BCM56803
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12-PORT 10-GBE/HIGIG2™ MULTILAYER SWITCH
FEATURES
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12 HiGig2™/HiGig+™/HiGig™/10-GbE/1-GbE ports
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Based on StrataXGS field-proven, robust architecture
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Integrated high-performance SerDes
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SUMMARY OF BENEFITS
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High level of integration and low power consumption enable
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Integrated XAUI™ SerDes for all 12 ports
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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
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Head-of-line (HOL) blocking prevention
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Full-duplex flow control (802.3x)
ContentAware™ network processing per port
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Line rate multifield packet classification
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Supports IEEE 802.1p, type of service (ToS)/DiffServ, rate
limiting, policing, priority tagging, and remapping
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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
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Embedded switch in next-generation 10-GbE blade servers
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10-GbE/1-GbE switching engine in Advanced TCA chassis
platforms
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Multilayer switch in high-density 10-GbE switches
BCM56803 Block Diagram
HiGig2/
10 GbE
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Switching
Packet Buffer MMU
ContentAware
Security
PCI
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BOARDCOM [ Broadcom Corporation. ]
