A Speciļ¬cations and Cabling Requirements
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Cabling RequirementsThe cable, quality, distance, and connectors must comply with the
Electronic Industries Association/Telecommunications Industries Association (EIA/TIA) 568
Commercial Building Wiring Standard and the Technical Services Bulletin TSB38 standards.
Network connection criteria are shown below:
RJ-45 Connector Pin AssignmentsThe following illustration shows the RJ-45 connector pin assignments for the
3C990B NICs.
Standards Conformance
Microsoft PC97
Microsoft PC98
Microsoft PC99
PCI 2.1 and 2.2
DMI 1.0 and 2.0
ACPI 1.0
SMBus 2.2
WBEM, CIM, WMI
NIC: 3C990B family
Cable: Category 3, 4, or 5 unshielded twisted pair
Network cable connector: RJ-45
Transceiver: On-board
Maximum Network Segment: 100 m (328 ft)
Speed: 10/100 Mbps
Media Type: 10BASE-T
100BASE-TX
ACT
YEL/100
GRN/10
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