preliminary this document contains in f o r mation on a product under d e v elopment at ad v anced micro d e vice s . the in f o r mation is intended to help y ou e v aluate this product . amd rese r v es the r ight to change or discontinue wo r k on this proposed product without notic e . pu b lication # 22349 r e v : a amendment/0 issue date : ma r ch 1999 pcnet?- fast iii -kt am79c973-based e v aluation kit f or pci systems distinctive characteristics n based on the pcnet- fast iii (am79c973) single- chip 10/100 mbps ethernet cont r oller n implements a ful l y functional 10/100 mbps ethernet node f or a pci-based system n suppo r ts a cpi/onn o w p o wer man a gement and m a gic p a c ket? remote wake-up and p o we r -on n software compati b le with all pcnet f ami l y membe r s n software drive r s suppo r t all popular net w ork operating systems n in c ludes e v aluation boa r d , amd net w orking cd r om , and suppo r ting documentation general description the pcnet- fast iii -kt e v aluation kit is a design e v alua- tion v ehicle f or the am79c973 pcnet- fast iii ethe r net controlle r . the kit includes an e v aluation board with the am79c973 ethe r net controller and is designed f or 10base-t or 100base-tx media. the e v aluation board, when installed in a pci-based host system, pr o vides a plat f o r m f or demonst r ating the high per f o r mance of the pcnet- fast iii d e vice and the l o w ma n u f actu r ing cost of a pcnet- fast iii based solution. the plat f o r m fu r ther all o ws the user to e v aluate the net- w o r k hard w are and to d e v elop soft w are f or an ethe r net node based on the pcnet- fast iii d e vic e . the pcnet- fast iii e v aluation board suppo r ts a cpi/onn o w p o w er management and amd s patented magic p a c k et? technology f or remote w a k e-up and p o w er-on . the board suppo r ts p o w er management and remote w a k e-up via the pci b us using the pme pin, or b y using the 3-pi n w ol con- nector and ca b le that is included in this kit . this functionality requires a system or motherboard that pr o vides auxilia r y p o w er and remote w a k e-up function s . in addition to the e v aluation board, the kit comes with the amd net w o r king cd- r om, a hard w are user s ma n ual, the pcnet family network driver installation guide , the am79c973 data sheet, board schematics and bill of ma- te r ial s , and instructions f or testing the magic p a c k et re- mote w a k e-up technolog y . the soft w are includes dri v er object codes f or n o v ell net- w are odi dos and os/2, net w are se r v e r , microsoft wind o ws n t , wind o ws 95 , wind o w 98 , wind o ws ce , win- d o ws f o r w o r k g roup s , lan manage r , ba n y a n vines cli- ent, ibm lan se r v e r , sco unix, a r tisoft lantastic/ai, dec p ath w o r k s , and p a c k et d r i v e r . also included are util- ity pro g rams f or con?gu r ation of the net w o r k adapter card eep r om con?gu r ation, diagnostic s , and magic p a c k et w a k e-u p . no hard w are jumpers are required f or con?gu r ation . the pci system bios automatically con ? gures on p o w er u p , the i/o base addres s , inter r upt channel, and dma chan- nel f or the pcnet- fast iii -based ethe r net adapter card . in addition, amd pr o vides a l o w-l e v el e v aluation pro g ram to esta b lish connection s , and send and recei v e message s . the e v aluation pro g ram all o ws the user to vi e w and change the contents of the pcnet- fast iii register s , the memo r y resident initialization blo c k, and the data b uf f er desc r iptor ring s . the pro g ram also all o ws the designer to esta b lish loops f or hard w are probing. the pcnet f amily con?gu r ation and installation utility pro g ram, aminstal , pr o vides an easy user inter f ace to vi e w the con?gu r ation of the pcnet- fast iii e v aluation board . the utility pro g ram automatically scans the system b us(es), which m a y include isa , vl, and pci to ?nd the in- stalled pcnet-isa, pcnet-isa+, pcnet-isa ii, pcnet-32, pcnet-pci, pcnet-pci ii, pcnet- fast , pcnet- fast+ , and pcnet- fast iii d e vice s . with the con?gu r ation por- tion of the pro g ram, the utility will ?nd and repo r t to the user the i/o addres s , irq channel, and dma channel as- signed to the pcnet- fast iii d e vice b y the system bio s . after con?gu r ation, the user m a y use the utility to create or modify the config.sy s , a u t oexe c .b a t , and p r o- t ocol.ini or ne t .cfg ?les on the user s system. the pcnet- fast iii e v aluation board stores the unique ieee p h ysical address in the serial eep r om . once p o w- ered u p , the am79c973 d e vice reads the node s ieee p h ysical address from the eep r om through the micr o w- ire inter f ace protocol . f or more details about the pcnet- fast iii ethe r net controller also re f er to the am79c973 pcnet-fast iii data sheet (pid #21510d). t rademarks co p y r ight ? 1999 ad v anced micro d e vice s , inc . all r ights rese r v ed . am d , the amd log o , and combinations thereof and magic p a c k et and pcnet are tradema r ks of ad v anced micro d e vice s , inc. product names used in this pu b lication are f or identi?cation pu r poses only and m a y be tradema r ks of their respecti v e companie s .
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