Asante GigaNIC 1064SX, Installation Manual

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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:

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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:

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Plug-and-Play operation for PCI adapters

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64-bit PCI bus master at 33 MHz provides 2 Gbps burst 
throughput to the host computer (also supports 32-bit 
PCI bus master).

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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.

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Intelligent interrupt algorithms reduce number of host 
interrupts and reduce latentcy.

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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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