Silicom Ltd. Connectivity Solutions

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Connector:

(2) MTP/MTP (SR4)

(2) LC/LC (LR4)

(2) ULTRAPORT SLIMSAS™ (SlimLine) 8X24 R/A receptacle:

Amphenol, P/N U10-A074-260T

Functional Description

Director Director

– Content Aware Bypass

Silicom’s 100 Gigabit Ethernet content aware director Provides intelligent packet redirection capability where rules specify which

packets are directed to the host system and which packets are directed to the other port (Bypass)

Figure 1: Content Aware Bypass Functional Block Diagram

Figure 1 illustrates example of functional block diagram of content aware Bypass:

Packets received in port A and meet rule are directed to port C and D, other packets are directed to port B (Bypass).

Packets received in port B and meet rule are directed to ports E and F, other packets are directed to port A (Bypass).

Director

– Content Aware TAP

Silicom’s Ethernet content aware director Provides intelligent packet redirection capability where all packets are directed to the

other port (Bypassed) and rules specify which packets are copied to the host system (TAP).

Figure 2: Content Aware TAP Functional Block Diagram