BCM56501 Datasheet, PDF (1/2 Pages) Broadcom Corporation. – FOUR-PORT 10-GbE/HiGig+ MULTILAYER SWITCH

BCM56501
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FOUR-PORT 10-GbE/HiGig+™ MULTILAYER SWITCH
FEATURES
SUMMARY OF BENEFITS
• Fifth generation of StrataSwitch^® and StrataXGS^® product line
• Four 12-Gbps or 10-Gbps HiGig+™ port uplink interfaces
• Four 10-GbE switching ports, CX4 support
• Line-rate switching for all packet sizes and conditions
• On-chip data packet memory and table memory
• IPv6 routing and tunneling
• Advanced Fast Filter Processor (FFP) ContentAware™
classification
• Advanced security features in hardware
• Port-trunking and mirroring supported across stack
• Advanced packet flow control:
• Head-of-line blocking prevention
• Back pressure support
• Eight QoS queues per port with hierarchical minimum/
maximum shaping per Classes of Service (CoS) per queue
per port
• Standard compliant 802.1ad provider bridging
• Highly scalable BroadScale™ architecture evolved from five
generations of switching experience provide rich features,
scalability, and future proof solutions.
• Optimized for secure-switching and convergence of
applications and services in the networks.
• System vendors can build scalable high-performance, high-
port density GbE LAN switches in several form factors.
• Multiple CoS and low latency enable the support of VoIP and
other voice, video, and data applications.
• Built-in high-speed serial interfaces with Broadcom-unique
SerDes technology ease and accelerate system design, while
reducing cost and conserving board space.
• Broadcom switch API compatibility enables software reuse and
faster time-to-market.
• Small package and low power enables cost-effective and high-
performance system design.
Four-Port 10-GbE/HiGig+ Multilayer Switch
HiGig+/10 GbE
L2/IPv4/IPv6
ContentAware FFP
HiGig+/10 GbE
HiGig+/10 GbE
Packet Buffer MMU
Security
PCI
HiGig+/10 GbE