82596CA - HIGH-PERFORMANCE 32-BIT LOCAL AREA NETWORK COPROCESSOR

82596 AND HOST CPU INTERACTION 82596 BUS INTERFACE 82596 MEMORY ADDRESSING 82596 SYSTEM MEMORY STRUCTURE TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE MEMORY STRUCTURES TRANSMITTING FRAMES RECEIVING FRAMES 82596 NETWORK MANAGEMENT AND DIAGNOSTICS NETWORK PLANNING AND MAINTENANCE STATION DIAGNOSTICS AND SELFTEST 82586 SOFTW

• a monitor mode for network analysis In this mode the 82596CA can capture status bytes and update statistical counters of frames monitored on the link without transferring the contents of the frames to memory This can be done concurrently while transmitting and receiving frames destined for that station The 82596CA can be used in both baseband and broadband networks It can be configured for maximum network efficiency (minimum contention overhead) with networks of any length Its highly flexible CS.