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`Table of Contents
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`Introduction
`Goals of Gigabit Ethernet
`Uses of Gigabit Ethernet
`Gigabit Ethernet History and Momentum
`Migrating to Gigabit Ethernet
`Protocol Architecture
`Cabling Types and Distances
`Flow Control
`Technology Advances
`Next Generation NICs and Switches
`Conclusion
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`Introduction
`Intranet Web servers, centralized file and compute servers, data warehousing,
`groupware, medical imaging, CAD/CAM applications, 3-D modeling, animation,
`video, pre-press applications, server farms, seismic processing...
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`The list goes on and on. The demand for high-speed network connections is
`proliferating at a pace almost as rapid as the speed requirements of the applications
`themselves. Evidence is everywhere: the rapid acceptance of 10/100 Mbps
`connections on today's desktop computers, Ethernet switching at the department
`level, and the deployment of Fast Ethernet switches in corporate backbones are a
`few examples of the need for faster and faster networks.
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`And still, bottlenecks remain. Server network connections have been limited to 100
`Mbps since FDDI was shipping in volume in the late 1980's. Fast Ethernet made it
`easier to build internetworking products, but did not provide a faster server
`interface. Today, centralized servers are often configured with multiple 100 Mbps
`network connections to meet bandwidth requirements.
`Enter Gigabit Ethernet.
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`Gigabit Ethernet is a new technology that will provide seamless interoperability
`with Ethernet and Fast Ethernet. Gigabit Ethernet transfers data at a blazingly fast
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`speed: one gigabit per second, or 100 times the rate of standard Ethernet. Gigabit
`Ethernet is designed to deliver the same benefits as Fast Ethernet: seamless
`integration with installed Ethernets, dramatically higher performance than the
`previous standard, and a familiar management environment.
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`It couldn't happen at a better time. Multimedia over IP is just starting to take off
`with the proposed IETF standards, real-time transfer protocol (RTP) and resource
`reservation protocol (RSVP). These protocols, combined with gigabit networks,
`high-performance desktops, and Internet technology, will quickly change the way
`corporations access information.
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`Ethernet. Fast Ethernet. Gigabit Ethernet. Networking made simple!
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