Chapter 5 Input/Output Interfaces
5.9.5 NIC CONNECTOR
Figure 5-15 shows the RJ-45 connector used for the NIC interface. This connector includes the
two status LEDs as part of the connector assembly.
Speed LED
Figure 5-14. Ethernet TPE Connector (RJ-45, viewed from card edge)
5.9.6 NIC SPECIFICATIONS
Table 5–27. 82559 NIC Operating Specifications
Parameter
Modes Supported
Standards Compliance
OS Driver Support
Boot ROM Support
F12 BIOS Support
Bus Inteface
Power Management Support
5-36 Compaq Evo and Workstation Personal Computers
Featuring the Intel Pentium 4 Processor
8
7
6
5
4
3
2 1
Table 5-27.
NIC Specifications
10BASE-T half duplex @ 10 MB/s
10Base-T full duplex @ 20 MB/s
100BASE-TX half duplex @ 100 MB/s
100Base-TX full duplex @ 200 MB/s
IEEE 802.2
IEEE 802.3 & 802.3u
IEEE Intel priority packet (801.1p)
MS-DOS
MS Windows 3.1
MS Windows 95 (pre-OSR2), 98, and 2000
Professional
MS Windows NT 3.51 & 4.0
Novell Netware 3.x, 4.x, 5x
Novell Netware/IntraNetWare
SCO UnixWare 7
OpenServer
Intel PRO/100 Boot Agent (PXE 3.0, RPL)
Yes
PCI 2.2
APM, ACPI, PCI Power Management Spec.
Second Edition – January 2003
Activity LED
Pin
Description
1
Transmit+
2
Transmit-
3
Receive+
6
Receive-