Broadcom NetXtreme Ethernet Adapter • Diagnostic User’s Guide
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6
Limit WoL Speed to 10
Configure
Description:
Limit Wake on LAN (WoL) line speed.
No(0)
10 or100 Mbits/s is used for WoL.
Yes(1)
Only 10 Mbits/s is used for WoL.
7
Design Type
Configure
Description:
Select NIC or LOM based Ethernet controller.
NIC(0)
Option selected for a plug in network interface card.
LOM(1)
Option selected for a LAN on motherboard.
Note:
The firmware and the drivers use this to determine the operational characteristics of a
device. For example, on a LOM GPIO2 is tied to the SEEPROM write protect pin and on a
NIC GPIO 1 and 2 is used to switch between main and auxiliary power for wake on LAN
functionality.
8
Enable PHY Auto Powerdown
Configure
Description:
Enable GPHY auto-power down when there is no link present (to conserver power).
No(0)
The PHY will not auto power down.
Yes(1)
The PHY will auto power down when there is no link.
9 Reversed
Nway
Configure
Description:
Nway Negotiation.
0
(default) Auto-negotiation is done from 1000->100->10 Mbits/s.
1
Auto-negotiation is done from 10->100->1000 Mbits/s.
Note:
A user could set the chip for option 1 when running a laptop on battery power. The chip
would auto-negotiate starting at a lower speed and lower power. The chip would only go to
higher line rates and higher power if the lower line rates were unavailable.
a
Disable Power Saving capability
Configure
Description:
Disable Power Saving capability setup by option 33 above. When disable a device will use
Nway negotiation.
No(0)
Power-saving capability active.
Yes(1)
Power-saving capability inactive.
