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CHAPTER 1
Product Overview
This chapter provides a description of the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet adapter hardware
and software. This chapter includes the following sections:
■“Hardware Overview” on page 1
■“Hardware and Software Requirements”on page 5
■“Patch Requirements” on page5
■“Product Features” on page 6

Hardware Overview

The adapter relieves congestion experienced at the backbone and server levels by
today’s networks, while providing a futureupgrade path for high-end workstations
that require morebandwidth than fast Ethernet can provide.