3COM 10-100BASE-T User Manual

PCI Dual 10/100Base-T

Ethernet

Network Interface Card

Getting Started Guide

Part No. 1.024.1330-02

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http://www.3com.com/

PCI Dual 10/100Base-T Ethernet

Network Interface Card

Getting Started Guide

Part No. 1.024.1330-02

3Com Corporation 5400 Bayfront Plaza Santa Clara, California 95052-8145

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CONTENTS

1	OVERVIEW
	Contacting 3Com...................................................................................	1-1
	Document Conventions..........................................................................	1-2
	Product Description ................................................................................	1-3
	Product Compatibility .............................................................................	1-3
2
	INSTALLATION
	Installation Tools.....................................................................................	2-1
	Installation Procedure .............................................................................	2-1
3
	NETWORK INTERFACE CARD CABLING
	Physical Interfaces ..................................................................................	3-1
	Accessing the User Interface...................................................................	3-2
A
	TROUBLE 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

OVERVIEW

1

This chapter provides an overview of:

■Contacting 3Com

■Document conventions

■Product description

■Product compatibility

Contacting 3Com Call the appropriate toll free number listed below for technical support.

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Austria	06 607468	Netherlands	0800 0227788
Belgium	0800 71429	Norway	800 11376
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Finland	0800 113153	South Africa	0800 995014
France	0800 917959	Spain	900 983125
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Hungary	00800 12813	Switzerland	0800 553072
Ireland	1800 553117	UK	0800 966197
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		(Outside Europe)

1-2 CHAPTER 1: OVERVIEW

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Document	These tables list conventions used throughout this guide.
Conventions
	Icon	Notice Type	Description
		Information note	Information that contains important features or
			instructions.
		Caution	Information to alert you to potential damage to a
			program, system, or device.
		Warning	Information to alert you to potential personal injury
			or fatality. May also alert you to potential electrical
			hazard.
		ESD	Information to alert you to take proper grounding
			precautions before handling a product.

Convention	Description
Text represented as a	This typeface represents displays that appear on your
screen display	terminal screen, for example:
	Netlogin:
Text represented as	This typeface represents commands that you enter for
commands	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.

Text represented as menu or sub-menu names.

This typeface represents all menu and sub-menu names within procedures, for example:

On the File menu, click New.