TLB provides both failover and balancing of transmit traffic across all adapters for increased performance. Performance Enhancements Interrupt Coalescence and receive checksum offload capabilities lower the CPU utilization of the NC3134 when it runs in a Windows 2000 environment. Ease of Use Plug and Play The NC3135 plugs into the NC3134 or NC3131 Fast Ethernet Server Adapter without requiring any tools. The NC3135 uses the same operating system drivers as the NC3134 and no driver change is required when moving from 10 to 100 Mbps. In addition, these same drivers can be used for all Compaq Intel-based 10 or 100 Mbps server adapters.
Common drivers provide consistency, easy management, and support to save money and time.
The Network Fault Tolerance feature of the NC3135 ensures that the server can always keep an active link. Using either of the ports on the base adapter or after installing a second, compatible adapter, if the primary network connection fails for any reason, the second, backup port or adapter will automatically take over, retaining the network connection. The NC3135 includes PCI Hot Plug support that enables PCI networking controllers to be replaced or added to a server without powering down the system. Unattended Install Server Integration Compaq's SmartStart configuration utility includes setup support for the NC3135 server adapter so that it can be configured as part of the SmartStart configuration process in Compaq servers. Compaq Insight Manager can recognize the NC3135 individually or in port bonded teams, and can collect and report SNMP statistics on adapter events.