1.11 Lan Subsystem; Realtek Rtl8111E Gigabit Ethernet Controller; Lan Subsystem Software - Intel DH61HO Specification

1.11 LAN Subsystem

The LAN subsystem consists of the following:
• Realtek RTL8111E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (10/100/1000 Mbits/s)
Intel H61 Express Chipset
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RJ-45 LAN connector with integrated status LEDs
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Additional features of the LAN subsystem include:
CSMA/CD protocol engine
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• LAN connect interface between the PCH and the LAN controller
Power management
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 ACPI technology support
 LAN wake capabilities

LAN subsystem software

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For information about
LAN software and drivers
1.11.1

Realtek RTL8111E Gigabit Ethernet Controller

The Realtek RTL811E Gigabit Ethernet Controller supports the following features:
10/100/1000 BASE-T IEEE 802.3 compliant
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Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) IEEE802.3az support [Low Power Idle (LPI) mode]
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Dual interconnect between the Integrated LAN Controller and the Physical Layer
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(PHY):
 PCI Express-based interface for active state operation (S0) state
 SMBUS for host and management traffic (Sx low power state)
Compliant to IEEE 802.3x flow control support
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• 802.1p and 802.1q
• TCP, IP, and UDP checksum offload (for IPv4 and IPv6)
• Full device driver compatibility
1.11.2 LAN Subsystem Software
LAN software and drivers are available from Intel's World Wide Web site.
For information about
Obtaining LAN software and drivers
Refer to
http://downloadcenter.intel.com
Refer to
Section 1.2, page 16
Product Description
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