Introduction; Benefits; Features - NETGEAR GA622T Reference Manual

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
Congratulations on your purchase of the NETGEAR GA622T Copper Gigabit
®
Ethernet Card. Designed especially for high-performance systems, such as servers and
high-end workstations, it offers 2 gigabits per second (Gbps) of aggregate bandwidth
and optimized performance while minimizing network overhead on the host system.
This guide describes the installation and use of the GA622T for operation within a
Microsoft Windows 95OSR2 , Windows 98 , Windows NT , Windows 2000 ,
® ® ® ® ®
Windows Me ® , Novell NetWare ® , or Red Hat Linux ® environment.
This chapter provides information about the features of the GA622T. It connects
your PCI-compliant server or workstation to a Gigabit Ethernet network, incorporat-
ing a new technology that transfers data at a rate of 1 Gbps or 1000 megabits per
second (Mbps) over standard Category 5 cables.

Benefits

Performance is optimized and network overhead on the host system is minimized
with the use of the GA622T Copper Gigabit Ethernet Card.
The GA622T has demonstrated interoperability with all major Gigabit Ethernet
equipment on the market that is compliant with IEEE 802.3ab standards and should
work with most non-compliant Gigabit Ethernet products. In addition, because the
GA622T uses standard Ethernet frame and Media Access Control (MAC) formats,
it provides full compatibility with Fast Ethernet network equipment through network
switches from a variety of vendors, including NETGEAR.

Features

The key features of the GA622T Copper Gigabit Ethernet Card are:
• Full-duplex operation (2,000 Mbps: 1,000 Mbps each way) with DMA (Direct
Memory Access) Gigabit Ethernet interface (IEEE 802.3ab)
• RJ-45 connector for Category 5 unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cable

introduction

1-1