documentation 53 Chapter 4 Installing the Linux Drivers 54 Building the Driver from the Source TAR File provided with your operating system This procedure describes how to build the bnx2 and bnx2i Linux drivers from the Source TAR file See the following sections O Building the bnx2 Driver on page 54 O Building the bnx2i Driver on page 55 Building the bnx2 Driver To build the bnx2 Linux driver from the Source TAR file do the following 1 Create a directory and extract the TAR files to the directory tar xvzf netxtreme2 vers7on tar gz Build the driver bnx2 ko or bnx2 0 as a loadable module for the running kernel Enter the following commands cd bnx2 version src make Test the driver by loading it first unload the existing driver if necessary Ente
40. nge 32 to 128 Note Broadcom validation is limited to a power of 2 for example 32 64 128 rq_size Use the Configure RQ size parameter to choose the size of asynchronous buffer queue size per off loaded connections The RQ size is not required to be greater than 16 because it is used to place iSCSI ASYNC NOP REJECT messages and SCSI sense data Defaults 16 Range 16 to 32 Note Broadcom validation is limited to a power of 2 for example 16 32 event_coal_div The Event Coalescing Divide Factor parameter is a performance tuning parameter used to moderate the rate of interrupt generation by the iscsi firmware Defaults 1 Valid values 1 2 4 8 bnx2i_nopout_when_commands_active The iSCSI NOOP even when connection is not idle parameter enables the offload initiator to send iSCSI NOP OUT on wire even when the link is not truly idle This parameter was introduced to avoid unnecessary Checking the bnx2 Driver Defaults AT 2872SX ExpressCard Fast Ethernet Fiber Module Installation and User s Guide session recoveries induced by some older targets when iSCSI NOP OUT and iSCSI CMD pdus are intermixed Newer iSCSI target systems are immune to this condition and this parameter is turned ON for quite some time Defaults 1 Values Binary parameter 0 1 The parameters can also be set in the modprobe conf command See the man page for more information The bnx2 driver defaults to the following settings
41. nnections onto a jumbo frame enabled CNIC device O For MPIO to work properly iSCSI nopout should be enabled on each iSCSI session Refer to open iscsi documentation for procedures on setting up noop out interval and noop out timeout values O Inthe scenario where multiple CNIC devices are in the system and the system is booted via Broadcom s iSCSI boot solution ensure that the iscsi node under etc iscsi nodes for the boot target is bound to the NIC that is used for booting See the following sections o Installing User Application bnx2id on page 66 O Installing Open iSCSI User Applications on page 67 O Binding iSCSI Target to Broadcom NX2 iSCSI Transport Name on page 68 O Making Connections to iSCSI Targets on page 68 O Maximizing Offload iSCSI Connections on page 69 Installing User Application bnx2id The bnx2id application should be installed under sbin when bnx2i RPM package is installed See Installing the Source RPM Package on page 52 for information Run the bnx2id daemon before attempting to create iSCSI connections The driver does not establish connections to the iSCSI target without the daemon s assistance bnx2id The bnx2id daemon requires mknod and sh shell which are standard on any regular server For iSCSI boot using NetXtreme II offload support binaries for mknod and sh need to be bundled into initrd image AT 2872SX ExpressCard Fast Ethernet Fiber Module Installation and User s Gu
42. on how to install the AT 2872SX Gigabit Ethernet Fiber ExpressCard Module on a laptop computer It also describes how to install the driver software on the AT 2872SX ExpressCard module and configure the driver software The driver software is supported on the following operating systems O Windows XP O Windows Vista O Windows 7 The Preface contains the following sections o Safety Symbols Used in this Document on page 12 O Where to Find Web based Documentation and Drivers on page 13 a Contacting Allied Telesis on page 14 Preface Safety Symbols Used in this Document This document uses the safety symbols defined in Table 1 Table 1 Safety Symbols Symbol Meaning Description Caution Performing or omitting a specific action may A result in equipment damage or loss of data Warning Performing or omitting a specific action may A result in electrical shock AT 2872 SX Gigabit Ethernet Fiber ExpressCard TM Interface User s Guide Where to Find Web based Documentation and Drivers The product documentation for all Allied Telesis products are available in portable document format PDF on our web site Go to http www alliedtelesis com support software Enter your hardware product model in the Search by Product Name field for example enter AT 2872SX You can view the documents online or download them onto your local workstation or server Preface Contacting
43. on page 50 D bnx2i Driver on page 51 The current version of the driver has been tested on 2 4 x kernels starting from 2 4 24 and all 2 6 x kernels The driver may not compile on kernels older than 2 4 24 Testing is concentrated on i386 and x86 64 architectures Only limited testing has been done on other architectures Minor changes to some source files and Makefile may be needed on some kernels Additionally the Makefile does not compile the cnic driver on kernels older than 2 6 16 iSCSI offload is only supported on 2 6 16 and newer kernels Support for the 2 4 21 kernels is provided in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 50 Packaging AT 2872SX ExpressCard Fast Ethernet Fiber Module Installation and User s Guide bnx2i Driver The current version of the driver has been tested on 2 6 x kernels starting from 2 6 18 kernel The driver may not compile on older kernels with the exception of SLES 10 SP1 which runs 2 6 16 46 kernel SUSE upgraded the iscsi transport kernel module in SLES 10 SP1 In addition Broadcom iSCSI offload initiators is supported on SLES 10 SP1 Testing is concentrated on i386 and x86 64 architectures Red Hat EL5 and SUSE 10 SP1 distributions The Linux driver is released in the packaging formats shown in Table 3 The netxtreme2 package contains the bnx2 1 Gb network adapter and drivers for source RPM and compressed tar Table 3 Linux Driver Packaging Format bnx2 Driver bnx2i iSCSI Driver Source R
44. ows operating system There is no installation CD You must download the drivers Note Allied Telesis recommends that you not perform hot insertions or hot removal when the OS is up and running We recommend that you insert or remover the adapter only when the system is powered down Using the The Installer is a graphical interactive installation mode To install the AT Installer 2872SX driver on a Windows Operating System do the following 1 When the Found New Hardware Wizard appears click Cancel See Figure 8 Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard Windows will search for current and updated software by looking on your computer on the hardware installation CD or on the Windows Update Web site with your permission Read our privacy policy Can Windows connect to Windows Update to search for software O Yes this time only Yes now and every time connect a device Click Next to continue Figure 8 Found New Hardware Wizard Page 35 Chapter 3 Installing the Windows Drivers 2 From the driver directory select the setup exe file and Run The Broadcom NetXtreme II Driver Installer InstallShield Wizard Page is displayed See Figure 9 on page 36 Note There is a setup exe file for the 32 bit operating system and another for the 64 bit operating system You can use each installer on Win XP Vista and Windows 7 ie Broadcom NetXtreme ll Driver Installer
45. r deployment type peimg prep c NvistaPEx86NmountNwindows 6 When asked to continue and have the program prepare the image for deployment type yes 7 To commit the changes to the original image file Winpe wim type imagex unmount c VistaPEx86 mount commit 8 To replace the default Boot wim file in the ISO directory with your new custom image type copy c NVistaPex86Nwinpe wim c VistaPEx86 ISO sources boot wim Creating a Bootable CD ROM To create a bootable CD ROM do the following 1 On your technician computer at the command prompt create an iso file by typing oscdimg n bc VistaPEx86 etfsboot com c VistaPEx86 ISO C NVistaPEx86NVistaPEx86 1iso 2 Burn the iso image to a CD Since the typical environment where the NetXtreme Il monolithic driver is used does not provide the means to configure advanced network adapter properties the driver file bO6nd inf was modified to include a section that allows it to be configured for a specific speed and or duplex This provides a more robust connection to the network as it allows the adapter to match the settings of its link partner for example a switch router etc To manually configure the speed and duplex do the following 1 Open the bO6nd inf file with a text editor like Microsoft Notepad or WordPad 2 Perform a search on the file for Registry parameters to locate the section that will allow you to configure the adapter speed duplex 3 AT
46. r the following commands rmmod bnx2 insmod bnx2 o modprobe crc32 amp amp insmod bnx2 o or for Linux 2 6 kernels rmmod bnx2 insmod bnx2 ko No message should be returned if this command runs properly Load the cnic driver if applicable Enter the following command insmod cnic ko Install the driver and man page by entering the following command make install Note See the Installing the Source RPM Package on page 52 for the location of the installed driver AT 2872SX ExpressCard Fast Ethernet Fiber Module Installation and User s Guide To configure the network protocol and address after building the driver refer to the manuals supplied with your operating system Building the bnx2i Driver The following procedure describes how to build the bnx2i Linux driver from the Source TAR file 1 Create a directory and extract the TAR files to the directory by entering the following command tar xvzf bnx2 version tar gz Build the driver bnx2 ko as a loadable module for the running kernel by entering the following command cd bnx2i version drivermake Test the driver by loading it first unload the existing driver if necessary Enter the following commands rmmod bnx2i insmod bnx2i ko Install the driver and man page by entering the following command make install Note See the Installing the Source RPM Package on page 52 for the location of the installed driver Install the user daemon bnx
47. si warning invalid DataSN bnx2i iscsi warning invalid LUN field Note The driver needs to be configured to consider certain violations as warning and not as a critical error Driver puts a session through recovery conn err hostno 3 conn 03fbcd00 iscsi cid 2 cid a1800 Reject iSCSI PDU received from the target bnx2i printing rejected PDU contents 0 1 ffffffa10000200 8 07000000 10 0 0 40 24 0 O ffffff80 0 18 0 0 3 ffffff88 0 0 3 4b 20 2a 0 0 2 ffffffc8 14 0 0 28 400000000 Open iSCSI daemon handing over session to driver bnx2i conn update MBL 0x800 FBL Ox800MRDSL I 0x800 MRDSL T 0x2000 65 Chapter 4 Installing the Linux Drivers Teaming with Channel Bonding 66 Statistics Linux iSCSI Offload With the Linux drivers you can team adapters together using the bonding kernel module and a channel bonding interface For more information see the Channel Bonding information in your operating system documentation Detailed statistics and configuration information can be viewed using the ethtool utility See the ethtool man page for more information This section describes how to install and run Linux iSCSI applications The following recommendations apply to offloading Linux iSCSI programs O Not all Broadcom NetXtreme ll adapters support iSCSI offload O The iSCSI session will not recover after a hot remove and hot plug o The iSCSI driver firmware will not offload iSCSI co
48. sions FCC Class B EN55022 Class B VCCI Class B C TICK CE Immunity EN55024 Electrical Safety EN60950 1 TUV UL 60950 1 ULus A Laser Safety EN60825 Translated Safety Statements Important The lt symbol indicates that a translation of the safety statement is available in a PDF document titled Translated Safety Statements This is posted on the Allied Telesis website at http www alliedtelesis com support software Refer to Where to Find Web based Documentation and Drivers on page 13 to navigate to this document Contents dir es den aie en edd ee ees ee ee eee ee Ed 11 Safety Symbols Used in this Document 12 Where to Find Web based Documentation and Drivers 13 Contacting Allied Lelesis 5c de Ee EE ege edd Eege dee 14 Online SUPpO aC DR 14 Email and Telephone Support 2 e eere e Ee eret et e eet ie eg 14 lE lu RM D cH eg EE SE x ee ee es es 14 Returning deel CEET 14 Sales or Corporate Information See Ee iet erii cien de ud a 14 M EN CP 14 Management Software Updates omomoiiommiaaic eeue eritrea Re aree tia p aa iueiai ivandi eenaa 14 Chapter 1 Introducing the AT 2872SX Gigabit Ethernet Fiber ExpressCard Module sssssss 15 Functional Des Api O e ine rere Cet EEN cet e 16 Contents of Your Shipment essere entren ed ende 16 Hardware Fatre Sn
49. sis com To find the contact information for your country select Contact Us gt Worldwide Contacts Go to www alliedtelesis com support warranty for specific terms and conditions of the warranty and for warranty registration for the AT 2872SX Gigabit Ethernet Fiber ExpressCard Module New releases of management software for our managed products are available on our Allied Telesis web site at www alliedtelesis com support software Go to Where to Find Web based Documentation and Drivers on page 13 for instructions on navigating to this information Chapter 1 Introducing the AT 2872SX Gigabit Ethernet Fiber ExpressCard Module This chapter provides an introduction to the Allied Telesis AT 2872SX Gigabit Ethernet Fiber ExpressCard Module and contains the following sections Functional Description on page 16 Hardware Features on page 18 Supported Operating Systems on page 19 u uuu Physical Description on page 20 Chapter 1 Introducing the AT 2872SX Gigabit Ethernet Fiber ExpressCard Module Functional Description Contents of Your Shipment The AT 2872SX is a highly integrated Gigabit Ethernet Fiber ExpressCard module based on Broadcom s BCM57088 chipset It provides an PCI ExpressCard interface with SC connections to multimode fiber The AT 2872SX ExpressCard module connects a laptop computer to a Gigabit Ethernet network using fiber optic cabling and a connector that meets 62 5 125 um or 50 125 um
50. t enabled to offload iSCSI connections dev eth0 Driver unable to allocate TCP port for iSCSI connection bnx2i run bnx2id daemon to alloc TCP ports Exceeds maximum allowed iSCSI connection offload limit bnx2i unable to allocate iSCSI context resources Network route to target node and transport name binding are two different devices bnx2i conn bind ep 0x ROUTE HBA does not belong to hba USER CHOSEN HBA where ROUTE HBA is the net device on which connection was offloaded based on route information USER CHOSEN HBA is the HBA to which target node is bound using iscsi transport name 63 Chapter 4 Installing the Linux Drivers 64 Target cannot be reached on any of the CNIC devices bnx2i check route cannot connect using cnic Network route is assigned to network interface which is down bnx2i check route hba not found Attempting to offload iSCSI connection onto a Jumbo Frame enabled device bnx2i eth network i f mtu is set to mtu bnx2i iSCSI HBA can support mtu of 1500 Note Change mtu to 1500 using ifconfig and restart the interface in order to offload iSCSI connections SCSI ML initiated host reset session recovery bnx2i attempting to reset host 3 CNIC detects iSCSI protocol violation Fatal errors bnx2i bnx2i bnx2i bnx2i bnx2i bnx2i bnx2i bnx2i bnx2i bnx2i bnx2i bnx2i bnx2i bnx2i bnx2i bnx2i bnx2i bnx2i bnx2i bnx2i bnx2i bnx2i
51. that it is clean 6 Reconnect the cable to the port or protect the ferrule tip with a dust cap Note Always keep a dust cap on a fiber optic cable when it is not in use Note Do not touch the end face of the ferrule in the connector 75 Appendix B Cleaning Fiber Optic Connectors Using a Swab Specially treated swabs stick cleaners are available for cleaning inside connector adapters or hard to reach ferrule tips These swabs often referred to as lint free or alcohol free swabs are available from many vendors as shown in Figure 17 Stick cleaners are available in both 2 5 mm and 1 25 mm sizes for use on SC and MU connectors respectively Note NEVER use a household cotton swab and or alcohol to clean a fiber optic connector This may leave a residue on the ferrule tip Figure 17 Lint Free and Alcohol Free Swabs Note Do not use compressed air or aerosol air to clean a fiber optic connector To clean a recessed ferrule using a swab do the following 1 Insert the swab into the adapter as shown in Figure 16 and rub the ferrule tip with the swab Figure 18 Cleaning a Recessed Ferrule 2 If desired repeat step 1 76 AT 2872 SX Gigabit Ethernet Fiber ExpressCard Interface User s Guide 3 Ifa fiber inspection scope is available use the scope to inspect the connector to make sure that it is clean and to check for scratches pits or other problems that may affect performance
52. used REBOOT ReallySuppress to suppress the reboot the uninstallation may be suspended You will need to reboot manually for the uninstallation to continue AT 2872SX ExpressCard Fast Ethernet Fiber Module Installation and User s Guide To perform a silent uninstall from within the installer source folder type the following msiexec x BDrv5706 msi qn To perform a silent uninstall from any folder type the following msiexec x iFODA8A3F 1457 419E 96F4 235DD3EF41E1 qn Note The hexidecimal number above may differ from your current installer Check the Key name corresponding with the Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 BACS application in HKLM Software Mictrosoft Windows CurrentVersion Uninstall for the correct hexidecimal number Performing a Silent Reinstall To perform a silent reinstall of the same installer type the following setup s v qn REINSTALL ALL Note The REINSTALL switch should only be used if the same installer is already installed on the system If upgrading an earlier version of the installer use setup s v qn as listed above 41 Chapter 3 Installing the Windows Drivers Removing the Device Drivers 42 Windows XP Vista and Windows 7 This section discusses how to remove the device drivers To remove the device drivers do the following dis 2 In Control Panel double click Add or Remove Programs Click Broadcom NetXtreme II GigE Driver Installer and then cli
53. ver available on our Allied Telesis website To find this driver refer to Where to Find Web based Documentation and Drivers on page 13 for more information When Windows first starts after a hardware device such as an AT 2872SX ExpressCard module has been installed or after the existing device driver has been removed the operating system automatically detects the hardware and prompts you to install the driver software for that device The two methods used to install the software drivers on all of the Windows Operating Systems supported by the AT 2872SX ExpressCard module are the Installer and Silent installation The Installer uses a graphical interactive mode The Silent Installation is a command line interface for unattended installation See the following sections D Using the Installer on page 35 D Using Silent Installation on page 39 Note These instructions are based on the assumption that your adapter was not factory installed If your controller was installed at the factory the driver software has been installed for you Note Before installing the driver software verify that the Windows operating system has been upgraded to the latest version with the latest service pack applied AT 2872SX ExpressCard Fast Ethernet Fiber Module Installation and User s Guide Note A network device driver must be physically installed before the Broadcom NetXtreme II Controller can be used with your Wind
54. xpressCard Fast Ethernet Fiber Module Installation and User s Guide Note On 2 6 kernels it is not necessary to bring down the eth interfaces before unloading the driver module Note If the cnic driver is loaded unload the cnic driver before unloading the bnx2 driver Note Before unloading the bnx2i driver disconnect all active iSCSI sessions to targets To unload the driver use ifconfig to bring down all eth interfaces opened by the driver and then type the following rmmod bnx2 If the driver was installed using the rpm command enter the following command to remove it rpm e netxtreme2 Unloading the Driver from a TAR Installation If the driver was installed using make install from the tar file manually delete the bnx2 o or bnx2 ko driver file from the operating system See Installing the Source RPM Package on page 52 for the location of the installed driver This is an optional procedure that describes how to patch PCI files for identification by other vendors For hardware detection utilities such as Red Hat kudzu to properly identify bnx2 supported devices you may need to update a number of files containing PCI vendor and device information Note The examples used in this procedure refer to the bnx2 driver but also apply to the bnx2i driver 57 Chapter 4 Installing the Linux Drivers Network Installations Setting Values for 58 Optional Properties Apply the updat
55. ye damage L4 Warning Do not work on this equipment or cables during periods of lightning activity E2 Warning Operating Temperature This product is designed for a maximum ambient temperature of 40 degrees C a E7 Warning All Countries Install this product in accordance with local and National Electric Codes E8 Warning Do not look directly at the fiber optic cable ends or inspect the cable ends with an optical lens E29 AT 2872SX ExpressCard Fast Ethernet Fiber Module Installation and User s Guide A Warning The adapter is being installed in a system that operates with voltages that can be lethal Before you remove the cover of your system you must observe the following precautions to protect yourself and to prevent damage to the system components Remove any metallic objects or jewelry from your hands and wrists Use only insulated and non conducting tools Verify that the system is powered off and unplugged before accessing the internal components Installation or removal of adapters must be performed in a static free environment The use of a properly grounded wrist strap or other personal antistatic device and an antistatic mat is strongly recommended amp E39 A Caution Do not use excessive force when seating the module because this may damage the system or the module If the module resists seating remove it from the system realign it and try again
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