Gigabit Nic; Serial Ata - HP Compaq d530 MT Supplementary Manual

new key technologies and features of HP Compaq Business Desktop d530 series

Gigabit NIC

Serial ATA

With the introduction of the HP d530 series platforms, integrated Gigabit NIC is now
standard.
As the Internet has evolved and applications have become more robust, users have
begun to deal with a network environment where visually rich multi-tasking has
become routine. In the Internet age, the user can now simultaneously exchange
graphic designs, view Web telecasts and surf for information.
This new era of desktop power has created network bottlenecks and congestion that
impede user productivity and overall network performance. While processors, memory
and hard drives have evolved with application needs, the network has become a
limiting factor; clients at the edge of the network now require not only processing
power but also communications bandwidth.
Advances in telephony, video streaming, e-mail and instant messaging typically
involve the transfer of large files, placing a strain on the entire network. High-speed
connectivity is required to support these applications.
Until recently, the cost of Gigabit technology was prohibitive, restricting deployments
primarily to server and server backbone applications where its use was reserved for
only the highest priority applications. However, the customer can realize significant
benefits by bringing Gigabit to the desktop. Demand is being driven by business
needs such as:
creating a collaborative work environment
routinely sharing of large files
converging media-rich applications
multi-tasking multiple applications simultaneously
Gigabit to the desktop is now affordable and easily deployed, enhancing user
productivity and network performance.
HP d530 series platforms include the Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit ethernet solution.
Broadcom is a worldwide leader in Gigabit deployments, and is currently deployed
across select HP servers, switches, workstations and now desktops and notebooks.
Broadcom has helped HP deliver an end-to-end solution and stable/common drivers
across all product lines for our customers.
Refer to the "Deploying gigabit to the desktop" whitepaper for more information.
The Intel 865G chipset supports Serial ATA (SATA). SATA is an evolutionary
replacement for the Parallel ATA physical storage interface developed by a group of
the industry's leading vendors. Serial ATA is scalable and will allow future
enhancements to the computing platform.
The benefits of Serial ATA are:
Bus data throughput will be increased, with SATA bus data rate initially at 150
MB/sec increasing to 600 MB/sec by 2007 vs 100 MB/sec for current PATA.
Configuration of Serial ATA devices will be much simpler than PATA, with many
of today's requirements on jumpers and settings no longer needed. End users will
benefit by being able to easily upgrade their storage devices.
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