
Broadcom Corporation
BCM5690 FEATURES
• 12 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet ports supporting both copper and fiber connections
• Integrated high-performance SerDes
• Single 10 Gbps XAUI HiGig expansion port
• Gigabit Ethernet SerDes per port
• 4-pin per port SGMII interface to Gigabit Ethernet PHYs
• 32 million packets/second (line rate) aggregate switching capacity
• Supports 8 classes of service (CoS) per port
• Scalable upto 32 BCM5690 switches in a system
• Port trunking and mirroring supported across stacked switches
• Fully integrated data and address memory on chip
• Advanced packet flow control:
• Head of line blocking prevention
• Full-duplex flow control (802.3x compatible)
• ContentAwareTM network processing per port
• Line rate multifield packet classification
• Supports IEEE802.1p, TOS/DiffServ, rate limiting, policing, priority tagging, and remapping
• Support for jumbo Frames of up to 9 KB
• Advanced diagnostic features including IEEE1149.1 JTAG boundary scan and BIST functionality
• Low power, enhanced thermal 480-pin EBGA package
TARGET APPLICATIONS
• Multilayer switch in modular Gigabit Ethernet switches
• High port count stand-alone or stackable Gigabit Ethernet switches
• Chassis and in-server switch blade applications