•3Com® Gigabit Server NIC
Product #: 3C996B-T

Features & Benefits

Blazing Throughput at the Right Price
Need to upgrade your network without taxing your IT budget? 3Com® gigabit server NICs give you a cost-effective way to migrate to Gigabit Ethernet. Get a dramatic throughput boost, advanced server features, and more. These autonegotiating 10/100/1000 Mbps NICs work with your existing Category 5 or Category 5e copper wiring.

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•  Scalable, tenfold throughput boost: accelerate Fast Ethernet server connections to 1000 Mbps
•  Automatic link aggregation and failover lets you install multiple NIC connections
•  Advanced server features maximize availability, scalability, and fault tolerance
•  64-bit PCI and PCI-X compatibility means faster transmissions with lower CPU utilization
•  Centralized, standards-compliant management lowers network administration time and total cost of ownership
•  TCP/UDP/IP checksum offloads reduce host CPU load for improved system performance
•  PCI Hot-Plug lets you remove/replace server NICs without taking the server offline