PRELIMINARY
TABLE OF CONTENTS
DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS .................................................................................................... 1
GENERAL DESCRIPTION................................................................................................................... 1
BLOCK DIAGRAM ............................................................................................................................... 3
RELATED AMD PRODUCTS............................................................................................................... 4
CONNECTION DIAGRAM .................................................................................................................... 5
LOGIC SYMBOL ................................................................................................................................... 6
LOGIC DIAGRAM ................................................................................................................................ 6
ORDERING INFORMATION................................................................................................................. 7
Standard Products .......................................................................................................................... 7
PIN DESIGNATIONS .......................................................................................................................... 12
PIN DESCRIPTION............................................................................................................................ 13
Pseudo AUI Pins........................................................................................................................... 13
RAUI Port Pins.............................................................................................................................. 13
AUI Pins ........................................................................................................................................ 13
Expansion Bus Pins ...................................................................................................................... 13
Packet Report Port........................................................................................................................ 14
Microprocessor Interface .............................................................................................................. 15
LED Interface ................................................................................................................................ 15
Miscellaneous Pins ....................................................................................................................... 15
Transceiver Device Interface ........................................................................................................ 15
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION............................................................................................................ 17
Overview ....................................................................................................................................... 17
Basic Repeater Functions............................................................................................................. 17
Repeater Function .................................................................................................................. 17
Signal Regeneration ............................................................................................................... 17
Jabber Lockup Protection ....................................................................................................... 17
Collision Handling ................................................................................................................... 17
Fragment Extension ............................................................................................................... 17
Auto Partitioning/Reconnection .............................................................................................. 17
Basic Management Functions....................................................................................................... 18
Repeater Management ........................................................................................................... 18
RMON .................................................................................................................................... 18
Packet Reports ....................................................................................................................... 18
Detailed Functions ........................................................................................................................ 22
Reset ...................................................................................................................................... 22
Hardware Reset ............................................................................................................... 22
Software Reset ................................................................................................................ 22
Expansion Bus ....................................................................................................................... 22
Synchronous Mode Operation ......................................................................................... 23
Asynchronous Mode Operation ....................................................................................... 24
Packet Statistics ..................................................................................................................... 24
Packet Report Port........................................................................................................... 24
RAUI Port......................................................................................................................... 25
Error Packet Statistics ............................................................................................................ 26
Transceiver Interface .................................................................................................................... 26
PAUI Ports .............................................................................................................................. 26
QuIET Device Control and Status Data Interface ................................................................... 26
QuIET Device Control and Status Data Interface Operation ........................................... 26
Control and Status for Non-QuIET Transceivers ............................................................. 27
Visual Status Monitoring (LED) Support ....................................................................................... 27
Using AUI/RAUI for 10BASE-T Ports ..................................................................................... 28
Intrusion Protection ....................................................................................................................... 28
Timer Values .......................................................................................................................... 29
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