Introduction; 3C971-F Atmlink Pci Adapter - 3Com 3C971-F ATMLINK User Manual

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3C971-F ATMLink PCI Adapter

The 3Com ® ATMLink ™ 3C971-F adapter supports a
data rate of 155 Mbps over a standard
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) network for
Microsoft ® Windows NT ™ workstations and Novell ®
NetWare ™ file servers with Intel ® x86-based
processors. The 3C971-F adapter is a full-size,
single-slot PCI bus ATM adapter utilizing SONET
OC-3c for multimode fiber. Packet-to-cell
fragmentation and cell-to-packet reassembly
functions take place in the hardware, which converts
upper layer protocol data units (PDUs) to and from
ATM cells for optimal performance.
Figure 1-1 3C971-F ATMLink PCI Adapter