BCM56602
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10-GbE HIGH-FEATURE ETHERNET MULTILAYER SWITCH
WITH HiGig+™ UPLINK
S U M M A R Y O F B E N E F I T S
F E A T U R E S
Provides 10-GbE CX-4 compliant switching
Fifth generation of StrataSwitch® and StrataXGS® product
line
Highly scalable BroadScaleTM architecture evolved from five
generations of switching experience provides rich features,
scalability, and future proof solutions.
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Optimized for secure-switching and convergence of applications
and services in the networks.
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HiGig+ uplink port that can operate at 12 Gbps or 10 Gbps
128 MB external packet buffer memory
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Complete IPv6 enabled Layer 2 and Layer 3 switch-on-a-chip
solution for easy and rapid development of multilayer switching
applications.
Line-rate switching for all packet sizes and conditions
On-chip table with external table expansion options
IPv6 routing and tunneling
System vendors can build scalable high-performance, high-port
density GbE and 10-GbE LAN switches in several form factors.
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MPLS forwarding and VPN services
Advanced Fast Filter Processor (FFP) ContentAwareTM
classification
Optimized features that span both Enterprise and Service provider
applications.
Multiple CoS and low latency enable the support of VoIP and other
voice, video, and data applications.
Advanced security features in hardware
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Built-in high-speed serial interfaces with Broadcom-unique SerDes
technology ease and accelerate system design, while reducing cost
and conserving board space.
Hardware based IP multicast routing/forwarding and
replication
Port-trunking and mirroring supported across stack
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Broadcom switch API compatibility enables software reuse and
faster time-to-market.
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Advanced packet flow control:
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Head-of-Line blocking prevention
Back pressure support
Enabled pay as you grow option for all switching features, optimized
flexibility for high-end enterprise and service provider
applications.
Eight QoS queues per port with hierarchical minimum/
maximum shaping per Class of Service (CoS) per queue
per port
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10-GbE High-Feature Ethernet Multilayer Switch
HiGig+/XAUI
HiGig+
External
L2/L3/L4
Table
External
Buffer
IPv4/IPv6/MPLS/VPN
ContentAware FFP
External Memory I/F
Security
PCI
10 GbE MAC CX-4 Compliant
10 GbE