1 Installing the HP LAN Card

HP LAN Card Specifications

Technical Specifications of the HP LAN Card

AMD PCnet-FAST Chip

Flash Support

External Start

Connector

LAN Connection Status LED (Light)

•Compatible with ISO 8802.3 and Ethernet standards.

•Direct interface to PCI.

•Burst support.

•32-bit Bus Master architecture with integrated DMA buffer management.

•Full duplex.

•Magic Packet support.

•Optional Boot PROM for disk-less node application.

•Automatic port selection.

•Disk-less node application. This enables booting from a server on the network instead of from a system resource (hard disk, diskette drive or a CD-ROM drive).

•Virus Scan support via the Flash socket (not part of the HP LAN kit).

•TCP/IP Boot Flash support (not part of the HP LAN kit).

•RPO (when the PC is turned off) and RWU (when the PC is in sleep mode) signals are supplied through this connector.

There is an LED on the rear of the HP LAN card which indicates the LAN connection status as follows:

•Off - when there is no autonegotiation response (for example, when the LAN cable is not connected to the network HUB).

•Blinking - during autonegotiation.

•Green (ON) - the connection has passed the autonegotiation and a link has been established between the HP LAN card and the network HUB/Switch.

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