Lan Subsystem; Intel 82579 Gigabit Ethernet Controller And Intel Gigabit Ethernet Controller - Intel DZ77GA-70K Specification

Intel Desktop Board DZ77GA-70K Technical Product Specification
1.9

LAN Subsystem

The two LAN subsystems consists of the following:
Intel 82579 Gigabit Ethernet Controller and Intel 82574 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
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(10/100/1000 Mb/s)
• Intel Z77 Express Chipset
• RJ-45 LAN connector with integrated status LEDs
Additional features of the LAN subsystem include:
• CSMA/CD protocol engine
• LAN connect interface between the PCH and the LAN controller
• Conventional PCI bus power management
 ACPI technology support
 LAN wake capabilities
LAN subsystem software
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For information about
LAN software and drivers
1.9.1 Intel
Intel
The Ethernet Controllers 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
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TCP, IP, and UDP checksum offload (for IPv4 and IPv6)
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Full device driver compatibility
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Provides lower power usage to meet Energy Star 5.0 and ErP specifications
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82579 Gigabit Ethernet Controller and
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82574 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Refer to
http://downloadcenter.intel.com