Transition Networks N-TGE-SFP-01, User Manual

Page 1: ...e Contents 3 Models Part Numbers 3 2 Installation 4 Installing the N TGE SFP 01 NIC 4 Downloading and Installing the Driver 6 Additional Driver Information 10 PXE Remote Boot Information 10 SFP SFP Optical Modules 11 3 LED Indicators 11 4 Network Parameters 12 5 Technical Specifications 13 Standards 13 6 Troubleshooting 15 Load Balancing and Fail Over LBFO Settings 16 7 Warranty and Contact Inform...

Page 2: ... Safety Warnings These products are not intended for use in life support products where failure of a product could reasonably be expected to result in death or personal injury Anyone using this product in such an application without express written consent of an officer of Transition Networks does so at their own risk and agrees to fully indemnify Transition Networks for any damages that may resul...

Page 3: ...Package Contents Before you start installing the PCIe 10GBase SR LR Fiber Adapter verify that the package contains the following items N TGE SFP 01 10G NIC Low Profile Mounting Bracket Product Documentation Postcard 33504 The LAN Driver and this User s Manual are at www transition com Please notify your sales representative immediately if any of the above items are missing or damaged Models Part N...

Page 4: ... 01 NIC perform the following steps Warning Before installing the NIC ensure the system power is OFF and unplugged from the power outlet and that proper electrical grounding procedures have been followed 1 Make sure the power is off before removing the cover 2 Remove the system cover and select any empty PCIe slot See Figure 1 below If you do not know how to identify a PCIe slot refer to your syst...

Page 5: ...nal bracket if the installation device requires it Caution Wear a grounding device and observe electrostatic discharge precautions when installing the NIC in a system Failure to observe this caution could result in damage to the NIC 5 Applying even pressure at both corners of the NIC push the NIC until it is firmly seated in the PCIe slot Make sure the NIC is securely seated See Figure 3 below 6 P...

Page 6: ...tem does not automatically do so download the driver from www transition com and follow the procedure below MLNX_VPI Installation 1 At the Driver install location double click on MLNX_VPI_WinOF 3_2_0_win7_x64 exe The Preparing to Install screen displays for a few moments and then the Welcome screen displays 2 Click the Next button 3 Select the I accept radio button and click Next ...

Page 7: ...older C Program Files Mellanox MLNX_VPI or click Change and navigate to another location and click Next 5 At the Maximum Performance screen check or uncheck the box to configure your system for maximum 10GigE performance Recommended Note If checked this step will require rebooting the machine at the end of installation 6 Click the Next button ...

Page 8: ...the Install button If you want to review or change any of your installation settings click Back Click Cancel to exit the wizard 8 If a User Access Control UAC screen displays select Yes The install process begins and a Status screen displays 9 Please wait while the InstallShield Wizard installs MLNX_VPI This may take several minutes ...

Page 9: ...s display if the option was checked in step 11 above The MLNX_VPI application installs at the Destination folder e g by default at C Program Files Mellanox MLNX_VPI or another location as selected in step 5 above The log file can be found at C Windows System32 LogFiles PerformanceTuning log 13 The MLNX_VPI Installer Information dialog displays indicating that You must restart your system for the c...

Page 10: ...ux_User_Manual_v2_2 1_0_1 pdf for the Linux driver manual PXE Remote Boot Information The N TGE SFP 01 supports the Mellanox ConnectX EN PXE solution that enables booting servers from an IP based LAN environment To enable or disable PXE use the MFT tools To disable delete the PXE ROM image from the flash To enable place the PXE ROM image to the flash This software is based on the open source Ether...

Page 11: ...dicators The NIC has two LEDs located on the bracket The green LED when lit indicates that the driver is running and a valid physical connection between nodes exists If the green LED is blinking it indicates a problem with the physical link The yellow LED when lit indicates a valid data activity link this is the logical link The yellow LED lights when the network is discovered over the physical li...

Page 12: ...e Fiber 62 5 125um 50 125um 10G SR Full Duplex 850nm Wavelength 300m OM3 50 125μm Single mode Fiber 9 125 um 10G LR Full Duplex 1310nm or 1550nm Wavelength 10Km Note The supported fiber type and transmission distance depend on the SFP SFP module installed in the NIC s SFP slot Note that SFP and SFP modules are sold separately ...

Page 13: ...eues Line rate packet filtering ADDITIONAL CPU OFFLOADS RDMA over Converged Ethernet FC checksup offload VMDirect Path support Traffic steering across multiple cores Intelligent interrupt coalescence Compliant to Microsoft RSS and NetDMA HARDWARE BASED I O VIRTUALIZATION Single Root IOV Address translation and protection Dedicated adapter resources and guaranteed isolation Multiple queues per virt...

Page 14: ...ss Interface 2 5GT s or 5 0GT s link rate x8 20 20GB s or 40 40Gb s bidirectional bandwidth SFP module power dissipation Up to 1 0 W Power Level I module Ambient Temperature 0 to 50 C Operating Temperature 0 to 40 C Humidity 5 to 90 Emissions Complies with EMI Standard FCC Class B CE Mark Dimensions 168 mm L x 64 mm H 6 61 inches L x 2 52 inches H Weight 0 07 Kg 2 47 Oz Warranty Lifetime ...

Page 15: ...the cable to restart the initialization process Restart the workstation to restart the initialization process Contact Tech Support See Contact Us on page 18 5 Check the log file found at C Windows System32 LogFiles PerformanceTuning log For example 24 6 2015 9 03 Start Mellanox ConnectX 10Gb Ethernet general performence tuning 24 6 2015 9 03 Executing netsh int tcp set global rss enabled 24 6 2015...

Page 16: ...this mode the transmit traffic is balanced across member adapters based on the source and destination nodes Note that only one adapter accepts all receive traffic Team attributes Primary Sets the designated primary adapter of the team Status Shows the status of the specific adapter Values are Connected Disconnected Disabled Role Shows the current role of the adapter in the team Values are Active a...

Page 17: ...______ Failure to properly protect the product during shipping may void this warranty The return authorization number must be written on the outside of the carton to ensure its acceptance We cannot accept delivery of any equipment that is sent to us without a CRA or RMA number CRA s are valid for 60 days from the date of issuance An invoice will be generated for payment on any unit s not returned ...

Page 18: ...ALF Contact Us Technical support Technical support is available 24 hours a day US and Canada 1 800 260 1312 International 00 1 952 941 7600 Transition now Chat live via the Web with Transition Networks Technical Support Log onto www transition com and click the Transition Now link Web based seminars Transition Networks provides seminars via live web based training Log onto www transition com and c...

Page 19: ...Transition Networks N TGE SFP 01 User Guide 33623 Rev B https www transition com Page 19 of 31 8 Compliance Information Declaration of Conformity ...

Page 20: ...EMI EN55022 2006 EN61000 3 2 2000 EN61000 3 3 1995 A1 2001 A2 2005 EN61000 6 3 2001 EMS EN55024 1998 A1 2001 A2 2003 EN61000 4 2 2001 EN61000 4 3 2002 A1 2002 EN61000 4 4 2004 EN61000 4 5 2001 EN61000 4 6 2003 EN61000 4 11 2001 9 Record of Revisions Rev Date Notes A 6 26 15 Manual released for N TGE SFP 01 B 1 22 18 Update information on PXE remote boot contact and 1Gbps SFP Trademarks All tradema...

Page 21: ...TU from 1500 to 9600 will have a two fold effect in current Windows 7 desktops Most importantly it greatly reduces the frames per second required to achieve line rate during data transfer which in turn reduces the Desktop PC s resource requirements during large data transfers Data transfers that are CPU bound at the default MTU will benefit greatly from using Jumbo Frames Additionally using 9K Jum...

Page 22: ...ition com Page 22 of 31 Baseline NTtTCP example 1 All NIC settings at default 424MB s 3 39Gbps receive throughput consuming most of one CPU core All NIC settings at default except Jumbo Frames set to 9600 1072MB s 8 57Gbps receive throughput with comparable CPU consumption ...

Page 23: ...CPU cores can reduce the possibility of the application becoming CPU bound and increase the throughput during data transfer Using the same i5 Desktop PCs as the Jumbo Frame tests we can see the performance differences between using single threaded and multi threaded data transfer applications Baseline 2 Single threaded NTtTCP example 596MB s 4 77Gbps of payload throughput with 26 9 CPU utilization...

Page 24: ...o Frames and Multithreading to maximize throughput while minimizing CPU utilization Multithreaded Application Jumbo Frames example 1 1180MB s 9 40Gbps of payload throughput and 27 5 CPU utilization Multithreaded Application Jumbo Frames example 2 1180MB s 9 40Gbps of payload throughput and 22 9 CPU utilization ...

Page 25: ...ve the driver using the following Program Maintainence procedures Modify the Installed Driver The Modify Program Maintainance option lets you change which program features are installed This option displays the Custom Selection dialog in which you can change the way features are installed 1 Double click on the MLNX_VPI_WinOF 3_2_0_win7_x64 exe file 2 Click the Next button 3 Select the Modify radio...

Page 26: ...623 Rev B https www transition com Page 26 of 31 4 Click Install to begin to modify the installation If a UAC screen displays click Yes to continue 5 When the Wizard Completed screen displays click the Finish button The modify procedure is complete ...

Page 27: ... Installed Driver The Repair Program Maintainance option repairs installation errors in the program This option fixes missing or corrupt files shortcuts and registry entries 1 Double click on the MLNX_VPI_WinOF 3_2_0_win7_x64 exe file 2 Click the Next button 3 Select the Repair radio button and click Next ...

Page 28: ...orks N TGE SFP 01 User Guide 33623 Rev B https www transition com Page 28 of 31 4 Click the Install button to begin 5 When the Wizard Completed screen displays click the Finish button The repair procedure is complete ...

Page 29: ...sition com Page 29 of 31 Remove the Installed Driver The Remove Program Maintainance option removes the MLNX_VPI driver from your computer 1 Double click on the MLNX_VPI_WinOF 3_2_0_win7_x64 exe file 2 Click the Next button 3 Select the Remove radio button and click Next ...

Page 30: ...Guide 33623 Rev B https www transition com Page 30 of 31 4 Click the Remove button to remove the MLNX_VPI driver from your computer After removal this program will no longer be available for use 5 Click the Finish button to exit the wizard ...

Page 31: ...ns 1 Click Start Control Panel Programs and Features MLNX_VPI Remove Note This requires elevated administrator 2 Double click the exe and follow the instructions of the install wizard 3 Click Start All Programs Mellanox Technologies MLNX_VPI Uninstall MLNX_VPI 4 At the Are you sure prompt click Yes Transition Networks 10900 Red Circle Drive Minnetonka MN 55343 U S A Telephone 952 941 7600 Toll fre...