BCM56512SAE01

BCM56512 ® 24-Port GbE Multilayer Switch with Two 10 GbE/HiGig+™ Ports SUMMARY OF BENEFITS FEATURES • Fifth generation of the StrataSwitch® and StrataXGS® product lines • 24 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet ports supporting SGMII and SerDes interfaces for both copper and fiber connections • The BCM56512 device is a®powerful, highly integrated member of the scalable StrataXGS III product family. • 2.5 Gbps, 3 Gbps, 10 Gbps, or 12 Gbps HiGig+™ stacking ports • • • • • Two 10 GbE switching ports with CX4 support Line-rate switching for all packet sizes and conditions • Highly scalable BroadScale™ processor evolved from five • • • • On-chip data packet memory and table memory • IPv6 routing and tunneling Advanced ContentAware™ classification Filtering Processors (FP) • Advanced security features in hardware • Port trunking and mirroring supported across stack • Advanced packet flow control: • • generations of switching experience provides rich features, scalability, and future-proof solutions. Optimized for secure switching and convergence of wired and wireless applications and services in networks Virtual chassis support with industry-leading high-performance and feature-rich stacking capabilities. System vendors can build scalable high-performance, high-port density GbE LAN switches in several form factors. Multiple CoS and low latency enable the support of VoIP and triple play services. Built-in high-speed serial interfaces with Broadcom-unique SerDes technology ease and accelerate system design, while reducing cost and conserving board space. Broadcom switch API compatibility enables software reuse and faster time-to-market. Small package and low power enables cost-effective and highperformance system design. • Head-of-line blocking prevention • Backpressure support • Eight QoS queues per port with hierarchical minimum/ maximum shaping per Classes of Service (CoS) per queue per port • Standard compliant IEEE 802.1ad provider bridging • Compatible with BCM5708S, the industry's first 2.5 Gbps SerDes-based ToE solution. 24-Port Gigabit Ethernet Multilayer Switch HiGig+/10 GbE HiGig+/10 GbE L2/ IPv4/IPv6 Packet Buffer MMU ContentAware FP Security PCI 10/100/1000 MACs 24 x GbE OVERVIEW BCM5836P BCM5836P BCM56512 BCM56512 BCM5464R BCM5464R BCM5464R BCM5464R BCM5464R BCM5464R BCM5464R BCM5464R BCM5464R BCM5464R BCM5464R BCM5464R 24 10/100/1000 + Two 10 GbE Stand-Alone The Broadcom® BCM56512 is the fifth generation of the highly integrated and cost-effective StrataSwitch and StrataXGS product lines and is a single-chip solution with 24 GbE ports and two 10 GbE/HiGig+ uplink ports. The BCM56512 incorporates 24 GbE ports that can operate at 10/100/ 1000 Mbps. The uplink ports can operate in two modes: 10 GbE switching mode and HiGig+ uplink mode. The integrated 10 GbE switching ports are CX-4-compliant XAUI™ interfaces. The HiGig+ uplink interface is used to connect to other StrataXGS devices in a larger stacking system or to the BCM56700/BCM5675 switch fabric via a backplane in a multislot redundant chassis system. 24 10/100/1000 + Two HiGig+ Stackable flexibility and programmability. The ContentAware engine can be used for applications such as policy-based routing, access control list, and dynamic adaptation to changes in virus threats. The BCM56512 has dedicated ContentAware classification processors to provide both classification and filtering. The BCM56512 has built-in security functions for highly secure Enterprise networks including BroadShield™. Utilizing hardware-based identity management and authentication coupled with key management software that directs and manages clients, BroadShield security provides exceptionally strong network security without impacting network performance. With high-integration and high-port density, the BCM56512 family is ideal for Enterprise applications in stand-alone, stackable, and chassis configurations applicable in the edge, aggregation, and core areas of the Enterprise. The BCM56512 is also ideal for embedded switch applications like Blade Server Switch, ATCA chassis, IPDSLAM, 3G Wireless Base Station, and others. The BCM56512 integrates sophisticated metering, statistics, and traffic management features, optimizing the QoS in the Enterprise networks for voice, video, and data convergence. The BCM56512 also provides rateadjustable, hardware-based sFlow® implementation and flexible multiple-session remote port-mirroring functionality for efficient network management. The BCM56512 integrates sophisticated advanced L3 switching features for cost-effective highly manageable enterprise networks. The BCM56512 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 BCM56512 switch supports an BSC controller for communicating with external devices such as serial EEPROM, flash PROM memories, and parallel port devices. The BCM56512 also supports a serial interface for the MII management of physical layer devices. The ContentAware classification feature of the StrataSwitch and StrataXGS has been further enhanced in the BCM56512 with unmatched The BCM56512 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 BCM56512 switch. Broadcom®, the pulse logo, Connecting everything®, StrataSwitch®, StrataXGS®, ContentAwareTM, BroadScaleTM, HiGig+ TM, and BroadSAFETM are trademarks of Broadcom Corporation and/or its affiliates in the United States, certain other countries and/or the EU. Any other trademarks or trade names mentioned are the property of their respective owners. ® BROADCOM CORPORATION 5300 California Avenue Irvine, California 92617 © 2009 by BROADCOM CORPORATION. All rights reserved. 56512-PB01-R 09/24/09 Phone: 949-926-5300 Fax: 949-926-5302 E-mail: info@broadcom.com Web: www.broadcom.com