Network Interface Cards

A complete line of fiber optic network interface cards (NICs) for the Volition Fiber Optic Network Solution is designed for Ethernet protocols. This "cost-competitive" family of 10 Mb, 100 Mb, Gigabit and quad port 100 Mb NICs operates at either half or full-duplex, maximizing fiber link distances. The NIC features the VF-45 interconnect, a standards-compliant, small form factor interface currently used in the Volition system and by numerous networking equipment manufacturers.

The 10 Mb NIC is a single port 10 Mbps Ethernet PCI adapter. The NIC includes 32-bit bus mastering to reduce CPU utilization. The 100 Mb NIC is designed with three LEDs to display link integrity, speed and transmit/receive activity. In full-duplex, the card runs at speeds up to 200 Mbps and is based on Fast Ethernet IEEE 802.3u standards. Both the 10 Mb and 100 Mb NICs are compatible with most operating platforms including Mac OS versions 8.5, HP-UX 10.2, IRIX 6.5, Linux (Red Hat 5.2 and 6.0), Solaris 2.5, NetWare 4.x and 5.x, Windows NT, Windows 95/98 and Windows 2000.

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