Features 1-3
Features
The 3C590 PCI adapter supports the following features:
■ AutoLink
auto installation software, which installs and
configures all Novell
NetWare
DOS ODI client software into
your operating system
■ Auto Select Media Type capability, which enables drivers to
automatically detect the type of media connector that
connects the adapter to the network
■ Network management support through Transcend
PC Link
SmartAgent
software
■ The Desktop Management Interface (DMI), which increases
the manageability of PCs by standardizing how information
relating to PCs is made available and how it is accessed
■ LED notification of link integrity and polarity reversal
PCI Technology
The PCI local bus is a high-performance bus that provides a
processor-independent data path between the CPU in a PC
and high-speed peripherals. This interconnect mechanism is
designed specifically to accommodate multiple high-
performance peripheral devices that support networking and
disk subsystems, graphics, full-motion video, and multimedia.
The PCI specification defines two types of PCI devices: a target
and a master. A target is a device that accepts commands and
responds to the requests of a master. The master, or bus
master, is a more intelligent device that can conduct
processing independently of the bus or other devices. A bus
master device shares the bus with the main processor and
targets. Bus mastering allows a peripheral device to take
control of the system bus and not rely on the central
processor. The 3C590 PCI adapter is a bus master device.
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