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Introduction: Broadcom 440X 10/100 Integrated Controller
User Guide
Functional Description
Features
Network Link and Activity
Indication
The Broadcom 440X 10/100 Integrated Controller connects a PCI workstation to
a 10/100-Mbps Ethernet network. The BCM440X LAN on Motherboard device is a fully-integrated
10/100 Ethernet MAC/PHY.
Features
The following lists the Broadcom 440X 10/100 Integrated Controller features
for all supported operating systems:
- Combination 10/100 Ethernet
- PCI 2.3 and LAN on Motherboard (LOM)
- Meets PCI Power Management Interface Specification v1.1 for Advanced Power
Management
- Fully WHQL certified software drivers for Windows 2000 and Windows XP
- Integrated MAC/PHY 10/100 PCI Ethernet
- IEEE 802.3u compliant transmit and receive engines
- Transmit and receive FIFOs (2 kB transmit and 4 kB receive)
- Full-duplex and half-duplex operation
- Internal 64-entry Content Addressable Memory (CAM) for perfect address filtering
- MII management interface allows control of internal transceiver functions
- Internal MAC and PHY loopbacks
- Support for PXE 2.1 available (Windows 2000, Intel APITEST, DOS UNDI)
Network Link and Activity Indication
The state of the network link and activity is indicated by the two LEDs on
the RJ-45 connector, as described in Table 1.
Table 1. 10/100 LED
LED |
LED Appearance |
Network State |
Link |
N/A |
No link (cable disconnected) |
Solid color |
Link |
Activity |
Off |
No network activity |
Blinking |
Network activity |
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