3COM 10-100BASE-T User Manual
PCI Dual 10/100Base-T
Ethernet
Network Interface Card
Getting Started Guide
Part No. 1.024.1330-02
PCI Dual 10/100Base-T
®
Ethernet
Network Interface Card
Getting Started Guide
http://www.3com.com/
Part No. 1.024.1330-02
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2
3
VERVIEW
Contacting 3Com................................................................................... 1-1
Document Conventions .......................................................................... 1-2
Product Description ................................................................................ 1-3
Product Compatibility ............................................................................. 1-3
I
NSTALLATION
Installation Tools..................................................................................... 2-1
Installation Procedure ............................................................................. 2-1
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ETWORK INTERFACE CARD CABLING
Physical Interfaces .................................................................................. 3-1
Accessing the User Interface................................................................... 3-2
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ROUBLE CLEARING AND TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Trouble Clearing ..................................................................................... A-1
Technical Specifications .......................................................................... A-2
Certification ...................................................................................... A-2
EMC ............................................................................................ A-2
Mains Safety ................................................................................ A-2
Regulatory Compliance Statements ................................................... A-2
United States ............................................................................... A-2
FCC Part 15 Compliance Statement ............................................. A-2
Interface Specifications...................................................................... A-3
RS-232 Port ................................................................................. A-3
Ethernet 10Base-T/100 Base-TX Ports........................................... A-3
Current Draw .................................................................................... A-4
Environment...................................................................................... A-4
Shipping and Storage................................................................... A-4
Operating .................................................................................... A-4
Physical Dimensions .......................................................................... A-4
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VERVIEW
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This chapter provides an overview of:
■
Contacting 3Com
■
Document conventions
■
Product description
■
Product compatibility
Contacting 3Com
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Document Conventions
These tables list conventions used throughout this guide.
Icon Notice Type Description
Information note Information that contains important features or
Caution Information to alert you to potential damage to a
Warning Information to alert you to potential personal injury
ESD Information to alert you to take proper grounding
Convention Description
Text represented as a
screen display
Text represented as
commands
Text represented as
menu
names
sub-menu
or
.
This typeface
terminal screen, for example:
Netlogin:
This typeface
example:
setenv TCMHOME directory
This guide always gives the full form of a command in
uppercase and lowercase letters. However, you can
abbreviate commands by entering only the uppercase letters
and the appropriate value. Commands are not case-sensitive.
This typeface
within procedures, for example:
On the
instructions.
program, system, or device.
or fatality. May also alert you to potential electrical
hazard.
precautions before handling a product.
represents displays that appear on your
represents commands that you enter for
represents all menu and sub-menu names
File
menu, click
New
.
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