Broadcom B CM 56 84 0_ P LUS Switching Technology HIGH-CAPACITY STRATAXGS® ETHERNET SWITCH FAMILY WITH INTEGRATED 10G SERIAL PHY Overview Highlights • Highest density 10 GbE and 40 GbE switch in the industry. • Comprehensive DCB features, including PFC, ECN, and ETS, for lossless Ethernet. • Standard TRILL implementation for multipath switching. • Integrated Smart Buffer with self-tuning thresholds ensures dynamic memory allocation and optimal performance levels. • DMVoQ to eliminate head-ofline blocking. • EEE support for energy savings • Complete metro features including MPLS, VPLS, and PBB. • Port virtualization to support data center virtualized server implementation. With the emergence of cloud computing and converged fabrics in data center architectures, datacenter switches must provide other services in addition to high-density 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) connectivity and line-rate-per-port performance. The Broadcom® BCM56840_PLUS family of switches provides Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and storage virtualization services, allowing customers to consolidate storage and data traffic on a single/reliable Ethernet fabric. This consolidation reduces overall power consumption in the data center, simplifying server I/O and reducing overall management costs. Additionally, the BCM56840_PLUS provides Layer 2 multipathing and data center bridge congestion management capabilities. These capabilities allow customers to build scalable, high-performance Layer 2 fabrics, while network design is simplified by removing spanning tree and ensuring reliable end-to-end performance. Summary of Benefits • Single-chip solution for common top-of-rack and line-card applications. • Single design meets the needs of multiple markets including Enterprise, HPC, and cloud data centers as well as carrier-access applications. • Enables spanning-tree-free and CLOS-style network topologies through TRILL. Tunneling Tunneling Engine Engine Mul Mul stage stage ContentAware™ ContentAware ™ Engine Engine BCM56840_PLUS Service Provider PCIe™ PCIe • Enables unification of Fibre Channel, iSCSI, and compute traffic on a single, Ethernet network. • Virtual-machine-aware switching ensures seamless and secure interoperability with leading server and server virtualization vendors. • Enables Green data centers through Energy Efficient Ethernet™ (EEE) technologies. • Fastest time-to-market and reduced development complexity due to simplified hardware designs; common software API with StrataXGS® portfolio. • Reduced latency operation with cut-through switching architecture and 10G SerDes integration. • Enables the highest density backplane designs with integrated 10GBase-KR SerDes. Features • Fully integrated Ethernet switch-on-a-chip available at 320 Gbps, 480 Gbps, and 640 Gbps. • Standards-compliant 10 GbE/40 GbE switch with support for up to 16 ports of 40 GbE or 64 ports of 10 GbE. • Power-efficient, fully integrated switching architecture • Line-rate forwarding for up to 960 million packets per second (MPPS) L3 Rou Rou ng ng L3 Packet Switch Packet Switch 640 Gbps 480 Gbps Forwarding L2L2 Forwarding VLANEngine Engine VLAN Data Centers Ethernet MAC Ethernet MAC Enterprise Supported Integrated SerDes Integrated SerDes Best Choice L2/L3 L2/L3 cast Mul cast Mul Dynamic Dynamic Memory Memory Manager Manager FrameParser Parser Frame Data Center Top-of-Rack 64-port 10 GbE Top-of-Rack Switch 48-port 10 GbE + 4-port 10 GbE Top-of-Rack Switch Soluon Characteriscs • Single-chip design BCM56840 BCM56840 640 Gbps 480 640 Gbps Gbps • Lowest power/highest density • Line-rate performance on all ports • FCoE support on all ports … … 4-port 40 GbE 48-port 10 GbE 64-port 10 GbE SFP+ • No external PHY needed for 10 GbE or 40 GbE Data Center Modular Chassis Fabric FabricModule Module Fabric Module Fabric Module Fabric Module BCM56840 BCM56840 BCM56740 BCM56740 BCM56840 BCM56840 480 480Gbps GbpsBCM56840 480 480Gbps Gbps BCM56840 480Gbps 480Gbps BCM56840 BCM56840 480Gbps 480Gbps 480Gbps Soluon Characteriscs 480Gbps • Line-rate performance on all ports • Lowest power/highest density 40 GbE soluon available Backplane HiGig • FCoE support on all ports Interface Module Interface Module BCM56840 BCM56840 BCM56840 BCM56840 480 Gbps 480 Gbps 480 Gbps 480 Gbps … … • Support for 40 GbE flows 12-port 40 GbE QSFP 48-port 10 GbE SFP+ Deployment Scenarios Features (Cont.) • Integrated 10G SerDes with native support for 10GBase-KR for glueless backplane applications. • Hardware-based TRILL enabling Layer 2 multipath and designs free of spanning tree. • Data Center Bridging (DCB) support, including IEEE 802.1az enhanced transmission selection (ETS), IEEE 802.1Qbb Priority-based Flow Control (PFC), and IEEE 802.1Qau Congestion Notification (QCN). • Integrated 9 MB smart buffer able to dynamically reallocate buffer based upon DCB priority group. • Hardware-based FCoE support for converged data center fabric applications. • Tagged and tagless virtual machine switching support leading server and server virtualization switching vendors. Ordering Information • Hardware-based tunneling services including MPLS, VPLS, ISATAP, MACin-MAC, TRILL, and Q-in-Q. • Energy Efficient Ethernet support including customizable low-power idle (LPI) control policies. • RFC1588 Precision Time Protocol and IEEE 802.1AS for Timing and Synchronization for time-sensitive applications. • Recommended Operating Voltage (ROV) reduces worst case power by up to 20%. Part Number 32 x 10 GbE RoHS-compliant 48 x 10 GbE RoHS-compliant 64 x 10 GbE RoHS-compliant Note: Industrial temperature and/or leaded are available. BCM56842A1KFRBG BCM56844A1KFRBG BCM56846A1KFRBG About Broadcom Broadcom Corporation is a major technology innovator and global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications. Broadcom® products enable the delivery of voice, video, data and multimedia to and throughout the home, the office and the mobile environment. We provide the industry's broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art system-on-a-chip and software solutions to manufacturers of computing and networking equipment, digital entertainment and broadband access products, and mobile devices. These solutions support our core mission: Connecting everything®. Broadcom, one of the world's largest fabless communications semiconductor companies, with 2010 revenue of $6.82 billion, holds more than 4,800 U.S. and 2,000 foreign patents, and has more than 7,800 additional pending patent applications, and one of the broadest intellectual property portfolios addressing both wired and wireless transmission of voice, video, data and multimedia. A FORTUNE 500® company, Broadcom is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and has offices and research facilities in North America, Asia and Europe. Broadcom may be contacted at +1.949.926.5000 or at www.broadcom.com. Broadcom, the pulse logo, Connecting everything, and the Connecting everything logo are among the trademarks of Broadcom Corporation and/or its affiliates in the United States, certain other countries and/or the EU. Any other trademarks or trade names mentioned are the property of their respective owners. May 2, 2011 • 56840_PLUS-PB00-R