Chapter 3 – software installation – Sonnet Technologies Echo Express SE 10GbE User's Guide [Enghlish] User Manual

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Chapter 3 – Software Installation

You must install software in order for your computer to support
this Echo adapter.

OS X Driver Download and Installation

This section describes the download and installation of the driver
required to support the 10GbE controller in the Echo adapter.

1. Launch a Web browser and go to www.sonnettech.

com/support, and then click the Downloads, Manual, &
Knowledgebase link.

2. On the Support Categories page, click the Thunderbolt

Product link, and then click the Echo Express SE 10GbE link.

3. On the Echo Express SE 10GbE page, click the Driver link,

and then click the Download Now button next to “Echo
Express SE 10GbE/Presto 10GbE Software (OS X)”; the
software will be downloaded.

4. Double-click the sonnet_10gbe_installer_x.x.dmg (x.x is the

version) file; the file will expand and a new window will
open.

5. Double-click the Sonnet 10Gb Ethernet Installer x.x.pkg file

to launch the driver installer.

6. When the Welcome to the Sonnet 10 Gigabit Ethernet Installer

window appears, click Continue.

7. When the Important Information window appears, read the

information, and then click Continue.

8. When the Software License Agreement window appears, read

the agreement, click Continue, and then click Agree.

9. When the Standard Install window appears, click Customize

to change the items installed if necessary, change the
location or accept the default installation location, and then
click Install.

10. When asked to do so, enter the Administrator password, and

then click Install Software; the software is installed.

11. When the next window appears, click Restart to restart your

system and finish the driver installation.

Support Note:

The release notes contain information

regarding the configuration of the driver to enable LRO

(Large Receive Offload) to improve performance in certain
situations. Refer to this read me for specific information.

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