EDM01-36v10 DAG_9.2X2_Card_User_Guide
©2010 - 2012 Endace Technology Ltd. Confidential - Version 10 - May 2012 i
Contents
Introduction 1
The Purpose of this User Guide ................................................................................................................ 1
Overview ................................................................................................................................................ 2
Card features .......................................................................................................................................... 2
System requirements............................................................................................................................... 3
General ............................................................................................................................................... 3
Operating system ................................................................................................................................. 3
Warning - thermal trip ............................................................................................................................. 3
Card description ...................................................................................................................................... 4
DO NOT REMOVE THE BATTERY ........................................................................................................... 4
Card architecture .................................................................................................................................... 5
Line types ............................................................................................................................................... 5
Supported Line Types ........................................................................................................................... 5
Extended functions .................................................................................................................................. 6
Enhanced Packet Processing v2 ............................................................................................................. 6
Inline forwarding .................................................................................................................................. 7
Timed Release TERF (TR-TERF) ............................................................................................................ 7
Triggered Timed Release TERF (TR-TERF) ............................................................................................. 7
Installation 9
DAG software package ............................................................................................................................ 9
PCIe Gen 2.0 Slot .................................................................................................................................... 9
Inserting the DAG card .......................................................................................................................... 10
Ports and Status LEDs ........................................................................................................................... 11
Boot jumper settings ............................................................................................................................. 11
Boot LEDs ............................................................................................................................................. 12
Pluggable optical transceivers ................................................................................................................ 13
Overview ........................................................................................................................................... 13
Optical modules ................................................................................................................................. 13
Power input ....................................................................................................................................... 14
Splitter losses ..................................................................................................................................... 14
Pluggable copper transceivers ................................................................................................................ 14
Configuring the DAG card 15
Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 15
Firmware images ................................................................................................................................ 15
Resetting DAG card to Operational Settings ......................................................................................... 15
Differences between Windows and Linux installs .................................................................................. 16
Accessing DAG tools in Windows ......................................................................................................... 16
Before configuring the DAG card ......................................................................................................... 17
daginf ................................................................................................................................................ 18
dagdetect .......................................................................................................................................... 18
Setting up the FPGA .............................................................................................................................. 19
Selecting the firmware image to load at power up ................................................................................ 20
Loading new firmware images onto a DAG Card ................................................................................... 20
Programming the FPGA ...................................................................................................................... 20
dagrom .............................................................................................................................................. 21
Preparing the DAG card for use .............................................................................................................. 22
DAG card Configuration and Status ........................................................................................................ 23
Display Current Configuration ............................................................................................................. 23
dagconfig tokens explained ................................................................................................................. 25
dagconfig options ............................................................................................................................... 33
Viewing the DAG card status .................................................................................................................. 34
Interface Status ................................................................................................................................. 34
Universal counters .............................................................................................................................. 35
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