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Appendix A
Jumbo Packets — Jumbo frames are defined as those packets whose length exceeds the standard Ethernet MTU, which is 1500 kbytes. For the C64x+ devices, it is recommended not to use packets exceeding 35K in length. The PHY that you use can place additional limits on to the length of the packets that you can transfer in a system.
Link — The transmission path between any two instances of generic cabling.
Multicast MAC Address — A class of MAC address that sends a packet to potentially more than one recipient. A group address is specified by setting the LSB of the first MAC address byte. Thus,
Physical Layer and Media Notation — To identify different Ethernet technologies, a simple,
<data rate in Mb/s><medium type><maximum segment length (×100m)>
The definitions for the technologies mentioned in this guide are as follows:
| Table |
Term | Definition |
IEEE 802.3 Physical Layer specification for a 10 Mb/s CSMA/CD local area network over two | |
| pairs of |
IEEE 802.3 Physical Layer specification for a 100 Mb/s CSMA/CD local area network over two | |
| pairs of Category 5 unshielded |
IEEE 802.3 Physical Layer specification for a 1000 Mb/s CSMA/CD LAN using four pairs of | |
| Category 5 balanced copper cabling. |
Twisted pair | A cable element that consists of two insulated conductors twisted together in a regular fashion to |
| form a balanced transmission line. |
Port — Ethernet device.
Promiscuous Mode — EMAC receives frames that do not match its address.
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