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ATM LAN Card

Efficient Networks Inc

Bringing ATM Technology to the Desktop Efficient Networks, Inc. is aleading manufacturer of Asynchronous Transfer Mode ATM Adapters for theSun platforms. NEW_PARAGRAPH The ENI-155s is a 155 Mbps single-slot SBusATM adapter for any SBus platform such as Sun SPARCstations andSPARCservers and includes complete software support for Solaris 2.3 andSunOS 4.1.3. This adapter enables a number of applications that utilizeintegrated video, voice, and data to the desktop such as videoteleconferencing, multimedia applications, distributed computing, virtualworkgroups, medical imaging, etc.Physical interfaces available for the ENI-155s are full duplex Multi-ModeFiber(MMF) or Unshielded Twisted Pair Category 5 (UTP-5) at the SONET(Synchronous Optical Network) and SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy) 155Mbps rate. It has Efficient Networks' own high-performance AAL-5 ASIC(ATM Adaptation Layer level5) for Segmentation and Reassembly (SAR) andDMA. It supports up to 1024 Virtual Channel Identifiers (VCIs) andfeatures Peak Cell Rate (PCR) values that are user-selectable for each ofthe 1024 channels. The adapter supports F5OAM Cells and has unique IEEE802.2 48-bit MAC ATM addressing. The adapter fully complies with The ATMForum's UNI 3.0 specification.Efficient Networks has played a key role in several of the working groupsof The ATM Forum, an international consortium of more than 500 companies.The ATM Forum is defining ATM interoperability specifications andpromotes the deployment of ATM technology through industry cooperation.Software for the ENI-155s includes transparent support for TCP/IPapplications, Classical IP & ARP over ATM (RFC 1577), and LAN Emulationfor PVCs. In addition, it supports SVCs per The ATM Forum UNI 3.0(Q.2931) ensuring its interoperability with all UNI 3.0 compliant ATMswitches. Efficient Configuration Management software and SNMP NetworkManagement software as well as GUI and command line based diagnosticssoftware are also available with the adapter.The ENI-155s is available 45 days ARO and both the Multi-Mode Fiber andUTP-5 models are priced below $1 to OEMs in quantity.Efficient Networks, based in Dallas, Texas, was founded in March 1993 tobuild high-performance ATM hardware and software solutions for thedesktop with the best price/performance ratio in the marketplace.Efficient Networks is a principal member of The ATM Forum.Contact: Shekar Rao, Vice President Marketing, Efficient Networks, Inc.,4201 Spring Valley Road, Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas 75244-3666, USA. Phone(214)991-3884. Fax: (214)991-3887. Internet: info@efficient.com"If the wind does not serve, take to the oars" - Latin proverb

Language: C, C++
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Operating Systems: Solaris Sparc 1.0,2.3 Solaris x86 2.1


Efficient Networks Inc
4201 Spring Valley Rd Ste 1200
Dallas, TX 75244-3666
USA
Phone: (214) 991-3884
Fax: (214) 991-3887