Date: 27-Nov-2009 URL: www.sun.com/products/networking/ethernet/sunfastethernet/index.xml

Overview

The Sun FastEthernet adapter 2.0 is a single-wide SBus card. It supports transmission speeds of 10 or 100 Mbps over various wiring schemes through either an on-board transceiver or external transceiver. The adapter features an on-board 100Base-TX transceiver which supports direct connection to Category 5 UTP wiring. The adapter also supports the media independent interface (MII), which allows connection to external FastEthernet transceivers to run over other wiring types (such as, Category 3UTP, Optical Fiber). Deployment of the Sun fastethernet Adapter offers customers higher performance and investment protection at a minimal cost.

At a Glance

Key Applications	Key Industries
	Aerospace Automotive Education Energy Financial Services Global Government Healthcare Life Sciences Manufacturing Media and Entertainment Retail Communications Transportation and Travel

Key Features

Supports the FastEthernet network transmission standard. Auto-negotiation capability. Interoperable with existing networks.

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Requirements

Supported hardware Sun SPARCstation system with available SBus slot
Supported software
- Solaris 2.4 or later Solaris 2.x release
- Solaris 1.1.2
Supported platforms
- Solaris 2.x (Sun Ultra systems, SPARCstation 4, SPARCstation 5, SPARCstation 10,SPARCstation 20, LX, SPARCclassic, SPARCserver 1000/1000E, SPARCcenter 2000/2000E,SPARCserver 6x0MP)
- Solaris 1.x (SPARCstation 4, SPARCstation 5, SPARCstation 10, SPARCstation 20, LX,SPARCclassic, SPARCserver 6x0MP)

Specifications

Network Interfaces : 10 and 100 Mbps network throughput
Network Interfaces : Direct connection to CAT 5 UTP

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