Instruction Manual

Compaq NC6770 PCI-X Gigabit Server Adapter User Guide 1-1

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Introduction

Overview

The Compaq NC6770 PCI-X Gigabit Server Adapter is a single port, 1000Base-SX,

64-bit/133MHz-network adapter for fiber-optic environments. It is

compatible with 64/100,

64/66, 64/33, and 32/33 PCI bus architectures. The NC6770 PCI-X Gigabit Server Adapter

has an SC connector and LED indicators for link and activity. The NC6770 PCI-X Gigabit

Server Adapter is a supported option for selected Compaq ProLiant™ servers

Features

Standard features of the NC6770 PCI-X Gigabit Server Adapter include:

• 64-bit/133MHz PCI-X, compatible with 64/100, 64/66, 64/33, and 32/33 PCI bus

architectures

• IEEE 802.3z 1000Base-SX Ethernet compliant

• Support for IEEE standard 802.1p

• IEEE 802.3ad (static configuration mode only)

• PCI Hot Plug compliant

• Operating system support 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 Caldera UnixWare 7, OpenUnix 8, and Linux (open source)

• Full-duplex operation

• Network Fault Tolerance (NFT)

• Transmit Load Balancing (TLB)

• Switch-assisted Load Balancing (SLB)

• Pre-boot Execution Environment (PXE)

• Dual Address Cycles (DAC)

• Jumbo Frames