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Installation and Configuration Steps for Mac Users
Card Installation Steps
1. Shut down your computer or Thunderbolt-to-PCIe card
expansion system and disconnect it from its power source,
and then open it to access the expansion card area (PCIe slots);
refer to the user’s manual for specific information.
2. Locate an available p2-x8 (8-lane) or x16 (16-lane) PCI Express
slot and remove its access cover.
3. Remove the Sonnet card from its packaging, and then install
it into the card slot; make sure the card is firmly seated and
secured.
4. Close your computer or expansion system, and then
reconnect it to its power source. If the card is installed in
an expansion system, also connect the Thunderbolt cable
between the Thunderbolt ports on the system and computer.
5. Connect a cable between the transceiver in the Solo10G card
and the transceiver on the switch or device.
6. Turn on your computer:
Basic Card Configuration Information
Configure the Solo10G card in the System Preferences Network
preferences panel; it will be identified as a PCI Ethernet card.
Performance Tuning Steps
Listed below are steps required to configure the Solo10G card for
maximum performance.
1. Open System Preferences, and then click Network. In the
Network System Preferences panel, click the Solo10G card’s
ports in the le panel, and then click Advanced; a new panel
appears.
2. In the Advanced panel, click Hardware. From the Configure
drop-down menu, select “Manually”. In the Speed drop-
down menu, leave the setting at 10G… In the Duplex
drop-down menu, select “full-duplex” (not “full duplex, flow-
control”). In the MTU drop-down menu, select “Custom,”
and then enter “9000” in the box below.
3. When you’ve completed changing the settings, click OK.
4. Back in the main Network window, click Apply aer you’ve
completed changing the settings.
Driver Download and Installation Steps
This section describes the download and installation of the
drivers required to support Solo10G SFP+ V2 PCIe Card with
your Mac computer. Windows users should skip to the page 4.
1. Launch a web browser and go to https://www.sonnettech.
com/support/kb/kb.php.
2. Navigate to and click the Solo10G SFP+ V2 PCIe Card link.
3. On the Solo10G SFP+ V2 PCIe Card page, click the Driver
link, and then click the arrow next to macOS driver
soware to display important information. Aer reading the
information, click the Download Now button; the soware
will be downloaded.
4. Double-click the .dmg you downloaded; the file will expand
and a new window will open.
5. Double-click the SonnetEthernet-10GE.pkg file to launch the
driver installer. Follow the on-screen instructions to install
the soware.
6. Aer you click Install Soware, an alert will appear; click
Open System Settings, NOT the highlighted OK button;
this will open Privacy & Security (or Security & Privacy) in
System Settings.
7. In the Privacy & Security window, find the statement that
System soware from developer “Sonnet Technologies, Inc.”
has been updated, and then click the Allow button next to it;
another alert will appear.
8. In the Privacy & Security alert, enter your password and
then click Modify Settings. Another alert will appear
instructing you to restart your computer; click Restart to
restart your system and finish the driver installation.
Don’t Click OK!
Click Open System Settings Instead!
WARNING: Do NOT install the Solo10G card into your
computer until after you install the Sonnet drivers! Installing
the card before the drivers allows an incorrect Apple driver to load,
resulting in poor performance.
Support Note: In order to realize any performance increases,
the network switches and server to which the Solo10G card
is connected must all be configured to have jumbo frames enabled.
