3Com 3C905C-TX-M, 3C905C-TX manual Introduction, 3C905C NIC Overview

1 INTRODUCTION

This chapter describes the 3Com® EtherLink® 10/100 PCI for Complete PC Management (3C905C) network interface card (NIC).

3C905C NIC Overview

RJ-45 port

LEDs

The 3C905C NIC is a 10/100 Mbps PCI NIC that includes a suite of desktop management features, including Remote Wake-Up, managed PC boot agent, system alerts, workgroup keep-alive, and DMI 2.0 support.

The two versions of the 3C905C NIC are shown in Figure 1 and described in the next section.

Figure 1 3C905C Network Interface Cards

MBA	Boot ROM
Boot ROM	socket

SOS pin connector

System Management

Bus (SMB) connector

Remote Wake-Up (RWU) connector

TX	DATA		TX	DATA
ACT			ACT
10		L	10		L
100		N	100		N
		K			K

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