PMC-Sierra,Inc.
Preliminary
PM3371
Octal 10/100 Mb/s Switch Port-Controller with Standard Features
• Two 32-bit memory interfaces for
flexible combinations of SSRAM,
SDRAM, and EPROM allows cost
optimization of different applications.
• All statistics registers and data
structures accessible through the CMI.
FEATURES
• Monolithic, intelligent, low-cost octal
10/100 Mb/s Ethernet Switch
Port-Controller.
• Supports the implementation of
Spanning Tree (IEEE 802.1D) by
exchanging BPDU packets on all ports.
COMPATIBILITY
• Integrates eight 10/100 MACs that
connect to physical layer devices over
standard IEEE 802.3u MIIs.
PACKAGING
• Interworks with the following EXACT
Chipset devices:
• Provides a standard 5-signal P1149.1
JTAG test port for boundary scan
board test purposes.
• Supports the Gigabit EXACT Bus
Protocol for device interconnect.
PM3370 Octal 10/100 Switch
Port-Controller with Advanced
Features.
• May be used alone or in combination
with other devices to build high density
10/100 switches.
• Implemented in low power 3.3 V,
CMOS technology with 5 V tolerant MII
interface.
PM3380 Gigabit Switch Port-Controller
with Advanced Features.
• Supports non-blocking system
• Available in a 352-pin Ball Grid Array
(BGA) package.
PM3390 8-Port EXACT Bus Switch
Matrix.
×
configurations up to 128 10/100
ports.
PM3391 6-Port EXACT Bus Switch
Matrix.
• Layer 2 line rate address lookup
capability for all Ethernet port
configurations supported.
APPLICATIONS
• Low Cost Layer 2 Ethernet Switching
System Requiring High Density 10/100
Ports
VALUE ADD
• EXACT Bridge appnote for direct
high-speed external CPU access to the
EXACT Bus.
• Store-and-forward switching using
output associated input buffering for
efficient memory use without Head Of
Line (HOL) blocking.
• Low Cost Ethernet Switching Systems
Capable of 10/100 and 1000 Mb/s
Operation When Used with the
PM3380 Gigabit Switch
MANAGEMENT
• Embedded SmartPath Processor
supports value-added datapath
operations.
• System Interface provided in CMI to
support standard SNMP software
packages, or the porting of existing
management software.
Port-Controller.
• Supports up to 16k MAC addresses.
• Support for IEEE 802.1d bridging and
spanning tree algorithm in an external
processor.
• Hardware statistics collection supports
RMON-1(9 groups), Ethernet MIB, and
SNMP agent functions.
BLOCK DIAGRAM
EXACT Bus
Reference Clock
System Clock
Egress
Queue
Manager
Transmit
Control
8×10/100
Media
Access
Control
Address
Resolution
Logic
SmartPath
CPU
Eight
Independent
MII Interfaces
EXACTBus
Input Port
EXACT
Ring
Interface
Ingress
Ingress
DMA Unit
Receive
Control
Queue
Manager
EXACTBus
Output Port
Micro
Interface
Microprocessor
Interface
Memory
Port
Memory
Port
Global
Registers
JTAG
JTAG
Controller
Controller
SDRAM
SSRAM
PMC-980836 (P3)
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL TO PMC-SIERRA, INC., AND FOR ITS CUSTOMERS’ INTERNAL USE
1999 PMC-Sierra, Inc. April, 1999