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24-Port 10/100/1000 Standalone Switch

24 x GbE IPSDLAM with GbE Backplane and Uplinks

The BCM56500 is the fifth generation of the highly-integrated and cost-

effective StrataSwitch and StrataXGS product line in a single-chip

solution with 24-GbE ports. The BCM56500 incorporates 24-GbE ports

that can operate 10/100/1000 Mbps.

With high-integration and high-port density, the BCM56500 family is

ideal for Enterprise applications in standalone, stackable, and chassis

configurations, applicable in the edge, aggregation, and core areas of the

Enterprise. The BCM56500 is also ideal for embedded switch

applications like Blade Server Switch, ATCA chassis, IPDSLAM, 3G

Wireless Base Station, and others.

The BCM56500 integrates sophisticated advanced L3 switching features

for cost-effective highly manageable enterprise networks. The

BCM56500 performs IPv6 routing and transition services in hardware,

allowing IT managers to deploy L3 switches that are future-proof, highly

manageable L3 networks to enable cost-effective transition from IPv4 to

IPv6.

The ContentAware classification feature of the StrataSwitch and

StrataXGS has been further enhanced in the BCM56500 with unmatched

flexibility and programability. The ContentAware engine can be used for

applications such as policy-based routing, access control list, dynamic

adaptation to changes in virus threats, and so on.

The BCM56500 has built-in security functions for highly-secure

enterprise networks including BroadSAFE™. utilizing hardware-based

identity management and authentication coupled with key management

software that directs and manages clients, BroadSAFE security provides

exceptionally strong network security without impacting network

performance.

The BCM56500 integrates sophisticated metering, statistics, and traffic

management features, optimizing the QoS in the enterprise networks for

voice, video, and data convergence. The BCM56500 also provides rate-

adjustable, hardware-based sFlow implementation and flexible multiple-

session remote port-mirroring functionality for efficient network

management.

with external devices such as serial EEPROM, flash PROM memories,

and parallel port devices. It also supports a serial interface for the MII

management of physical layer devices.

The BCM56500 switch interfaces to a host CPU via a 32-bit PCI bus

running at up to 66 MHz. Bus mastering and advanced DMA is

supported for efficient exchange of packet data between CPU memory

and the BCM56500 switch.

BCM56500

BCM5836P

BCM5464R

BCM5464R

BCM5464R

BCM5464R

BCM5464R

BCM5464R

BCM56500

BCM5836P

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DSL

BladeRunner

DSL

BladeRunner

DSL

BladeRunner

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