BCM56500 ® 24-PORT GIGABIT ETHERNET MULTILAYER SWITCH FEATURES SUMMARY OF BENEFITS • 24 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet ports supporting both copper • Highly scalable BroadScaleTM architecture evolved from five and fiber connections • Fifth generation of StrataSwitch® and StrataXGS® product line • • • • 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) ContentAwareTM 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 Class of Service (CoS) per queue per port • Standard compliant 802.1ad provider bridging • • • • generations of switching experience provides 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 highperformance system design. 24-Port GbE Multilayer Switch L2/IPv4/IPv6 ContentAware FFP Packet Buffer MMU Security 10/100/1000 MACs PCI OVERVIEW 24 x GbE IPSDLAM with GbE Backplane and Uplinks 24-Port 10/100/1000 Standalone Switch 5464 BCM56500 BCM5836P BCM56500 BCM5836P nxSGMII 5464R 5464R 5464R 5464R 5464R 5464R The BCM56500 is the fifth generation of the highly-integrated and costeffective StrataSwitch and StrataXGS product line in a single-chip solution with 24-GbE ports. The BCM56500 incorporates 24-GbE ports that can operate 10/100/1000 Mbps. With high-integration and high-port density, the BCM56500 family is ideal for Enterprise applications in standalone, stackable, and chassis configurations, applicable in the edge, aggregation, and core areas of the Enterprise. The BCM56500 is also ideal for embedded switch applications like Blade Server Switch, ATCA chassis, IPDSLAM, 3G Wireless Base Station, and others. The BCM56500 integrates sophisticated advanced L3 switching features for cost-effective highly manageable enterprise networks. The BCM56500 performs IPv6 routing and transition services in hardware, allowing IT managers to deploy L3 switches that are future-proof, highly manageable L3 networks to enable cost-effective transition from IPv4 to IPv6. The ContentAware classification feature of the StrataSwitch and StrataXGS has been further enhanced in the BCM56500 with unmatched flexibility and programability. The ContentAware engine can be used for applications such as policy-based routing, access control list, dynamic adaptation to changes in virus threats, and so on. DSL DSL DSL BladeRunner™ BladeRunner BladeRunner The BCM56500 has built-in security functions for highly-secure enterprise networks including BroadSAFETM. Utilizing hardware-based identity management and authentication coupled with key management software that directs and manages clients, BroadSAFE Security provides exceptionally strong network security without impacting network performance. The BCM56500 integrates sophisticated metering, statistics, and traffic management features, optimizing the QoS in the Enterprise networks for voice, video, and data convergence. The BCM56500 also provides rateadjustable, hardware-based sFlow implementation and flexible multiplesession remote port-mirroring functionality for efficient network management. The BCM56500 switch supports an I2C controller for communicating with external devices such as serial EEPROM, flash PROM memories, and parallel port devices. It also supports a serial interface for the MII management of physical layer devices. The BCM56500 switch interfaces to a host CPU via a 32-bit PCI bus running at up to 66 MHz. Bus mastering and advanced DMA is supported for efficient exchange of packet data between CPU memory and the BCM56500 switch. Broadcom®, the pulse logo, Connecting everything®, StrataSwitch®, StrataXGS®, ContentAwareTM, BroadScaleTM, HiGig+ TM, and BroadSAFETM are trademarks of Broadcom Corporation and/or its subsidiaries in the United States and certain other countries. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. ® BROADCOM CORPORATION 16215 Alton Parkway, P.O. Box 57013 Irvine, California 92619-7013 © 2004 by BROADCOM CORPORATION. All rights reserved. 56500-PB01-R 10/18/04 Phone: 949-450-8700 Fax: 949-450-8710 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.broadcom.com