BCM5698
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12-PORT GIGABIT ETHERNET LAYER 2+ SWITCH
FEATURES
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12 10/100/1000-Mbps Ethernet ports with copper or fibre
connectivity
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All address tables and buffer memory fully integrated on-chip
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Support for jumbo frames of up to 9 KB in size
SUMMARY OF BENEFITS
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Enables modular, high-performance GbE switch designs
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Facilitates seamless integration of voice, video, and data traffic
through low-latency and advanced QoS
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Enables lower system design cost and board space utilization
through superior integration and compact form factor
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Pin-to-pin compatible with the BCM5693
Advanced full-duplex end-to-end flow and congestion control
with head-of-line blocking prevention
ContentAware™ packet filtering and classification per-port
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Wirespeed operation
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Support for 802.1p, TOS/DiffServ, policing, shaping, marking,
and remarking
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Rate control of broadcast, unknown multicast and unicast
packets
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Eight queues per port
Support for double 802.1q VLAN tagging and VLAN
translation
Advanced diagnostic features including JTAG boundary scan
and BIST functionality
Low power consumption of 4.65W in a 480-pin PBGA package
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Offers quicker time-to-market and software reuse through
backward compatibility with Broadcom switch software API
TARGET APPLICATIONS
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High-performance standalone GbE switch solutions for
distribution and wiring closet of enterprise networks and
remote branches
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Embedded GbE switch solutions for blade server applications
within space-constrained data centers
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Highly reliable GbE switch solutions for telecom applications
in central offices
12-Port Gigabit Ethernet Layer 2+ Switch
Layer 2
On-Chip Tables
ARL
L2
Packet Buffer MMU
PCI
Internal Memory for
Nonblocking Performance
ContentAware
™
FFP
1-Gbps SerDes with
SGMII Support
PCI 32/66 Interface
I2C Interface
10/100/1000 MAC
12 x GbE
BOARDCOM [ Broadcom Corporation. ]
