General Description 2-19Network ControllerNOTE: To ensure EMC product regulation compliance, the systemmust be used with a shielded LAN cable.The mother board uses a dual-channel Ethernet Controller and supports 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T network subsystems.The network controller supports the following features: 64-bit, 100 MHz PCI-X interface Integrated IEEE 802.3 10Base-T, 100Base-TX, and 1000Base-T compatible PHY IEEE 820.3u auto-negotiation support Chained memory structure similar to the 82559, 82558, 82557 and 82596 Full duplex support at both 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, and 1000 Mbps operation Low power +3.3 V deviceOn the system board, NIC 1 can be used as both a network interface and server managementinterface.