Hardware Description

The SMC TigerCard™ 10G 10GBASE-XFP Ethernet Server Adapter comes equipped with:

One XFP slot for 10 Gbps XFP transceivers (SR or LR)

Three LED indicators

The components of the SMC TigerCard™ 10G 10GBASE-XFP Ethernet Server Adapter are shown in the figure below.

Note: Shown with an XFP transceiver (not included).

LED Indicators

The following table describes the TigerCard™ 10G states reported by the LEDs.

LED

Condition

Status

 

 

 

Red

Off

No fault.

(Error Checking)

 

 

On

Fault.

 

 

 

Green

Off

There is no valid link on the port.

(Link)

 

 

On

The card has established a valid network

 

 

 

connection.

 

 

 

 

Flashing

SMC10GPCIe-10BT: Obtaining a link.

 

 

SMC10GPCIe-XFP: Receiving.

 

 

 

Amber

Off

There is no valid link on the port.

(Activity)

 

 

On

The network connection is operating at 10 Gbps.

 

 

 

 

 

Flashing

SMC10GPCIe-10BT: Receiving or transmitting.

 

 

SMC10GPCIe-XFP: Transmitting.

 

 

 

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