3Com Fast EtherLink 10/100 PCI NM
Mfg # 3C905B-TX-NM
CDW # 107719
| UNSPSC 43201404
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3Com's world-wide leadership in Fast Ethernet and Ethernet solutions ensures you a smooth migration to high-speed networking and unprecedented network functionality. Our migration solution begins with Fast EtherLink® network interface cards (NICs), which deliver the highest performance, reliability, and compatibility in the industry.
Parallel Tasking II: another breakthrough performance advancement
Patented Parallel Tasking technology from 3Com revolutionized NIC performance by accelerating the speed at which packets are transferred from the network wire to the NIC. Parallel Tasking II technology, designed specifically for PCI buses, takes 3Com's NIC performance to the next level by improving the speed at which data is passed from the NIC to the host PC. This is achieved by exploiting the latest developments in PCI chip and bus design. With this latest advancement, 3Com's Fast EtherLink XL PCI-TX NIC outperforms the leading competitor by 17%, according to an independent test by LANQuest Labs. How Parallel Tasking II performance works
Formerly, a NIC was limited to transferring data across the PCI bus at a maximum of 64 bytes for one bus master operation. In order for one full 1514-byte packet to be transferred to the host PC, 24 separate bus master operations were required, resulting in an inefficient bus. With Parallel Tasking II performance, the NIC can stream up to a full Ethernet packet over the bus during a single bus master operation, greatly increasing the efficiency of the PCI bus. The results are faster throughput and improved system performance, which allows desktop and server applications to perform better. Parallel Tasking and Parallel Tasking II performance
The original Parallel Tasking performance focused on the speed at which packets were transferred to the network. Parallel Tasking II performance builds on this by improving the speed that data is passed to the host PC. 3Com DynamicAccess software
DynamicAccess software, an integral part of the 3Com Fast EtherLink XL family, adds intelligence to your network interface cards to optimize overall network performance, control, and management.
DynamicAccess software for desktop NICs includes:
Patented Parallel Tasking technology from 3Com revolutionized NIC performance by accelerating the speed at which packets are transferred from the network wire to the NIC. Parallel Tasking II technology, designed specifically for PCI buses, takes 3Com's NIC performance to the next level by improving the speed at which data is passed from the NIC to the host PC. This is achieved by exploiting the latest developments in PCI chip and bus design. With this latest advancement, 3Com's Fast EtherLink XL PCI-TX NIC outperforms the leading competitor by 17%, according to an independent test by LANQuest Labs. How Parallel Tasking II performance works
Formerly, a NIC was limited to transferring data across the PCI bus at a maximum of 64 bytes for one bus master operation. In order for one full 1514-byte packet to be transferred to the host PC, 24 separate bus master operations were required, resulting in an inefficient bus. With Parallel Tasking II performance, the NIC can stream up to a full Ethernet packet over the bus during a single bus master operation, greatly increasing the efficiency of the PCI bus. The results are faster throughput and improved system performance, which allows desktop and server applications to perform better. Parallel Tasking and Parallel Tasking II performance
The original Parallel Tasking performance focused on the speed at which packets were transferred to the network. Parallel Tasking II performance builds on this by improving the speed that data is passed to the host PC. 3Com DynamicAccess software
DynamicAccess software, an integral part of the 3Com Fast EtherLink XL family, adds intelligence to your network interface cards to optimize overall network performance, control, and management.
DynamicAccess software for desktop NICs includes:
- Standards-based traffic prioritization giving priority to time-sensitive data to deliver improved performance for multimedia and business-critical applications
- Distributed RMON (dRMON) SmartAgent® software enabling comprehensive, affordable network management, including full RMON support, even in switched and high-speed environments
- Efficient multicast control for expanding bandwidth by automatically filtering unwanted multicast traffic before it can flood the LAN
- Fast IP software for scaling internetworking performance by minimizing the bottlenecks that routers may cause