Overview of the EFM Standard

This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Overview of the chapter What to expect and the benefit of reading this chapter Overview of the solutions introduced by EFM The scope of ethernet: The 7-layer OSI model The Ethernet Naming Convention and the Physical Layer Signaling System EFM's nine technologies and fourteen port types A closer look at the architectural positioning of EFM The scope of EFM What to read and where to find it: Structure of the EFM document Summary of concepts covered in this chapter ]]>