BCM56511 Datasheet, PDF (1/2 Pages) Broadcom Corporation. – FOUR-PORT 10-GBE/HIGIG+ MULTILAYER SWITCH

BCM56511
®
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
• The BCM56511 device, is a powerful, highly-integrated member
of the scalable StrataXGS III product family.
• 2.5 Gbps, 3 Gbps, 10 Gbps, or 12 Gbps HiGig+ stacking ports
• Four 10-GbE switching ports with CX4 support
• Line-rate switching for all packet sizes and conditions
• On-chip data packet memory and table memory
• IPv6 routing and tunneling
• Advanced ContentAware™ classification Filtering Processors
(FP)
• 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
• Compatible with BCM5708S, the industry's first 2.5-Gbps
SerDes-based ToE solution.
• Highly scalable BroadScale™ architecture evolved from five
generations of switching experience provides rich features,
scalability, and future proof solutions.
• Optimized for secure switching and convergence of wired and
wireless applications and services in networks
• Virtual chassis support with industry-leading high performance
and feature rich stacking capabilities
• 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
triple play services.
• 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 FP
HiGig+/10 GbE
HiGig+/10 GbE
Packet Buffer MMU
Security
PCI
HiGig+/10 GbE