Asante Technologies ASANT GIGANIC 1064SX - Manual (Page 8)

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Introduction
Product Overview
The Asanté GigaNIC 1064SX adapter for PCI is a Gigabit Ethernet network
interface card designed for operation in computers, servers, and client work-
stations. The Asanté GigaNIC 1064SX adapter for PCI card supports the fol-
lowing media type:
❏ Asanté GigaNIC 1064SX adapter for PCI operates under
the Gigabit Ethernet 1000BASE-SX, short wavelength
laser specification. This specification allows link lengths
up to 275 meters on the widely available 62.5/125
mulitmode fiber, or 550 meters on 50/125 multimode
fiber.
Asanté GigaNIC 1064SX adapter for PCI
Features
The Asanté GigaNIC 1064SX adapter for PCI supports IEEE 802.3x flow con-
trol and the IEEE 802.3z Gigabit Ethernet standard.The Asanté GigaNIC
1064SX adapter for PCI is designed for optimum performance by employing
the following features:
❏ Plug-and-Play operation for PCI adapters
❏ 64-bit PCI bus master at 33 MHz provides 2 Gbps burst
throughput to the host computer (also supports 32-bit
PCI bus master).
❏ On-board independent RX (receive) and TX (transmit)
descriptor-based DMA processors reduce host CPU utili-
zation by streaming RX and TX data to and from host
memory without host intervention.
❏ Intelligent interrupt algorithms reduce number of host
interrupts and reduce latentcy.
❏ Interrupt coalescing reduces host CPU utilization by
transferring an arbitrary number of packets to or from
host memory to the Asanté GigaNIC 1064SX adapter for
PCI without host intervention.
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