Technical Reference Guide
5.9.5 NIC CONNECTOR
Figure 5-14 shows the RJ-45 connector used for the NIC interface. This connector includes the
two status LEDs as part of the connector assembly.
Activity LED
Speed LED
Pin Description
1 Transmit+
2 Transmit-
3 Receive+
6 Receive-
5
6
7
8
3
4
2
1
Figure 5-15. Ethernet TPE Connector (RJ-45, viewed from card edge)
5.9.6 NIC SPECIFICATIONS
Table 5-27. 82559 NIC Operating Specifications
Table 5-27.
NIC Specifications
Parameter
Modes Supported 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
1000BASE-T half duplex @ 1 Gb/s
1000BASE-TX full duplex @ 2 Gb/s
Standards Compliance IEEE 802.2
IEEE 802.3 & 802.3x
IEEE Intel priority packet (801.1p)
OS Driver Support MS-DOS
MS Windows 3.1
MS Windows 95 (pre-OSR2), 98, and 2000
Professional, XP Home, XP Pro
MS Windows NT 3.51 & 4.0
Novell Netware 3.x, 4.x, 5x
Novell Netware/IntraNetWare
SCO UnixWare 7
Linux 2.2, 2.4
PXE 2.0
Boot ROM Support Intel PRO/100 Boot Agent (PXE 3.0, RPL)
F12 BIOS Support Yes
Bus Inteface PCI 2.2
Power Management Support ACPI, PCI Power Management Spec.
hp compaq d330 and d530 Series of Personal Computers
Featuring the Intel Pentium 4 Processor
First Edition – June 2003
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