BOARDCOM BCM56224B0IPB

BCM56224
Brief
®
24-PORT GBE SWITCH WITH 4-PORT GBE/2.5GBE HGL PORTS
FEATURES
SUMMARY OF BENEFITS
• Highly integrated 28-port 10/100/1000-Mbps Ethernet switch device
• Based on industry-leading and market-proven StrataXGS®-III
architecture
• Four ports for 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) uplink/stacking
• Single chip switch system-on-a-chip (SoC) optimized for the
• HiGigTM stacking over 2.5 GbE (HGL)
value enterprise market
• Integrated 32-bit MIPS® processor
• BOM optimized with integrated CPU
- Traffic prioritization to and from CPU
• Cost-optimized HGL stacking over CAT-7 cables is highly
- Internal 32-bit 133 MHz bus to switch
suitable for Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME)
• Fully integrated packet buffer
• Wire speed performance
TM
• Advanced TCAM-based ContentAware
• Eight flexible Class of Service (CoS) queues per port assures
engine
the lowest latency to high-priority traffic. This capability
supports a wide variety of delay-sensitive video and audio
multicast applications.
- L2, IPv4/IPv6 L3 packet classification
- Ingress per flow metering
- Flexible Access Control List (ACL)
• IEEE 802.3ad link aggregation increases effective bandwidth
and provides link redundancy.
- Parallel lookups
• Storm and bandwidth/rate control provide improved traffic
- Extensible key matching
profile management.
• Full IPv4 and IPv6 L3 routing
• IPv6 support provides future proofing.
• Hardware-based Denial of Service (DoS) attack prevention
• Supports essential features for access applications.
• MAC-based, protocol-based, and subnet-based VLAN
• Broadcom switch API compatibility enables software reuse
• Q-in-Q, VLAN translation support
for faster time-to-market.
BCM56224 Typical Application
4 x 2.5 GbE/HGL
Memory
BCM56224
BCM54980
BCM54980
24 x 1 GbE
Flash
BCM54980
OVERVIEW
16-bit
Flash
DDR SDRAM
16-bit
133 MHz
PCI
32-bit
66 MHz
MIPS 32-bit
CPU
4 x 2.5 GbE/HGL
1G/2.5G MAC
Memory Manager
8 COS SP/WRR/DRR
L2
Tables
Cont entAware™ Engine
c l assify, filter, modi fy : parallel lookups
DoS
Engine
L2/L3
Processing
L3
Tables
10/100/1000 MAC
24 SGMII
BCM56224 Block Diagram
The BCM56224 is a highly integrated and cost-effective multilayer Ethernet
switch from the Broadcom StrataXGS® product line. It is a single-chip solution
with a high-performance 32-bit MIPS CPU and 28 GbE ports, where four of the
GbE ports can also be configured to run as 2.5 Gb uplinks.
The BCM56224 is a member of the Enterprise Value GbE product line. The
BCM56224 incorporates 28 GbE ports that can operate at 10/100/1000 Mbps;
four of them can operate at 2.5 Gb, ideal for low-cost stacking or uplink. The HGL
uplink interface is used to connect to other devices via low-cost standard CAT-7
cables in the BCM56224 to create a larger stacking system.
With high integration and high port density, the BCM56224 is ideal for enterprise
applications in stand-alone and stackable configurations. The BCM56224 enables
cost-effective GbE to the desktop in the enterprise and is also ideal for embedded
switch applications like a Blade server switch, ATCA chassis, IPDSLAM, 3G
wireless base station, and others. The BCM56224 conducts wirespeed L2
switching and L3 routing for cost-effective highly manageable enterprise
networks.
The BCM56224 performs IPv6 routing and transition services in hardware,
allowing IT managers to deploy L3 switches that are future-proof. This hardwarebased scheme supports highly manageable L3 networks and enables costeffective transition from IPv4 to IPv6.
The TCAM-based ContentAware™ classification engine of the StrataSwitch®
and StrataXGS devices is further enhanced in the BCM56224 with increased
flexibility and programmability. The ContentAware engine can be used for
applications such as policy-based routing, access control list management, and
dynamic adaptation to changes in virus threats.
The BCM56224 integrates sophisticated metering, statistics, and traffic
management features, optimizing the Quality of Service (QoS) in the enterprise
networks for voice, video, and data convergence. The BCM56224 also provides
rate-adjustable hardware-based sFlow® implementation and flexible multiplesession remote port mirroring functionality for efficient network management.
The BCM56224 switch integrates a high-performance 32-bit MIPS CPU, ideal for
low-cost SoCs in fixed or stackable configurations. The highly integrated
BCM56224 is cost-optimized for system level BOMs.
The BCM56224 can also be managed by an external CPU via one of these host
interfaces:
• 32-bit PCI bus
• 16-bit EB bus
• GbE with GMII
Bus mastering and advanced DMA are supported for efficient exchange of packet
data between CPU memory and the BCM56224.
Product ordering information:
• BCM56224 (24 GbE + 4 × 1 Gb/2.5 Gb)
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ContentAware™, StrataXGS®, StrataSwitch®, and HiGig™ are among the trademarks of Broadcom
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