BCM56330
Brief
76 GBPS INTEGRATED MULTILAYER ETHERNET SWITCH
FEATURES SUMMARY OF BENEFITS
Highly integrated 24-port 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet switch Based on industry-leading and market-proven StrataXGS IV
architecture
Up to four ports of 1-, 2.5-, or 10-Gigabit Ethernet (GbE)
uplink/stacking Single-chip switch System-on-a-Chip (SoC) optimized for
Carrier Ethernet access market
HiGig2 stacking over 2.5-GbE (HiGig-Lite) or 13-GbE
(HiGig[13]) Seamless connection to StrataXGS fabric via HiGig2 protocol
Nonblocking architecture, line rate for all packet sizes Provider-edge features at access economics
Fully integrated packet buffer Dynamic memory technology delivers optimum usage of
packet-buffer resources.
Intelligent memory management unit (MMU) optimized for
handling bursty data traffic
Eight flexible Class of Service (CoS) queues per port assure
the lowest latency to high-priority traffic. This capability
Advanced multistage TCAM-based ContentAware engine
supports a wide variety of delay-sensitive video and audio
L2, IPv4/IPv6 L3 packet classification
multicast applications.
Flow-based classification, metering, and marking of frames
Flexible Access Control List (ACL)
IPv6 support provides future-proofing
Parallel lookup engines
MPLS tunneling enables L2 and L3 VPN services
Full IPv4 and IPv6 L3 routing support
Hardware-based OAM provides carrier-grade performance
Key Carrier Ethernet features
management
IEEE 802.1ad provider bridging
Flow-based classification, policing, marking, and queuing
Flexible VLAN translation
deliver carrier-class SLA
MPLS/VPLS, pseudowire
PBB/PBT
Synchronous Ethernet provides timing accuracy for delay-
IEEE 802.1ag and Y.1731 Ethernet OAM
sensitive applications such as voice and video
IEEE 1588 and Synchronous Ethernet
Leverages Broadcom unified API for software reuse and
Support for IEEE 802.1qbb (PFC) on 10-GbE ports and quick time-to-market
SAFC on HiGig portsOVERVIEW
TM
4 x 10 GbE or 4 x HiGig
TM TM TM TM
XAUI XAUI XAUI XAUI
Dynamic Memory Provider QiQ, MPLS/VPLS, PBB
TM
PCIe
Management (802.1ah) and PBT (802.1ay)
Ethernet OAM
Synchronous Ethernet and 1588
(802.1ag and Y.1731)
Meters/ L2 Switching
TM
Multistage ContentAware
Policers L3 Routing
24 x SGMII and 10/100/1000 MACs
24 x GbE
BCM56330 Block Diagram
Each BCM56330 family device is a highly integrated 24-port multilayer Reliability
GbE switch with four ports of 10-GbE XAUI uplinks or four ports of
- Hardware support of STP, MSTP, and RSTP
1-GbE/2.5-GbE uplinks. The GbE ports support SGMII as well as - IEEE 802.1ag and ITU Y.1731 Ethernet OAM for link failure
detection
integrated SerDes for direct fiber (1000BX and 100FX) connectivity.
Quality of Service
The BCM56330 family are purpose-built for next-generation Enterprise
- Per-flow metering capability with multistage ContentAware
and Metro Ethernet access applications. This product family offers an
engine
8-port or 24-port GbE configuration with uplinks. Two BCM56330
- VLAN shaping ensures provider-class SLA
devices can be connected together by two ports of 13G XAUI-over- - Highly optimized packet buffer architecture for burst absorption
and multicast traffic
HiGig stacking protocol to create a nonblocking 48-port switch.
Service Management
The BCM56330 family supports nonblocking L2 switching and L3
- IEEE 802.1ag Ethernet OAM message support
routing, which are key features for Carrier Ethernet and enterprise
- Multistage ContentAware engine enables class-based
networking applications.
classification
-VRF
The BCM56330 family delivers key Metro Ethernet features:
The BCM56330 family can be managed by a host CPU via PCIe or
Standardized Services
BSC.
- Q-in-Q, 802.1ad provider bridging, MPLS/VPLS, VPWS,
pseudowire, and PBB/PBT support
Ordering information:
- L2 and L3 VPNs
BCM56331 (24 GbE + 4 x 1 GbE/2.5 GbE)
- STP for control protocol
BCM56333 (16 GbE)
Scalablilty
BCM56334 (24 GbE + 4 x 1 GbE/2.5 GbE/10 GbE/HiGig[13])
- Supports platforms from 8 ports to 48 ports of GbE
BCM56338 (8 GbE + 2 x 1 GbE/2.5 GbE/10 GbE/HiGig[13])
- 10-GbE ports for aggregation
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