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About This Guide

Purpose

This guide details of the hardware features of the Ethernet adapter card, including its
physical and performance-related characteristics, and how to install the card.

Audience

The guide is intended for use by system administrators who are responsible for installing
and setting up computer network equipment; consequently, it assumes a basic working
knowledge of PC operating systems and LANs (Local Area Networks).

Conventions

The following conventions are used throughout this guide to show information:

Note: Emphasizes important information or calls your attention to related features or

instructions.

Caution: Alerts you to a potential hazard that could cause loss of data, or damage the

system or equipment.

Warning: Alerts you to a potential hazard that could cause personal injury.

Related Publications

The following publication gives basic information on how to install and use the Ethernet
adapter card.

Quick Installation Guide

Revision History

This section summarizes the changes in each revision of this guide.

June 2008 Revision

This is the second revision of this guide. It includes the following changes:

• Added iSCSI support.
• Added MSI-X support.

• Added Receive Side Scaling (RSS) support.

• Updated Microsoft Windows Server® installation.
• Updated Linux installation.

January 2008 Revision

This was the first revision of this guide.

This manual is related to the following products: