VSC7424
10-Port Layer-2 Gigabit Ethernet Switch with 8 Fully Integrated Copper PHYs and Embedded 416 MHz CPU
Microsemi’s next-generation switch delivers the industry’s lowest power
GbE switching solution.
The VSC7424 is the industry’s first fully integrated 10-port Gigabit
Ethernet switch with eight copper PHYs in a single package.
The VSC7424 leverages Microsemi’s new 65 nm SimpliPHY™
technology, resulting in the one of the most cost-effective and lowest
power consumption devices in the industry. The single-chip solution
combines the most advanced Ethernet energy efficiency features for
bringing green technology solutions to market.
The VSC7424 provides a rich set of Small Medium Enterprise (SME)
Ethernet switching features such as Layer-2 forwarding with advanced
TCAM-based VLAN and QoS processing, enabling the delivery of
differentiated services. Security is ensured through frame processing
using a TCAM-based Versatile Content Aware Processor (VCAP-II). The
VSC7424 contains a powerful 416 MHz CPU, enabling full management
of the switch.
Highlights
• Supports IEEE 802.3az and green energy
efficiency modes with ActiPHY™ and
PerfectReach™
• Lowest BOM solution requires only one IC
• Up to two SGMII ports with 100 Mbps and
1 Gbps fiber support
Applications
• Ethernet switches
• Edge and Access platforms
• Customer-premises equipment (CPE) and
network termination equipment (NTE)
A comprehensive application programming interface (API) and software
development package is available for Layer-2 Managed Ethernet
applications for faster time-to-market. The software API package
integrates easily with third-party software, preserving existing software
investments.
RAM
SPI Flash
DDR2
SI
VSC7424
SparX-III
2× SGMII
10× 1G Switch
with 8
Copper PHYs
8
SFP
SFP
MagJacks
Fiber Modules
Copper
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VSC7424
10-Port Layer-2 Gigabit Ethernet Switch with 8 Fully Integrated Copper PHYs and Embedded 416 MHz CPU
Best-In-Class Power Consumption
• Jumbo frame support up to 12.2 kilobytes with per-port programmable MTU
• Q-in-Q tagging support
• 4 megabits of integrated shared packet memory
• Lowest power 10-port Gigabit Ethernet switch available in the
market
• Green energy efficiency modes including ActiPHY™, PerfectReach™, and Draft IEEE 802.3az
• Single IC reduces overall power requirements
• Optimal power consumption for all link speeds
• Audio and video bridging (AVB)
QoS
• Eight QoS queues per port with strict or deficit-weighted
round robin scheduling
• QoS classification based on IEEE 802.1p, EtherType, VID,
MAC/IP addresses, IPv4/IPv6 DSCP, and UDP/TCP ports and
ranges
• Data rate shaper and policer per-queue, per-port for both
ingress and egress directions
• Full-duplex flow control (IEEE 802.3x) and half-duplex backpressure, symmetric and asymmetric
Features
• Eight integrated IEEE 802.3ab-compliant 10/100/1000BASE-T
Ethernet copper transceivers with VeriPHY™ cable diagnostics
• Integrated 416 MHz MIPS CPU with DDR2 and serial Flash
interface
• Advanced Access and QoS Control Lists (ACL and QCL) support through TCAM-based match patterns
• Integrated temperature monitoring circuit
• Integrated fan controller
• 8 K MAC addresses and 4 K VLAN support
• Supports IEEE 1149.1 JTAG boundary scan, IEEE 1149.6 ACJTAG, 1 Gbps SGMII, and 100BASE-FX and 1000BASE-X
• Multicast and broadcast storm control with flooding control
Key Specifications
• 1 V core power supply
• 1.8 V and 2.5 V I/O power supplies
• 27 mm × 27 mm thermally enhanced plastic BGA package
Layer 2 Switching
• 10-port Gigabit Ethernet switch with nonblocking wire-speed
performance
• Link aggregation (IEEE 802.3ad) with programmable traffic
distribution based on Layer 2 through Layer 4 information
• Wire-speed hardware-based learning and CPU-based learning
configurable per port
• Independent and shared VLAN learning
Related Products
Visit www.microsemi.com for information about these related
products:
• Ethernet switches
• 1G copper PHYs
L2 Forwarding
and Policers
Shared Queue System
4 Mb Memory
MIPS CPU
Audio Video Bridging
Ingress and Egress
Statistics
DDR2 Controller
TCAM-based Security
DWRR Scheduler
and Shapers
TCAM-based Classification, TCAM-based VLAN Editing,
Translation, and Remarking Translation, and Remarking
10× 1G MAC
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8× Copper PHY
1× 1G SGMII
1× 1G SGMII
8×
10/100/1000 Mbps
1× SGMII
1000BASE-X
100BASE-FX
1× SGMII
1000BASE-X
100BASE-FX
JTAG, SPI, MIIM
32× GPIO:
PI
LED
UART
SIO
Two-Wire Serial
Fan Controller
Signal Detect
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