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Software Developer’s Manual 5
1.3.6 Manageability Features (Not Applicable to the 82544GC/EI or
82541ER)
• Manageability support for ASF 1.0 and AoL 2.0 by way of SMBus 2.0 interface and either:
— TCO mode SMBus-based management packet transmit / receive support
— Internal ASF-compliant TCO controller
1.3.7 Additional Ethernet Controller Features
• Implements ACPI
1
register set and power down functionality supporting D0 and D3 states
• Supports Wake on LAN (WoL)
1
• Provides four wire serial EEPROM interface for loading product configuration information
— Allows use of either 3.3 V dc or 5 V dc powered EEPROM
• Provides external parallel interface for up to 512 KB of FLASH memory for support of Pre-
Boot Execution Environment (PXE)
• Provides seven general purpose user mode pins
• Provides Activity and Link LED indications
• Supports little-endian byte ordering for 32- and 64-bit systems
• Provides loopback capabilities under TBI (82544GC/EI)
2
(internal SerDes for the 82546GB/
EB and 82545GM/EM) and GMII/MII modes of operation
• Provides IEEE JTAG boundary scan support
• Four programmable LED outputs (Not applicable to the 82544GC/EI).
—For the 82546GB/EB, four programmable LED outputs for each port
• Detection and improved power-management with LAN cable unconnected (82546GB/EB)
1.3.8 Technology Features
•
Implemented in 0.15 CMOS process (0.13 for the 82541xx and 82547GI/EI)
• Packaged in 364 PBGA.
—For the 82544EI, packaged in 416 PBGA.
—For the 82540EP/EM, 82541xx, and 82547GI/EI, packaged in 196 PBGA.
• Implemented in low power (3.3 V dc or 5 V dc compatible PCI signaling) CMOS process
1. Not applicable to the 82541ER.
2. Not applicable to the 82541xx, 82547GI/EI or 82540EP/EM.