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Introduction
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3CR990-FX-97 NIC Features
The 3CR990-FX-97 NIC and accompanying software provide features that relieve network
congestion and ensure high performance and maximum bandwidth availability.
The 3CR990-FX-97 NIC provides these features for supported IP and IPX environments:
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Supported NIC Feature
Description
Support for Offload Features
Offloads key TCP/IP networking and security tasks from the Windows 2000 and
Windows XP operating systems.
Remote Wake-Up
Lets you power on a computer remotely for after-hours administration.
Integrated Boot ROM with Managed PC Boot
Agent (MBA)
Adds management capabilities by enabling the computer to boot from a network
server, rather than from its local drive. MBA is compliant with the Preboot Execution
Environment (PXE) specification.
Desktop Management Interface (DMI) 2.0
Enables managed computers and net computers to report details about themselves and
their peripheral devices across the network to a DMI 2.0-compliant management
application.
Keep-Alive
Prevents the computer workstation address from being aged-out of switch router tables.
Hot Plug NIC Installation
Lets you add a new NIC or remove and replace a NIC without turning off power to the
computer.
Flow Control Features
Prevents the loss of packets by keeping the input buffers of a device from overflowing.
Offline Diagnostics
Provides offline diagnostics programs for configuring, testing, and troubleshooting NICs.
