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C-5e NETWORK PROCESSOR
FEATURES
• Operating frequency of
266MHz with power
consumption of 9W at
1.2V typical
• 5Gbps of bandwidth for
nonblocking throughput
with over 4,500 MIPs of
computing power
• 17 programmable RISC
Cores for cell/packet
forwarding and 32
programmable Serial
Data Processors for
processing bit streams
• On-chip classification
coprocessor supporting
over 46 million IPv4
lookups/second
• Flexible interfaces
supporting virtually any
serial or parallel protocol
and individual port data
rate from DS1 to OC-48c/
STM-16
• External C-Port traffic
manager for fine-grained
QoS
• Simple and efficient
programming in
C-language with
robust APIs
• Royalty-free reference
applications
• Key alliances in fabrics,
coprocessors, network
software, and design
services
The C-5e™ network processor (NP), Motorola’s
second generation network processor in the C-Port
family, is the most integrated, flexible, and functionallyrich processor for developing and deploying advanced
services for next-generation networks. With its 5Gbps of
bandwidth and more than 4500 MIPs of computing
power, the C-5e NP more than satisfies the demanding
communications requirements for intelligent network
services, such as classification, traffic management, and
interworking functions.
The C-5e NP is compatible with Motorola’s Traffic Management Coprocessors (TMCs) to provide unprecedented
Quality of Service (QoS) capabilities. What’s more,
Motorola’s M-5™ Channel Adapter can extend the
C-5e NP’s data bandwidth reach to support full-duplex
OC-48c/STM-16 and channelized applications, enabling
high-speed network services.
The C-5e NP also integrates robust programming interfaces, a comprehensive development environment, and
third-party support from Motorola’s Smart Networks
Alliance to provide a platform approach that can simplify
and speed the development of full-featured networking
applications today, enable faster development within
and across product families, and provide a smooth migration path to future product generations.
SOFTWARE-OPTIMIZED NPU ARCHITECTURE
The C-5e NP was designed from the ground up to provide
a simple and robust programming model. It enables
complete programmability of forwarding plane tasks in
C-language using Applications Programming Interfaces
(APIs). To support this programming model, the
interactions among subsystems of the architecture are
very efficient with integrated coprocessor acceleration
for common tasks such as classification, traffic
management, buffer management, fabric interfacing,
and supervisory processing.
Traffic typically enters the C-5e NP through its 16
Channel Processors (CPs), each of which can
accommodate up to an OC-3’s worth of bandwidth. Each
CP contains a transmit and receive Serial Data Processor
(SDP), which operates like a VLIW engine, and a RISC
Core that is used for any application-specific purpose.
The SDPs control programmable external pin logic,
allowing them to implement a wide variety of Layer 1
interfaces including connection to T/E-Carrier framers,
10/100 Ethernet PHY (RMII), Gigabit Ethernet PHY (GMII
or TBI), OC-3/STM-1 PHY, OC-12/STM-4 PHY, and the
M-5 Channel Adapter, a Utopia 3/PoS PHY interface that
can support OC-48/OC-48c/STM-16 MPHY capabilities.
Ethernet MACs and SONET framers are embedded in the
SDP architecture.
At Layer 2, the SDPs can be independently configured to
support Ethernet, Packet over SONET (PoS), HDLC
streams, ATM, Frame Relay, FibreChannel, or virtually
any format, including MPLS and other encapsulations.
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Buffer
Mgmt.
Unit
(BMU)
(optional)
SRAM or
External
Traffic
Manager
Table
Lookups
Unit
(TLU)
Queue
Mgmt.
Unit
(QMU)
SRAM or
External
Classifier
SDRAM
SDP
RC
8
SDP
SDP
SDP
SDP
RC
9
RC
10
RC
11
RC
12
Channel Processors
SDP
SDP
SDP
RC
13
RC
16
RC
15
C-5e NP high functional
integration provides
design and programming
efficiencies
(optional)
Channel Processors
Internal Buses
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Channel Processors
Executive
Processor
(XP)
Channel Processors
RC
0
RC
1
RC
2
RC
3
RC
4
RC
5
RC
6
RC
7
SDP
SDP
SDP
SDP
SDP
SDP
SDP
SDP
16 x OC-3c/STM-1
16 x 10/100 Ethernet
4 x OC-12c/STM-4
2-4 x Gigabit Ethernet
2-4 FibreChannel
SPHY/MPHY Framers
1 OC-48c/STM-16
Custom Interfaces
Host CPU
(optional)
The programmability of the SDPs supports the diversity
of media access control (MAC) interfaces, as well as
data parsing requirements, and can support different
protocol implementations on a port-by-port basis.
The RISC Cores, programmed in C-language, are dedicated to the advanced services that benefit the most
from high-level language implementations. For example,
the RISC Cores focus on higher-level forwarding tasks
such as final forwarding decision making, scheduling,
and statistics gathering. The RISC Cores are also responsible for maintaining the context of the on-chip operations to ensure efficient delivery of traffic to the egress
ports with appropriate service levels applied.
The C-5e NP’s CPs can each be assigned to a physical
interface (up to 16 OC-3’s worth), aggregated together in
parallel clusters to support higher-bandwidth I/O
streams, or assigned internally as dedicated internal
coprocessors. When used for additional processing, the
CPs are linked for pipelined processing on a single data
stream. This allows processing power to be applied independently of data rate.
POWERFUL TRAFFIC CLASSIFICATION
The C-5e NP’s fully integrated Table Lookup Unit (TLU) is
a high-speed, flexible classification engine that enables
a wide range of traffic classification functions and
supports multiple, different search algorithms — all
while providing the lookup performance that more than
Fabric
Processor
(FP)
16/32-bit interface;
CSIX-L1, UTOPIA 2/3,
IBM PowerPRS
supports OC-48c/STM-16 class applications. For
example, the TLU can achieve more than 46 million IPv4
lookups per second due to its extensively pipelined
architecture. Typical lookups that the TLU supports
include IPv4/IPv6 Longest Prefix Match, ATM VCI/VPIs,
Ethernet MAC/VLANs, and Multiprotocol Label
Switching (MPLS), among others. In addition to the table
lookups, the TLU can be configured to do integrated realtime statistics counting.
The TLU is connected to 64bit, 133MHz ZBT SRAM. This
same interface can be used for connecting to an external
classification coprocessors in the rare case that you
need more extensive classification capabilities. In this
case, the TLU acts as a proxy to the external coprocessor.
ADVANCED QUALITY OF SERVICE MANAGEMENT
The C-5e NP’s Queue Management Unit (QMU), when in
internal mode, can support up to 512 queues to satisfy
the traffic management requirements of many applications. However, when the C-5e NP, using the QMU’s
external mode, is gluelessly coupled to a Motorola’s Traffic Management Coprocessor (TMC), you can achieve a
powerful QoS management solution, including support
for both ATM and IP applications.
For more information about Motorola traffic managers,
see the Q-5 Traffic Management Coprocessor Product
Brief.
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SCALABLE BANDWIDTH WITH
THIRD PARTY FABRICS
By connecting multiple C-5e NPs through their fabric
interfaces to a fabric switch, you can achieve Terabits per
second of aggregate bandwidth. The C-5e NP’s Fabric
Processor (FP) is highly configurable, enabling you to
implement a wide array of fabric parameters (such as cell
size and self-routing headers), per-flow congestion
control, segmentation and re-assembly (SARing), and
integrated scheduling of up to 128 queues.
The FP can operate at 125MHz, 64bits (32bit Transmit /
32bit Receive) and support a bandwidth of up to 3.2 Gbps
full duplex. It supports a wide range of the most standard
interfaces, including Utopia 2, Utopia 3, and 32bit,
125MHz CSIX-L1, plus IBM PowerPRS and proprietary
fabrics.
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C-5e NETWORK PROCESSOR PRODUCT
HIGHLIGHTS
Electrical
Power Consumption
9W@266MHz, 1.2V Typical, 13W@266MHz, 1.26V Maximum
Frequency
266MHz Typical Core Clock
Throughput
5Gbps aggregate
Internal Bandwidth
Three internal buses with over 75Gbps aggregate bandwidth
Processing Power
Over 4,500 MIPS
Ethernet (embedded 10/100 and
Gigabit Ethernet MACs)
10Mb Ethernet (RMII); 100Mb Ethernet (RMII); 1Gb Ethernet (GMII and TBI)
SONET (embedded OC-3 and OC-12
Framers)
OC-3c/STM-1; OC-12/OC-12c/STM-4; OC-48/OC-48c/STM-16 (using C-5e and M-5 system); OC-48
MPHY (using C-5e and M-5 system)
Other
T1/E1 and T3/E3 (with external framers/multiplexors); 1Gb FibreChannel
Physical Layout
Single Chip System
840 pins (595 active, 245 power) HiTCE Ceramic Ball Grid Array (BGA) package
Environmental
Operating Temperature, Ambient
-40° to +85°C
Junction Temperature
-40° to +125°C
RISC Core
• One RISC Core per each Channel Processor
• 32bit C programmable, standard instruction set
Serial Data Processors (SDPs)
• Two SDPs (one receive and one transmit) per each Channel Processor
• Microcode programmable using C function call syntax
IMEM/DMEM (per cluster)
32kBytes/48kBytes
RISC Core
C programmable, standard instruction set
External Interfaces
32bit, 33/66MHz PCI, serial PROM interface. two-wire serial bus interface (400kbps)
IMEM/DMEM
48kBytes/32kBytes
External Interfaces
Utopia-1, -2 and -3, CSIX-L1, IBM PowerPRS
Interface Bandwidth
Transmit and receive full-duplex at up to 4000 Mbps in each direction
Processing
Physical Interfaces, supported
with Serial Data Processors
16 Channel Processors (CPs),
for physical interface connection
and cell/packet processing
Executive Processor (XP),
for supervisory tasks and
management of host processor
Fabric Processor (FP), for
high-speed fabric interface
management
Table Lookup Unit (TLU), for
Number of Lookups per Second
networking lookups/classification
Example benchmarks:
• 133 million Index lookups/seconds
• 46 million IPv4 lookups/seconds
Table Size/Number
16 Million entries maximum with up to 32 unique tables supported
Table Types Supported
Hash, Trie, Key, Data, Indexed Pointer, Longest Prefix Match, Chained Index, and Chained Hash
External Memory Size
Up to 128MB SRAM — with option for external classifier
Internal Mode
• Up to 512 queues
• Up to 16,384 descriptors
• Automated multicast elaboration
External mode
See the Traffic Management Coprocessor product brief/documentation
Buffer Management Unit (BMU),
for payload storage
Buffer Memory Width
139bit (128 bits data, 9 bits ECC, 2 bits control)
Buffer Memory Size
Up to 128MB SDRAM
Buses, internal
Payload Bus
54.5Gbps bandwidth, 128bits bus width, 64Bytes transfer size
Ring Bus
17.2Gbps bandwidth, 64bits bus width, 8Byte to 32Bytes transfer size
Global Bus
3.4Gbps bandwidth, 32bits bus width, 4Bytes transfer size
Queue Management Unit (QMU),
for queue control/traffic
management
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solutions, please contact your local Motorola sales
representative or call (800) 521-6274. You can also visit
Motorola’s Smart Networks Web site at:
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DRAMATICALLY IMPROVING DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTIVITY
The C-5e NP is programmed using standard C-language rather than configurable statemachines or proprietary languages, thus providing a true and simple programming
model. In addition, the C-5e NP’s standard RISC instruction set enhances code
portability and enables use of standard development tools. Although there are 16 CPs
per C-5e NP, each CP is independently programmable, avoiding the limitations typical of
traditional symmetric multi-processor designs. With the flexibility provided by the CP
architectures, it is a straight-forward task to write software for the CP to perform a
given function.
The key to a simple programming model and more productivity, however, is a set of
robust programming interfaces. C-Ware Applications Programming Interfaces (C-Ware
APIs) simplify communications software development and efficiently leverage the
power of the C-5e NP and Q-5 TMC. Similar to APIs in the computing world, the C-Ware
APIs abstract the underlying hardware architecture of the C-5e NP and Q-5 TMC and
support the most common network task building blocks, such as physical interface
management, data forwarding, table lookups, buffer management, queuing operations,
and so on. Programming to the C-Ware APIs ensures software compatibility and scalability from generation to generation of the C-Port family of network processors.
The programming task is significantly enhanced by the comprehensive C-Port family
development environment that consists of the following components:
• C-Ware Applications Library (CAL) — Comprehensive set of reference
applications for building networking systems based on Motorola’s C-Port network
processor family. The CAL significantly accelerates customer software development
by providing extensive reference source code that is instrumented for and tested
with the C-Ware Software Toolset (CST). Wireless Network Interface (WNI) product
applications are included in the CAL.
• C-Ware Software Toolset (CST) — Functional and performance accurate
simulation environment, standard GNU-based compiler and debugger,
GUI performance analysis tool, traffic scripting tools, and comprehensive
C-Ware APIs.
• C-Ware Development System (CDS) — Compact PCI chassis with Motorola
MPC750 Host Application Module, which can also include Network Processor
Switch Modules, TMC Daughter Cards, and various Physical Interface Modules
(PIMS). Complete hardware reference designs are also available.
© 2003 Motorola. C-Port, C-5e, Q-5, M-5, and C-Ware are all trademarks of Motorola Inc. Motorola and the stylized
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respective owners.
C5ENP-PB/D
Rev 05, March 2003
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