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10 Gigabit/s Ethernet card PEB-10G/57840-2S PEB-10G Series PEB-10G/57811-1S User Guide.
ii E9427 First Edition June 2014 Copyright © 2014 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. All Rights Reserved. No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, transmitte.
iii Contents Contents ...................................................................................................................... iii About this guide .........................................................................................
iv About this guide This user guide contains the information you need when installing and conguring the server management board. How this guide is organized This guide contains the following parts: • Chapter1:Productintroduction This chapter describes the PEB-10G Series Ethernet card features and the new technologies it supports.
v T ypography Bold text Indicates a menu or an item to select. Italics Used to emphasize a word or a phrase. <Key> Keys enclosed in the less-than and greater-than sign means that you must press the enclosed key. Example: <Enter> means that you must press the Enter or Return key.
vi PEB-10G Series specifications summary * Please refer to ASUS website for Approved Vendor List (AVL). ** Specifications are subject to change without notice.
1 Product introduction This chapter offers the PEB-10G Series Ethernet card features and the new technologies it supports. Chapter 1: Product introduction.
1-2 Chapter 1: Product introduction 1.1 Welcome! Thank you for buying an ASUS ® PEB-10G Series 10 Gigabit/s Ethernet card! Before you start installing the Ethernet card, check the items in your package with the list below. 1.2 Package contents Check your package for the following items.
ASUS PEB-10G Series 1-3 1.4 Card layout 1. LC Fiber Optic Connector 1 2. LC Fiber Optic Connector 2 3. PCI Express x8 interface 4. SFP2LED2 LED 5. SFP2LED1 LED 6.
1-4 Chapter 1: Product introduction 1.5 Replacing the card bracket ThePEB-10GSeriesEthernetcardisbundledwithafull-lengthbracket,alow-prolebracket, and an ASUS proprietary bracket. By default, the card is pre-installed with a full-length bracket.
2 Boot Agent Conguration This chapter provides instructions on setting the Broadcom NetXtreme Ethernet Boot Agent. Chapter 2: Boot Agent Conguration.
2-2 Chapter 2: Boot Agent Conguration 2.1 Broadcom NetXtreme Ethernet Boot Agent The Broadcom NetXtreme Ethernet Boot Agent provides hardware-based Ethernet card congurations. To start the Broadcom NetXtreme Ethernet Boot Agent and access the main screen: 1.
ASUS PEB-10G Series 2-3 For PEB-10G/57811-1S: Comprehensive Conguration Management v7.8.21 Copyright (C) 2000-2013 Broadcom Corporation All rights reserved.
2-4 Chapter 2: Boot Agent Conguration 2.1.1 Device Hardware Configuration Menu Comprehensive Conguration Management v7.8.21 Copyright (C) 2000-2013 Broadcom Corporation All rights reserved.
ASUS PEB-10G Series 2-5 Boot Strap T ype [Auto] Conguration options: [Auto] [BBS] [Int18h] [Int19h] Hide Setup Prompt [Disabled] Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Setup Key Stroke [Ctrl-.
2-6 Chapter 2: Boot Agent Conguration 2.1.3 iSCSI Boot Configuration Comprehensive Conguration Management v7.8.21 Copyright (C) 2000-2013 Broadcom Corporation All rights reserved.
ASUS PEB-10G Series 2-7 General Parameters TCP/IP Parameters via DHCP [Enabled] This option applies to IPv4. [Enabled] The iSCSI boot host software acquires the IP address from the DHCP server. [Disabled] The iSCSI boot host software acquires the static IP address.
2-8 Chapter 2: Boot Agent Conguration [One Time Disabled] On the rst system boot, the iSCSI boot host software does not attempt to boot from the iSCSI target. On subsequent system reboots, the iSCSI boot host software will attempt to boot from the iSCSI target.
ASUS PEB-10G Series 2-9 CComprehensive Conguration Management v7.8.21 Copyright (C) 2000-2013 Broadcom Corporation All rights reserved. IP Address : 0.0.0.0 Subnet Mask : 0.0.0.0 Default Gateway : 0.0.0.0 Primary DNS : 0.0.0.0 Secondary DNS : 0.0.0.
2-10 Chapter 2: Boot Agent Conguration 2.1.4 NIC Partition Configuration Menu (PEB-10G/57840-2S only) Comprehensive Conguration Management v7.8.21 Copyright (C) 2000-2013 Broadcom Corporation All rights reserved.
3 Driver installation This chapter provides instructions for installing the Ethernet card drivers on different operating systems. Chapter 3: Driver installation.
3-2 Chapter 3: Driver installation 3.1 Windows ® Server OS Driver Installation To update the Ethernet card driver for Windows ® Server OS: 1. Restart the computer, and then log on with Administrator privileges. 2. Insert the Support CD to the optical drive.
ASUS PEB-10G Series 3-3 5. Toggle I accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next to continue. 6. Follow the screen instructions to complete the installation. 7. If the Windows Security window appears during the driver installation, click Install this driver software anyway to continue.
3-4 Chapter 3: Driver installation 8. Click Finish to exit the installation wizard. 9. Restart the system..
ASUS PEB-10G Series 3-5 1. Within the Linux Terminal, install the source RPM package: rpm -ivh netxtreme2-<version>.src.rpm 3.2 Linux OS Driver Installation To install the Ethernet card driver for Linux OS: 2. CD to the RPM path and build the binary driver for your kernel: cd /usr/src/{redhat,OpenLinux,turbo,packages,rpm .
3-6 Chapter 3: Driver installation rpm -bb SPECS/netxtreme2.spec or (For RPM version 4.x.x) rpmbuild -bb SPECS/netxtreme2.spec Note that the RPM path is different for different Linux distributions. The driver will be compiled for the running kernel by default.
ASUS PEB-10G Series 3-7 rpm -ivh RPMS/<arch>/netxtreme2-<version>.<arch>.rpm where <arch> is the machine architecture such as i386: For Red Hat Linux:.
3-8 Chapter 3: Driver installation For SuSE Linux:.
ASUS PEB-10G Series 3-9 rpm -ivh RPMS/i386/netxtreme2-<version>.i386.rpm Notethatthe--forceoptionmaybeneededonsomeLinuxdistributionsifconictsare reported. The drivers will be installed in the following path: 2.
3-10 Chapter 3: Driver installation 4. Unload existing driver if necessary: rmmod bnx2 rmmod bnx2x If the cnic driver is loaded, it should also be unloaded along with dependent drivers: rmmod bnx2fc rmmod bnx2i rmmod cnic 5. Load the bnx2 driver for the BCM5706/BCM5708/5709/5716 devices: insmod bnx2.
ASUS PEB-10G Series 3-11 insmod bnx2fc.ko or modprobe bnx2fc service bnx2fcd start Note that the inbox kernel may have an older version of bnx2, bnx2x and cnic driver. It isimportantforFCoEofoadusertounloadtheseinboxversionsbeforeattemptingto load bnx2fc driver.
3-12 Chapter 3: Driver installation.
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