BOARDCOM BCM5721

BCM5721
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10/100/1000BASE-T CONTROLLER WITH INTEGRATED TRANSCEIVER
FEATURES
• Single-chip device for server LAN-on-Motherboard (LOM) or
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network interface card (NIC) applications
Integrated 10/100/1000BASE-T transceiver
• 10/100/1000BASE-T triple-speed MAC
• High-speed RISC core with 24-KB cache
• SMBus 2.0 controller
• On-chip voltage regulation
• Wake-on-LAN (WOL) power switching circuit
PCI Express host interface
• 1x lane
• Four-pin interface
• Functionality identical to PCI
Performance features
• TCP, IP, and UDP checksum
• Microsoft® Large Send Offload
• Large burst read
• Interrupt coalescing
Industry-compliant manageability features
• IPMI 1.5 support
• Standards-compliant WOL
• Innovative out-of-box mode WOL
• Hardware power switching
3.3V I/Os (5V tolerant)
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• JTAG
SUMMARY OF BENEFITS
• Wirespeed performance increases user performance
• PCI Express provides wirespeed non-blocking throughput
• TCP/IP offloads significantly reduce utilization of CPU
• TCP/IP offloads significantly increase throughput to enable
faster downloads of large files
• Industry's smallest GbE form factor enables easier
motherboard design
• Innovative design reduces footprint to 67% smaller than
competing solutions
• 15 x 15-mm package
• Integrated WOL switching eliminates external power
switching components
• IPMI 1.5 remote manageability reduces IT costs
• Support for standards-based manageability allows IT managers
to receive automatic alerts when PC support issues occur
• Remote power-on/off features allow IT managers to power
cycle PCs to address issues