PowerEdge System Components

Intel NICs (continued)

Intel Pro 100 Common Features:

• Adapters are capable of transferring at 10 or 100 Mbps in full or half duplex modes.

• All adapters comply with the PCI 2.2 specification, and support Direct Memory Access (DMA) transfers across the PCI bus when installed in a bus mastering PCI slot.

• All Intel network adapters have FCC, UL, and CE certifications, as well as operating system certifications by Microsoft and Novell®.

• All Intel NIC drivers use Intel's Single Fit Technology, so the latest driver revision should support all Intel 10/100 adapters.

• Intel’s adaptive technology optimizes performance while minimizing host CPU utilization.

• Adapters support IRQ bundling, which allows them to transfer many packets with few interrupts to the processor.

• Adapters may be managed through common management agents such as DMI, SNMP, WBEM, and CIM.

Functional Differences Between Intel Pro 100 Adapters:

• The Pro 100 S adapter is the only model to offer encryption offloading; the other adapters rely upon the host CPU to perform encryption tasks.

• The Pro 100 Dual Port functions as two single adapters on the same PCI card. The PCI bridge on the card allows both chips to communicate with the system via a single PCI slot. Because of this, the system recognizes three devices for this card: two Pro 100+ adapters and one PCI bridge.

• All 64-bit cards are capable of functioning in 32-bit PCI slots; however, they function as 32-bit cards in this situation.

• 64-bit cards are also capable of functioning at either 33 or 66 MHz depending upon the speed of the bus they are connected to.