Performance Specifications

Specification 

Performance 

Maximum Ethernet Transfer Rate 

10/100 Mbps per channel 

Host Interface 

IEEE 1496 SBus master interface with support for 64-bit mode accesses, and an SBus slave interface, at 32-bit mode only. 

Network Interface 

100BASE-TX using Category 5 (data-grade) cable; 

10BASE-T using Category 3 (voice-grade) cable or better 

Single UTP RJ-45 for both 10 and 100 Mbps per channel 

Ethernet Version 

Conforms to IEEE 802.3u 

SBus Burst Sizes 

16/32/64 bytes 

SBus Parity 

Yes 

SBus Clock 

25 MHz max., 16.67 MHz min. 

Max SBus Burst Transfer Rate 

67 (25 MHz), 44.89 (16.67 MHz) Mbytes/sec¹

Steady State SBus Transfer Rate 

50 Mbytes/sec²

Max Ethernet Transfer Rate 

12.5 Mbytes/sec per channel 

SBus Data/Address Lines 

D (31:0)/PA (18:0) 

SBus Modes 

Master/Slave 

Capacitance per SBus Signal Line 

<= 20 pF 

SBus Version 

Conforms to IEEE 1496 

¹ Assumes 64 Byte Burst and 0 SBus Latency

² 4 Channels Running At Max Ethernet Speed