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ANA-5910
This adapter provides the interface between your computer's PCI bus and a network that uses Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM). The adapter delivers high performance in terms of low latency, high throughput, and fast response time. The adapter supports simultaneous inbound and outbound transfers at the maximum line speed of 25 Mbits/sec.
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Note: Only drivers that are not included or embedded within a supported operating system are listed below. To see a complete list of supported operating systems see the Product Specifications

Select your operating system or software below

Microsoft

Microsoft DOS
Microsoft Windows 95
Microsoft Windows NT

Novell NetWare

Novell NetWare Downloads

Hardware Installation
how to install your adaptec pci card (html 74 kb)
Installing Drivers or Software
installing dos and windows driver (html 69 kb)
atm with novell dos client (html 69 kb)
ana-59x0 lane 95 driver (html 70 kb)
solaris driver features (html 70 kb)
Product Documentation
Technical Reference - ATM Configuration Guide (PDF 95 KB)
User Guide for the ANA-5910/5930/5940 (PDF 1 MB)
External Connectors
RJ-45 Shielded Style Interface
Data Transfer Rate
25.6 Mbits/sec

Hardware Features

Adaptec ASIC for ATM support
ATM SAR state machine
On board segmentation and reassembly
Full burst transfer support
Programmable interrupt delay allows batched interrupt processing
Support for Peak Cell Rate (PCR)
DMA master with chained DMA
Buffer RAM for either 128KB or 512KB

Software Features

Support for Classical IP and ARP over ATM (RFC 1577)
Full support of ATM Forum's ILMI (Interim Local Management Interface) including address registration and ATM MIB (Management Information Base) statistics GUI and diagnostics
Network Management:
SNMP Network Management software with GUI
Includes transparent support for today's applications through Classical IP over ATM (RFC-1577), and LAN Emulation (LEC)
Supports up to 1,024 Virtual Channel Identifiers (VCIs)
Features user-selectable Peak Cell Rate (PCR) values
Supports SVCs per the ATM Forum UNI 3.0 using Q.93B signaling, and UNI 3.1 using Q.2931 signaling, ensuring interoperability with all UNI-compliant ATM switches

Maximum Cable Length

100m (305 ft)

ATM Network Cable Type

Category 3 or better Unshielded Twisted Pair Copper Cable(UTP-3 or better)and Type 1 Shielded Twisted Pair (STP)Copper Cable

System Requirements Under Solaris Environment

Solaris v2.3 or v2.4 OS (which is also known as SunOS v5.3 or v5.4)
Any SBus slot in one of the following SUN workstations:
SPARCstation LX, IPC, IPX
SPARCclassic
SPARCstation 2,4,5
SPARCstation 10, 20
10 MBytes of free space in the root directory (or you can specify another directory for most of the files)
2 MBytes of free space in the i/kernel/drv directory
32 MBytes of RAM is recommended
Motif or OpenWindows environments for using Adaptec EZ-ATM

System Requirements Under Windows NT Environment

Windows NT 3.5 or 3.51
16 Mbytes of RAM
PCI rev. 2.0 compliant computer with +5V PCI slots for the ANA-5910 only and +5V/+12V PCI slots for the ANA-5930/5940 only
PCI Bus Master slot
10 Mbytes of free hard disk space

Supported Interfaces

MMF (155 Mbps)
UTP-5 (155 Mbps0)
UTP-3 (25.6)

Board Dimensions

6.075" x 4.2"

Power Consumption

Not to exceed 15 Watts

Operating Characteristics

0 to 55° C
20% to 90% non-condensing relative humidity

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