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EZ Card 1000 1000 Mbps Gigabit Ether net PCI Netw ork Card High performance for instant ac cess to netw ork resources Deli v ers 2 G bps o f band width o ver i nstalled Category 5 UTP Support for 32-b.
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6 Hughes Irvine, CA 9261 8 Phone: (9 49) 707-24 00 EZ Card 1000 User Guide From SMC’ s EZ line of low-cost workgroup LAN solutions June 2 001 Pub . # 150 000 00350 0A.
Informati on furnished by SMC Networ ks, Inc. (SMC) is believed to be accu rate and r eliable. Ho wever , no re sponsibi lity is as sumed by SMC for its us e, nor f or any in frin geme nts of pat ents or oth er right s of thi rd part ies wh ich m ay res ult fr om its use.
i Limited Warranty Limited W arranty Statement: SMC Networks, Inc. (“SMC”) warrants its products to be free from d efects in w orkmansh ip and mate rials, under normal use and service , for the applicable warranty ter m. All SMC products carry a standard 9 0-day limited warranty from the date of purch ase from SMC or it s Authorized R eseller.
L IMITED W ARRAN TY ii W ARRANTIES EXCLUSIVE: IF AN SMC PROD UCT DO ES NOT OPE RA T E AS W A RRANTED ABOVE, CUSTOMER'S SOLE REMEDY SHALL BE REP AIR OR REPLACE MENT OF THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION, A T SMC'S OPTION.
iii C OMPLIANCES FCC - Class B This equipm ent ha s been t ested and found to compl y with the l imits for a Cl ass B d igital devic e, pur suant t o Part 1 5 of th e FCC Rules. These limit s are de signed to pr ovide r ea- sona ble pro tection aga inst ha rmful in terferen ce in a reside ntial i nstal lation .
C OMPLIANCES iv EC Conformance Declaration - Class B SMC co ntact f or the se prod ucts i n Eur ope is: SMC Netw orks E urope, Edifici o Cona ta II, Calle Fru ctu ó s Gel abert 6- 8, 2 o , 4 a , 08970 - S ant Joan Desp í , Bar celon a, Sp ain.
C OMPLIANCES v Industry Canada - Class B This digital apparat us does not exceed th e Class B li mits for ra dio noi se emiss ions fro m dig ital appar atus as s et out in the inte rference -causi ng equip ment st andard entitle d “ Digita l Apparatu s, ” ICES-003 of the Department of Communicat ions.
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vii T ABLE OF C ONTENTS 1 Installing The Network Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Intro duction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Hard ware Descr iption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
viii Offload Che cksum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 Packet Size (Maxim um) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 Pause C ontrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 Receive B uffer .
1-1 C HAPTER 1 I NSTALLING T HE N ETWORK C ARD Introduction SMC ’ s EZ C ard 1000 , SMC9452T X, is a G igabit E thernet network inter face ca rd for 32-bit P CI local bus-compli ant comp uters.
I NSTAL LING T HE N ETW ORK C ARD 1-2 Hardware Descr iption The EZ Card 1 000 i s a Gigab it Et herne t netw ork ca rd desi gned fo r 32-b it PCI-bu s comput ers. Th e card has a singl e RJ-45 c onnecto r to attach to Cat egory 5 UT P cable and su pports 10 Mbps , 100 Mbps an d 1000 Mbps Et herne t oper ation s.
I NSTA LLING T HE N ETWORK C ARD 1-3 LED Indicators The EZ Card 100 0 network c ard inc ludes stat us LED indicato rs as descr ibed in the foll owing fig ure and table. Figure 1-2. Status LEDs LED Status Description Link On Green Indicates a valid 1000BASE-T connection.
I NSTAL LING T HE N ETW ORK C ARD 1-4 Package Contents After unpac king th e EZ Card 1000 , check the conten ts of the box to be sur e you ha ve receive d the fol lowing comp onents: ◆ EZ Card 1000 .
I NSTA LLING T HE N ETWORK C ARD 1-5 System Require ments Before you ins tall th e EZ Card 1000, c heck your s ystem fo r the foll owin g requir emen ts: ◆ A PC and BI OS that suppor t the PCI Local Bus Specifi cation v2.
I NSTAL LING T HE N ETW ORK C ARD 1-6 • When us ing a 3 2-bit PC I slot, the end o f the card ’ s edge connec tor will be e xposed. Be caref ul that it doe s not to uch any conduc ting part s on the PC moth erboard. 3. Instal l the netw ork card into the slot so th at it is fi r mly seated .
I NSTA LLING T HE N ETWORK C ARD 1-7 4. Replace the cha ssis cov er on yo ur PC an d power it on. 5. Th e EZ Ca rd 1000 shoul d be autom ati cally co nfigu red by the host co mpute r ’ s BIOS.
I NSTAL LING T HE N ETW ORK C ARD 1-8 Connecting Category 5 Cable To con nect to a 1 000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet device, use the RJ-45 conne ctor on th e net work card and Cate gory 5 , 5e or better UTP cable. T his conne ction can be made di rectly to the de vice, or indi rectly vi a a wall outlet that has the proper wiring for an RJ-45 connec tor.
I NSTA LLING T HE N ETWORK C ARD 1-9 Connecting UTP Cable 1. Attac h the male RJ- 45 connector on one end of a UTP c able to the net work card ’ s RJ- 45 port . Figure 1-4. Connecting UTP Cable 2. Attac h the ma le con nector on the ot her end of the U TP cab le dire ctly to an Ethernet, Fast Etherne t or G igabit Et hernet devi ce.
I NSTAL LING T HE N ETW ORK C ARD 1-10.
2-1 C HAPTER 2 I NSTALLING AND C ONFIGURING N ETWORK D RIVERS Windows NT 4.0 In stallation Caution: Prior to inst alling the dri ver , make sure you have upgraded to NT Se rvice P ack 4 or later.
I NSTAL LING AND C ONFIGURI NG N ETWORK D RIVE RS 2-2 4. Wh en p rompt ed to “ Select a Network Adapter , ” click on “ Have Disk. ” Insert the Sup erDisk when prompted an d click on “ OK. ” 5. Y ou ar e pr esente d with the “ Select OE M Option ” wi ndow.
I NSTALL ING AND C ONFI GUR ING N ETWORK D RIVER S 2-3 Secondary Installation Follo w this pro ced ure if you hav e alre ady ins tal led an other ne twork card or lo aded anot her d rive r . 1. Be su re to i nstall W indows N T Service Packet 4 o r later if it is not already installed.
I NSTAL LING AND C ONFIGURI NG N ETWORK D RIVE RS 2-4 Further Configuration Y ou can modify card s ettings, i nstall addit ional p rotocols an d other netwo rk comp onents via the Window s NT “ Networ k ” applet. 1. Double- click on the “ My Comput er , ” “ Control Panel, ” and “ Netw ork ” icon s.
I NSTALL ING AND C ONFI GUR ING N ETWORK D RIVER S 2-5 Windows 2000 Insta llation The EZ Card 10 00 driv er for Window s 2000 confo rm s to the Network Dr iver Inte rface Specifi cation (NDIS) 5. 0 and can be found in the “ Win 2000 ” direct ory on the SMC Super Disk drive r diskette.
I NSTAL LING AND C ONFIGURI NG N ETWORK D RIVE RS 2-6 Novell NetWare Installation NetWare Server 5.0 Instal ling the LAN dr iver is part of the NetW are installat ion proce ss. Use the fo llowing i nstruct ions with t hose in the NetW are installatio n manual to inst all the driver .
I NSTALL ING AND C ONFI GUR ING N ETWORK D RIVER S 2-7 8. A scr een with three dialog bo xes is disp layed. T o change th e driver configu ration, t ab to the “ SMC9452_1 P aramet ers ” dial og box and modif y the d river p aramet ers.
I NSTAL LING AND C ONFIGURI NG N ETWORK D RIVE RS 2-8 NetWare Server 4.11 Instal ling the LAN dr iver is part of the NetW are installat ion proce ss. Use the fo llowing i nstruct ions with t hose in the NetW are installatio n manual to inst all the driver .
I NSTALL ING AND C ONFI GUR ING N ETWORK D RIVER S 2-9 9. A scr een with three dialog bo xes is disp layed. T o change th e driver configu ration, t ab to the “ SMC9452_1 P aramet ers ” dial og box and modif y the d river p aramet ers.
I NSTAL LING AND C ONFIGURI NG N ETWORK D RIVE RS 2-10 Linux 2.2. X or Later Installa tion This sectio n desc ribes t he proce dure for manual an d auto matic loading and conf iguration of the E Z Card 100 0 Unix stream driv er for Linux 2.2 .X or later .
I NSTALL ING AND C ONFI GUR ING N ETWORK D RIVER S 2-11 RxBufSize: This is the size of the receive buffer memory spac e alloca ted pe r rece ive desc ript or (the labe l given to each pa cket receiv ed). The de fault v alue is 2048. It should be set at 2048 to ensure good p erformance wh en not using j umbo fr ames.
I NSTAL LING AND C ONFIGURI NG N ETWORK D RIVE RS 2-12 BOOTPROTO=none BROADCAST=207.200.5.255 NETWORK=207.200.5.0 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 IPADDR=207.200.5.2 Automatic Installation This sectio n descri bes how t o inst all the Linux dr iver so t hat it is automat ically l oaded and config ured at bo ot time.
I NSTALL ING AND C ONFI GUR ING N ETWORK D RIVER S 2-13 where “ ethx ” will be “ eth0 ” i f you do not h ave any ot her adapters, “ eth1 ” i f you al ready have one, and so on. The param eters a re the on es disc ussed in the pr eviou s para graph.
I NSTAL LING AND C ONFIGURI NG N ETWORK D RIVE RS 2-14 Windows 98 Installation The EZ Card 100 0 driver for W indows 98 co nforms to the Netw ork Driver Interface Sp ecificat ion (ND IS) 5.0 and can be fo und in t he “ W in98 ” dir ectory on the SMC Sup erDi sk driv er di skett e.
I NSTALL ING AND C ONFI GUR ING N ETWORK D RIVER S 2-15 “ C:WIN DOWSSYSTE M ” director y and the “ SM C9452.INF ” fil e from “ A:W in98 ” to the “ C:W INDOWS INF ” director y.
I NSTAL LING AND C ONFIGURI NG N ETWORK D RIVE RS 2-16 Other Installa tions Refe r to the install ation doc uments on SMC ’ s SuperDisk fo r instr uctions on inst alling d rivers for us e with ot her op erating systems .
3-1 C HAPTER 3 C ONFIGURING THE N ETWORK C ARD Configuration This sectio n desc ribes t he confi g urati on procedure in a W indows envi ronment. Whe n you install the Wi ndows drive r , the config uration ut ility is also ins talled.
C ONFIGURING THE N ETWORK C ARD 3-2 Media Type In this fiel d auto-negot iation can be enab led, or the card ’ s link speed and dup lex mode c an be s elected . If auto- negoti ation is enabl ed, the c ard will m atch set tings wit h its link p artner .
C ONFIGURI NG THE N ETWORK C ARD 3-3 Pause Control Pause frame s are us ed to contr ol netw ork co nges tion. I n this f ield the c ard ma y be co nfig ured to tra nsmi t and t o rec eive p aus e fram es (IEEE 802.3 x dull duple x flow cont rol). The defau lt is “ Enable d ” .
C ONFIGURING THE N ETWORK C ARD 3-4 Using VLANs The Ti gerCa rd 1000 netwo rk card suppor ts th e IEEE 802. 1Q VLAN standard and ca n be con figured to partic ipate in a network with other d evice s that use VL ANs.
A-1 A PPENDIX A T ROUBLESHOOTING PCI Compatibility Early PCI BIO S vers ions do not pr operl y supp ort the PCI specific ation and m ay “ hang ” whe n a netwo rk card dr iver tri es to load. If this occurs , make s ure your BIOS co rrectly supports t he PCI Local B us Specificat ion (v2.
T R OUBLESHOOTI NG A-2 ◆ Make s ure th e PCI s lot is config ured to supp ort INT A. ◆ Ensure that INTA for the slot is assigned to a free interru pt (IRQ) numbe r. ◆ Check th e BIOS Setu p program ’ s PCI parame ters for the sl ot where t he EZ Card 1 000 network c ard is in stalled.
T R OU BLESH OOTI NG A-3 Solutions for Common Problems Prob lems a re ofte n caus ed by cabling error s, con flic ts with o ther devi ces inst alled in the same comp uter , or s oftware t hat has been config ured inc orrectly .
T R OUBLESHOOTI NG A-4 Network Connection Problems If your compute r cannot fi nd the EZ Car d 1000 card , or the ne twork driver does not instal l correctl y, ch eck the foll owing it ems befor e contacti ng SMC T echni cal Supp ort. ◆ Make sur e your card is i nstalled properly.
B-1 A PPENDIX B C ABLES Cable Specifications Cable Types and Specifications Cable Type Max. Length Connector 10BASE-T Cat. 3, 4, 5 100-ohm UTP 100 m (328 ft) RJ-45 100BASE-TX Cat.
C ABLES B-2 Twisted-Pair Cable and Pin Assignments Caution: DO NOT pl ug a phone ja ck connec tor into any RJ -45 port. U se on ly twis ted-pai r cabl es with RJ-45 connect ors that confor m with FCC standards .
C ABLE S B-3 1000BASE-T Pin Assignments 1000B ASE-T ports su pport au tomati c MDI/M DI-X o perati on, so you can us e straight -throug h cables for all network co nnections . In straig ht-t hrou gh cabl e, pin s 1-8, at one en d of the ca ble, a re conne cted s traigh t throug h to pins 1-8 at th e other end of th e cable.
C ABLES B-4.
C-1 A PPENDIX C S PECIFICATIONS Bus Inter face 32-bit bus mas ter , PC I 33 MHz a nd 66 MH z Interrupt INT A Network Inter face 1000 BASE-T: UTP cabl e; Category 5, 5e or better 100BASE- TX: UTP cabl .
S PECI FIC ATIONS C-2 Operat ing V olt age +5 VDC @ 2.7 A maximum Size (without bracket) 7.9 x 16.5 cm (3.11 x 6.50 in.) We i g h t 80g (2 .8 oz ) Te m p e r a t u r e Operating 0 to 55 ° C (32 to 131 ° F) Storage - 20 to 6 5 ° C (-4 to 150 ° F) Humidity 5% to 95% (non -conden sing) Standar ds IEEE 8 02.
S PECIFICATIO NS C-3 Software Drivers ODI Drivers NetWare Ser ver 4.1x or later NDIS Dr ivers Windows NT 4.0 Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows ME Windows 2000 Unix Drivers Linux 2.
S PECI FIC ATIONS C-4.
Glossary-1 G LOSSARY 10BAS E-T IEEE 80 2.3 spe cification for 10 M bps Ethe rnet over two pairs of Cate gory 3, 4, or 5 UT P cable. 100BASE-TX IEEE 80 2.3u sp ecification for 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet over tw o pairs of Cate gory 5 UTP cable. 1000BAS E-T IEEE 80 2.
G LOSSA RY Glossary-2 End Station A works tation, server , s witch, br idge or router . Ethernet A net work com municati on system develope d and standard ized by DEC, Int el, and Xero x, usin g baseban d transmi ssion, CSM A/CD access, l ogical b us topolo gy and coax ial cable.
G LOSSAR Y Glossary-3 IEEE 802.3 Defines carrie r sens e multip le acce ss with collis ion det ection (CSMA/CD) access method and physical layer specification s. IEEE 802.3u Defines CSMA/CD acce ss method and physical laye r specific ations for 100 BASE-TX Fas t Ethernet.
G LOSSA RY Glossary-4 Network Dia meter Wire distance between t wo end station s in the same colli sion domai n. Switched Ports Ports t hat are on separa te colli sion dom ains or LA N segment s.
Index-1 A auto-negotiation 2-2 B BIOS requirements 1-5 , A-1 bus-mastering 1-5 , A-1 C cable adjusting Category 5 cable 1-8 guidelines 1-7 specifications B-1 card installation 1-5 Category 5 cable 1-8.
I NDEX Index-2 PCI bus specification 1-5 compatibility A-1 configuration 1-7 pin assignments B-2 R RELEASE.TXT file 1-7 requirements of system 1-5 RJ-45 connector 1-2 , B-2 RJ-45 po rts pinouts B-3 S .
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