Introduction - 3Com EtherLink 3C985B-SX User Manual

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The 3C985B-SX server NIC connects a PCI-compliant
server computer to a Gigabit Ethernet network. It is fully
interoperable with existing Ethernet equipment and
operates at 1 gigabit per second (Gbps) in full-duplex
mode when connected to a Gigabit Ethernet port.
The NIC is compatible with both 32-bit and 64-bit PCI bus
standards and supports standard Ethernet minimum and
maximum frame sizes (64 to 1518 bytes), frame format,
and IEEE 802.2 LLC specifications.
Powerful DynamicAccess
performance and maximum bandwidth availability to
relieve server congestion.
Figure 1 3C985B-SX Server NIC
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