Preparation And Installation; Introduction; General Description - Motorola 82543 Owner's Manual

1Preparation and Installation

Introduction

This chapter provides a brief description of the Gigabit Ethernet/82543
PMC Module and explains how to install the Gigabit Ethernet/82543 PMC
Module onto a host module, such as a single-board computer (SBC) or
carrier card, and how to connect the PMC to the network.
When you add PMCs to your system, verify that the combined power
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(wattage) required for the PMCs does not exceed the system's power
supply rating. Refer to your computer system documentation for this
Caution
information.
In this manual, the name Gigabit Ethernet/82543 PMC Module refers to all
models of the Gigabit Ethernet/82543 PMC Module series boards, unless
otherwise specified.

General Description

The Gigabit Ethernet 82543 PCI mezzanine card (PMC), shown in
1-1 on page
interface to the local 32-bit or 64-bit PCI bus. Gigabit Ethernet technology
allows the PMC to use a single connector for 10 megabits per second (10-
Mb/s), 100 megabits per second (100-Mb/s), or 1000 megabits per second
(1000-Mb/s) Ethernet network connection (Institute for Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.3).
1-2, is a network interface card (NIC) that provides a direct
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Figure
1-1