5.4AI Net feature

The motherboard supports the Marvell® Virtual Cable Tester (VCT) Technology. The VCT virtually diagnoses and reports cable faults using the Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR). The VCT technology detects and reports open and shorted cables with up to one meter of accuracy. It also detects impedance mismatches, pair swaps, pair polarity problems, and pair skew problems of up to 64ns.

VCT remarkably reduces networking and support costs complementing a highly manageable and controlled network system. Also, this tool can be incorporated in the network systems software, making it ideal for field support as well as development diagnostics.

Using the Virtual Cable Tester™

To use the the Marvell® Virtual Cable Tester™ on your computer.

1.Click the Start button. Select

All Programs -> Marvell -> Virtual Cable Tester.

2.From the menu, click Virtual Cable Tester. The following screen display appears.

3.Click on Run to execute test.

•The Virtual Cable Tester™ (VCT) feature is supported in Windows® XP and Windows® 2000 operating systems only.

•The Virtual Cable Tester™ (VCT) feature works in Gigabit LAN only.

•The Run button on the VCT Tester dialogue box is disabled if no problem is detected on the network.

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Chapter 5: Software support