5.4AI Net feature

The motherboard supports the MarvellÆ Virtual Cable Tester (VCT) Technology. The VCT virtually diagnoses and reports cable faults using the Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) tool. 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 64 ns.

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

Using the Virtual Cable Testerô

To use the the MarvellÆ Virtual Cable Testerô 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 appears.

3.Click on Run to execute test.

1.The Virtual Cable Testerô (VCT) feature is supported in WindowsÆ XPô and WindowsÆ 2000ô operating systems only.

2.The Virtual Cable Testerô (VCT) feature works on Gigabit LAN only.

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

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Chapter 5: Software support