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48-Port GbE + 10-Port 10-GbE L2/L3 Switch with BCM56801, BCM56701, and BCM56502

The BCM56801 network switch is a high-density, 10-Gigabit Ethernet

switching chip solution with 18 ports. Ten ports can support 10-GbE or

1-GbE. The other eight ports can flexibly support HiGig2/HiGig+/

HiGig/10-GbE/1-GbE. Additionally, the BCM56801 integrates all the

SerDes required to interface to applicable copper and fiber physical

interfaces.

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 196 Gbps of aggregate switching bandwidth, the BCM56801

represents the highest level of Ethernet switching integration in the

industry. This integration allows embedded switching vendors to provide

next-generation products at 10-GbE speeds, as well as an ideal fit into

current design form factors. This capability has many benefits, including

reducing vendor development cost and creating additional value in

current generation systems through upgradability.

The BCM56801's low power dissipation simplifies board design and

optimizes vendor board space.

The advanced ContentAware engine supports ToS/DiffServ, policy-

based routing, priority tagging, and remapping. The advanced packet

filtering and classification functions of the BCM56801 make it a

seamless fit utility for computing applications where user segregation

and network security is critical.

In addition, the BCM56801 provides advanced security features that

improve network resiliency and reliability. Moreover, the BCM56801

features advanced load balancing functionality that uses flow

information to provide high-percentage link utilization.

The BCM56801 supports L2 switching with 4K VLANs, IPv4, and IPv6

full routing functionality, enabling it to become a direct extension of the

enterprise network. This 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 BCM56801

Software Development kit preserves software continuity with Gigabit

Ethernet switches, reducing development cost and shortening the

product time-to-market.

The BCM56801 implements congestion handling features such as Head-

Of-Line blocking prevention and IEEE 802.3x flow control.

In addition to a 32-bit PCI interface used to communicate with a local

external devices such as serial EEPROM, flash memories, and parallel

port devices.

The BCM56801 relies on Broadcom’s modular switching architecture to

provide intelligent packet processing, network security and enhanced

manageability at a low cost. The BCM56801 is an ideal solution for next-

generation, high-speed embedded switching applications, such as Blade

Servers and Advanced TCA computer platforms.

Together with the BCM56700 as a centralized fabric, the BCM56801

can also be used to build cost-effective high-density 10-GbE switches.

BCM56701

HiGig+

BCM56502

BCM56502

BCM56801

24x1-GbE

10x10-GbE

24x1-GbE