BOARDCOM BCM56504

BCM56803
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12-PORT 10-GBE/HIGIG2™ MULTILAYER SWITCH
SUMMARY OF BENEFITS
FEATURES
• 12 HiGig2™/HiGig+™/HiGig™/10-GbE/1-GbE ports
• High level of integration and low power consumption enable
• Based on StrataXGS® field-proven, robust architecture
• Integrated high-performance SerDes
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• Integrated XAUI™ SerDes for all 12 ports
• Uses single SerDes lane per port at GbE speeds
144-Gbps switching capacity at line rate
Support for eight classes of service (CoS) plus two additional
classes for flow control and system management per port
Support for deficit round robin, weighted round robin, and
strict priority scheduling
Support for a cut-through switching mode
Port trunking and remote mirroring support
Fully integrated data and address memory on a single chip
Advanced packet flow control
• Head-of-line (HOL) blocking prevention
• Full-duplex flow control (802.3x)
ContentAware™ network processing per port
• Line rate multifield packet classification
• Supports IEEE 802.1p, type of service (ToS)/DiffServ, rate
limiting, policing, priority tagging, and remapping
• Extended security and ACL filtering
Full IPv6 routing support
Enhanced security and management capabilities
Low power consumption
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system vendors to build high-performance, high-port-density
10-Gigabit Ethernet switches in the same form factor as
existing GbE solutions
Built-in, high-speed serial interfaces with integrated memory
ease and accelerate system design, while reducing cost and
conserving board space
Built-in Layer 3 routing support enables embedded switch to
become an extension of the enterprise core network
Advanced load balancing and strong user isolation features
facilitate the implementation of utility computing services
Integrated security features and enhanced management
capabilities improve network reliability and lower cost of
ownership for BCM56803-based solutions
Broadcom switch API compatibility enables software reuse
and faster time-to-market
APPLICATIONS
• Embedded switch in next-generation 10-GbE blade servers
• 10-GbE/1-GbE switching engine in Advanced TCA chassis
platforms
• Multilayer switch in high-density 10-GbE switches
BCM56803 Block Diagram
HiGig2/
10 GbE
HiGig2/
10 GbE
HiGig2/
10 GbE
Switching
HiGig2/
10 GbE
HiGig2/
10 GbE
HiGig2/
10 GbE
Packet Buffer MMU
ContentAware
HiGig2/
10 GbE
HiGig2/
10 GbE
Security
HiGig2/
10 GbE
HiGig2/
10 GbE
PCI
HiGig2/
10 GbE
HiGig2/
10 GbE
OVERVIEW
HiGig+
BCM56504
24-port GbE + 1-port 10-GbE
HiGig+
BCM56803
6-port 10-GbE
BCM56504
24-Port GbE + 1-port 10-GbE
48-Port GbE + 6-Port 10-GbE Switch with BCM56803 and BCM56504
The BCM56803 network switch is a high-density 10-Gigabit Ethernet
switching chip solution with 12 ports. All 12 ports can flexibly support
HiGig2/HiGig+/HiGig/10-GbE/1-GbE. Additionally, the BCM56803
integrates all the SerDes required to interface with applicable copper and
fiber physical fabrics.
The integrated SerDes functionality includes 10-Gbps XAUI and 1-Gbps
SGMII PHY interfaces. The integrated SerDes complies with the CX-4
standard and PICMG3.1 standard, which ensures interoperability with
Ethernet line cards in an Advanced TCA chassis.
With 144 Gbps of aggregate switching bandwidth, the BCM56803 has
the highest level of Ethernet switching integration in the industry.
This integration allows embedded switching vendors to provide nextgeneration products at 10-GbE speeds and is an ideal fit into current
design form factors. This capability has many benefits, including
reducing vendor development cost and adding value to current
generation systems through upgradability.
The BCM56803 device's low power dissipation simplifies board design
and optimizes vendor board space.
The advanced ContentAware engine supports ToS/DiffServ, policybased routing, priority tagging, and remapping. The advanced packet
filtering and classification functions of the BCM56803 make it a
seamless fit utility for computing applications where user segregation
and network security is critical.
In addition, the BCM56803 provides advanced security features that
improve network resiliency and reliability. Moreover, the BCM56803
features advanced load-balancing functionality that uses flow
information to provide high percentage link utilization.
The BCM56803 supports Layer 2 switching with 4K VLANs, IPv4, and
IPv6 full routing functionality, enabling it to be a direct extension of the
enterprise network. This functionality provides additional customer
value by eliminating the hardware and management costs of maintaining
intermediate routers.
As the latest member of the StrataXGS switch family, the BCM56803
software development kit preserves software continuity with Gigabit
Ethernet switches, reducing development cost and shortening the
product time-to-market.
The BCM56803 implements congestion handling features such as
Congestion Notification and IEEE 802.3x flow control.
In addition to a 32-bit PCI interface used to communicate with a local
CPU, the BCM56803 supports an I2C controller, which communicates
with external devices such as serial EEPROM, flash memories, and
parallel port devices.
The BCM56803 relies on Broadcom’s modular switching architecture to
provide intelligent packet processing, network security, and enhanced
manageability at a low cost. The BCM56803 is an ideal solution for nextgeneration, high-speed embedded switching applications, such as blade
servers and Advanced TCA computer platforms.
Together with the BCM56500 series, the BCM56803 can be used to
build cost-effective, high-density GbE and 10-GbE switches.
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