TLB provides both failover and balancing of transmit traffic across all adapters for increased performance. The NC3134 supports Interrupt Coalescence in all the major OS environments, reducing CPU utilization. The NC3134 also provides Receive Checksum Offload capabilities when it runs in a Windows 2000 environment. The NC3134 operating system drivers can be used for all Compaq Intel-based 10 or 100 Mbps network connections. No driver change is required when moving from 10 to 100 Mbps.
Common drivers provide consistency, easy management and support, and save money and time.
The network fault tolerance feature of the NC3134 ensures that the server can always keep an active link if a second adapter is installed. The NC3134 can be configured to fail over to any NC31xx, NC61xx, or NC71xx adapter by using the latest drivers. The NC3134 includes PCI Hot Plug support that enables PCI network controllers to be replaced or added to a server without powering down the system. Compaq Insight Manager can recognize the NC3134 individually or in port bonded teams, and can collect and report SNMP statistics on the adapter events. The Compaq Network Management System can also collect and report SNMP statistics on the NC3134.