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Publication# 19879
Rev: B Amendment/0
Issue Date: April 1997
Am79C983A
Integrated Multiport Repeater 2 (IMR2TM)
DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS
n
Repeater functionality compliant with IEEE
802.3 Repeater Unit specifications
n
Hardware implementation of Management
Information Base (MIB) with all of the counters,
attributes, actions, and notifications specified
by IEEE 802.3 Section 19
(Layer Management)
n
Twelve pseudo AUI (PAUITM) ports to support
multiple media types via direct connection to
external transceivers
n
One IEEE-compliant AUI port
n
One reversible AUI (RAUITM) port that can be
programmed as a second AUI port or used to
connect directly to a media access controller
(MAC)
n
Direct interface with the AMD Am79C988A
QuIETTM (Quad Integrated Ethernet Transceiver)
to support 10BASE-T repeater designs
n
Port switching support to allow individual ports
to be switched between multiple Ethernet
backplanes under software control
n
Remote Monitoring (RMON) Register Bank to
provide direct support for etherStatsEntry and
etherStatsHistory object groups of the RMON
MIB (IETF RFC1757)
n
Packet Report Port to provide packet
information for deriving objects in the Host,
HostTopN, and Matrix groups of the RMON MIB
(IETF RFC1578)
n
Two user-selectable expansion bus modes:
IMR/IMR+ compatible mode and asynchronous
mode
n
Simple 8-bit microprocessor interface
n
Full LED support
n
132-pin PQFP CMOS device with a single 5-V
supply
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The Am79C983A Integrated Multiport Repeater 2
(IMR2) chip is a VLSI integrated circuit that provides a
system-level solution to designing intelligent (man-
aged) multiport repeaters. When the IMR2 device is
combined with the Quad Integrated Ethernet Trans-
ceiver (QuIET) device, it provides a cost-effective
solution to designing 10BASE-T managed repeaters.
The IMR2 device integrates the repeater functions
specified by Section 9 (
Repeater Unit
) and Section19
(
Layer Management for 10 Mb/s Baseband Repeaters
)
of the IEEE 802.3 standard.
The Am79C983A IMR2 device provides 1 standard
Attachment Unit Interface (AUI) port, 12 Pseudo
Attachment Unit Interface (PAUI) por ts, and 1
Reversible AUI (RAUI) port for direct connection to
a media access controller (MAC). The pseudo AUI
ports can be connected to external transceivers to
support multiple media types, including 10BASE2,
10BASE-T, and 10BASE-FL/FOIRL. The pseudo
AUI ports can be turned off individually (without ex-
ternal circuitry) to allow the switching of transceiver
ports between IMR2 devices. This capability allows
multiple IMR2 devices to be connected to a single
set of transceivers, thus allowing straightforward
implementations of port switching
applications.
The IMR2 device also provides a Hardware Imple-
mented Management Information Base (HIMIBTM),
which is a super set of the functions provided by the
Am79C987 HIMIB device. All of the necessar y
counters, attributes, actions, and notifications speci-
fied by Section 19 of the IEEE 802.3 standard are
included in the IMR2 device. To facilitate the design
of managed repeaters, the IMR2 device implements
a simple 8-bit microprocessor interface.
Support for an RMON MIB, as specified by the Internet
Engineering Task Force (IETF) RFC 1757, is provided.
Direct support is from an RMON Register Bank. Addi-
tional support is provided by the Packet Report Port,
which supplies information that can be used in conjunc-
tion with a microprocessor to derive various RMON
MIB attributes. With systems using multiple IMR2 de-
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