HiRO H50219 - Manual (Page 3)

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Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Overview of the product
Congratulations on your purchase of this 10/100/1000Mbps PCIe LAN Card. The Adapter
provides the bandwidth capability to support high-end servers and workstations. With
Auto-negotiation, this card can run on three different speeds: 10Mbps at half and full
duplex, 100Mbps at half and full duplex, and 1000 Mbps at full duplex. When running at
1000Mbps, it provides a network throughput of 2 Gbps in full-duplex mode.
Instructions for installing and configuring this product can be foun d in this manual. Before
you install and use this product, please read this manual carefully for full exploiting the
functions of this product.
1.2 Features
 Compliance with IEEE802.3ab 1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet standards, IEEE802.3u
Fast Ethernet standards
 Plug-and-Play installation
 Support half and full duplex at 10Mbps, half and full duplex at 100Mbps,and full duplex
operation at 1000Mbps
 One build-in RJ45 connector
 Auto-Negotiation to the highest available speed
 Support IEEE802.1P Layer 2 Priority Encoding
 Support Full Duplex flow control (IEEE 802.3x)
 Support IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging
 Build-in FIFO buffers reduce overhead of memory transfers
 Support Microsoft NDIS5 Checksum Offload (IP, TCP, UDP) and large send offload
 Support Jumbo Frame transfers
 Two LED indicators: 10/100/1000M Link, 10/100/1000M Act
 Driver support for:
Microsoft Windows Series.
Linux
Novell Netware Series
MacOS
1.3 LED Status
The Adapter features two LED indicators:
LINK/ACT: Steady green indicates good linkage between the adapter and its supporting
server or switch. Flashing green indicates activity (transmitting or receiving) between the
adapter.
1000M : The LED indicator lights green when one 1000 Mbps device is connected to the
adapter.