User`s guide

Cabling
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• Full-duplex and Simplex Gigabit Ethernet interface as defined in the IEEE P802.3ab
approved standard
• RJ45 UTP connector for Category-5 copper cabling
• 2000 Mbit/s in full duplex mode per port
• High performance, reliable, low power, dual integrated MAC + PHY chip controller
• Dual, high-speed RISC processor per channel for advanced packet classification
• Hardware acceleration that can off-load tasks from the host processor. The
controllers can off-load TCP/UDP/IP checksum calculations and TCP
segmentation.
• Support for Jumbo Frames (9KB)
Note: The hardware MAC addresses for the four ports are lowest at the top of the card
and highest at the bottom of the card.
For full technical specifications of the card, see Appendix A, “Specifications”.
Cabling
The cabling for the Gigabit Ethernet card is described in the following sections:
The Copper Gigabit Ethernet card is implemented using twisted pair cable. The cable,
which is not included in the shipment, must be Category-5 cable plant (4-pair) with an
RJ45UTPconnector ateachend.Table 1-1liststheSGI twistedpaircables.The operating
range for 1000-Base-T is up to 100 m (328 ft).
Table 1-1 SGI Twisted Pair Cable
Length Marketing Code
6 feet CBL-GBE-RJ45-06FT-Z
10 feet CBL-GBE-RJ45-10FT-Z
15 feet CBL-GBE-RJ45-15FT-Z