Sun Microsystems 6U manual Features

FIGURE 1-2Sun Quad FastEthernet 6U CompactPCI Adapter (Front-Access Version)

Caution –Do not attempt to use the rear-access adapter’s rear transition card

(FIGURE 1-1) with the front-access adapter (FIGURE 1-2). Using this combination is not supported and may damage the cards and the system. The front-access adapter is for front-access systems only, and the rear-access adapter is for rear-access systems only.

Features

This adapter offers the following features:

■Fully compliant with the ANSI/IEEE standard 802.3 CSMA/CD physical-layer specification.

■Four Switchable 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX Ethernet channels with autonegotiation. Conforms to IEEE 802.3u Ethernet standard.

■Provides operation of up to 100 meters of twisted-pair without use of repeaters.

■Four independent Ethernet channels that run at either 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps.

■Half-duplex or full-duplex operation modes.

■Multiple 48-bit IEEE 802.3 style medium access control (MAC) identifiers, one for each channel.

■Link integrity LED for each channel.

■Hot-swappable using the Intel 21554 chip.

Chapter 1 Overview of the Sun Quad FastEthernet 6U CompactPCI Adapter 3