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this standard maintains maximum compatibility with the installed base of over 600 million Eth-
ernet nodes. e standard conforms to the full-duplex operating mode of the 802.3 MAC, appro-
priately adapted for 10 Gbps operation. Half-duplex operation and CSMA/CD itself will not be
supported at 10 Gbps. As was the case in previous 802.3 standards, new physical layers have been
defined for 10 Gbps operation. e standard also defines a set of systems management objects that
are compatible with Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) system management stan-
dards. e MIB for 10 Gbps 802.3 ...