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 # 22162 r e v : a amendment/0 issue date : april 1998 pcnet- fastplus -kt am79c972-based e v aluation kit f or pci systems distinctive characteristics n based on the 10/100 mbps pcnet- fast+ (am79c972) high l y integrated ethernet cont r oller n implements a ful l y functional 10/100 mbps ethernet node using a p eripheral component inte r connect (pci)-based system n suppo r ts onn o w p o wer management and magic p a c ket? remote wake-up and p o we r -on n software compatible 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 , software driver diskettes , and suppo r ting documentation general description the pcnet- fast+ e v aluation kit is a design e v aluation v ehicle f or the am79c972 pcnet- fast+ ethe r net con- trolle r . the kit includes an e v aluation board with the am79c972 ethe r net controller and is designed f o r 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 demonstrating the high per f o r mance of the pcnet- fast+ d e vic e , the l o w manu f actu r ing cost of a pcnet- fast+ -based solution, and the o v erall ease of design . the plat f o r m fu r ther al- l o ws the user to e v aluate the netwo 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+ d e vic e . in addition to the e v aluation board, the kit comes with the amd netwo r king cd- r om, a hard w are user s manual, the pcnet family network driver installation guide , the am79c972 data sheet, board schematics and bill of mate r ial s , and inst r uctions f or testing the magic p a c k et remote w a k e-up technolog y . the soft w are includes d r i 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 , mi- crosoft wind o w s n t , wind o w s 95, wind o w f or w o r k - group s , lan manage r , ba n y a n vines client, ibm lan se r v e r , sco unix, a r tisoft lantastic/ai, dec p ath- wo r k s , and p a c k et d r i v e r . also included are utility pro- grams f or con?guration of the netwo r k adapter card and soft w are d r i v ers installation, eep r om con?gura- tion, 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?guration. the pci system bios automatically con?gures on p o wer u p , the i/o base addres s , inter r upt channel, and dma channel f or the pcnet- fast+ -based ethe r net adapter card . in addition, amd pr o vides a l o w-l e v e l e v aluation program to esta b lish connection s , and send and recei v e message s . the e v aluation program all o ws the user to vi e w and change the contents of the pcnet- fast+ 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- gram also all o ws the designer to esta b lish loops f or hard w are probing. the pcnet f amily con?guration and installation utility program, aminstal , pr o vides an easy user inter f ace to vi e w the con?guration of the pcnet- fast+ e v alua- tion board . the utility program will automatically scan the system b us(es), which m a y include i d a , vl, and pci to sa+, pcnet-isa ii, pcnet-32, pcnet-pci, pcnet-pci ii, pcnet- fast , and pcnet- fast+ d e vice s . with the con?guration po r tion of the program, the utility will ?nd and repo r t to the use r , the i/o addres s , irq channel and dma channel, assigned to the pcnet- fast+ d e vice b y the system bio s . after con?guration, the user m a y use the installation po r tion of the utility to install a selected d r i v er and create or modify the con- fig.sy s , a u t oexe c .b at , and p r o t ocol.ini or ne t .cfg ?les on the user s system. the pcnet- fast+ e v aluation board stores the unique ieee p h ysical address in the se r ial eep r om . once p o wered u p , the am79c972 d e vice reads the node s ieee p h ysical address from the eep r om through the micr o wire inter f ace protocol . f or more details about the pcnet- fast+ ethe r net controller also re f er to the am79c972 pcnet-fast+ data sheet (pid #21485b) and the pcnet family technical manual (pid #18216).
2 preliminary t rademarks co p y r ight ? 1998 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 are tradema r ks of ad v anced micro d e vice s , inc. isanet, magic p a ck 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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