BCM56301
®
FOUR 10-GIGABIT ETHERNET/HIGIG+™ PORTS
FEATURES
SUMMARY OF BENEFITS
• Fifth generation of StrataSwitch® and StrataXGS® product
line
• High value 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10-GbE) product line, pin-
compatible to feature GbE BCM56501
• Four 12-Gbps or 10-Gbps HiGig+™ port uplink interfaces
• Four 10-GbE switching ports, CX4 support
• Line-rate switching for all packet sizes and conditions
• On-chip data packet memory and table memory
• IPv6 routing and tunneling
• Advanced Fast Filter Processor (FFP) ContentAware™
classification
• Advanced security features in hardware
• Port trunking and mirroring supported across stack
• Advanced packet flow control:
• Head-of-line blocking prevention
• Back pressure support
• Eight QoS queues per port with hierarchical minimum/
maximum shaping per Classes of Service (CoS) per queue per
port
• Standard compliant 802.1ad provider bridging
• Highly-scalable architecture evolved from five generations of
switching experience provides rich features, scalability, and
future-proof solutions.
• Optimized for secure switching and convergence of
applications and services in the networks.
• System vendors can build scalable high-performance, high-
port density 10-GbE LAN switches in several form factors.
• Multiple CoS and low latency enable the support of VoIP and
other voice, video, and data applications.
• Built-in high-speed serial interfaces with Broadcom-unique
SerDes technology eases and accelerates 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 high-
performance system design.
4-Port 10-Gigabit Ethernet Multilayer Switch
HiGig+/10 GbE
HiGig+/10 GbE
HiGig+/10 GbE
HiGig+/10 GbE
L2/IPv4/IPv6
Packet Buffer MMU
ContentAware FFP
Security
PCI