Chapter
1
Introduction
Overview
The Compaq NC6136 Gigabit Server Adapter is a stand-alone, single port, 64-bit/66MHz PCI
Gigabit (1000BASE-SX ) Ethernet adapter. It uses fiber-optic cable that provides failover
capabilities with other Gigabit and 10/100 adapters installed in a server. The NC6136 Gigabit
Server Adapter is a supported option for selected Compaq
ProLiant™
servers.
Features
Standard features of the NC6136 Gigabit Server Adapter are:
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64-bit/66MHz PCI, compatible with 64-bit/33MHz or 32-bit/33MHz Bus Master DMA
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IEEE 802.3z 1000BASE-SX Ethernet compliant
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Support for IEEE standards 802.1p and 802.1Q
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IEEE 802.3ad (static configuration mode only)
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PCI Hot Plug compliant
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64-bit addressing for systems with more than 4 GB of physical memory
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Operating system support on CD for Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft
Windows NT 4.0, Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Microsoft Windows 2000
Datacenter Server, Novell NetWare 4.2, 5.0, and 5.1, and operating system support on the
Compaq website for SCO Open Server 5.x and SCO UnixWare 7.x, and Linux (open
source)
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Full-duplex operation
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Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB)
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Network Fault Tolerance (NFT)
