BCM5655
STRATAXGSTM BCM5655 INTEGRATED MULTI-LAYER SWITCH
BCM5655 Application Diagram
48 x 10/100 Mbits, 4 x 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet ports
Integrated L2 table with auto learning/aging
Integrated L3 table with longest prefix match
Double 802.1Q (Q in Q) VLAN stacking
MPLS Tunnel/VC packet labeling for L2 VPN
Scalable to hundreds Fast/Gigabit Ethernet in a system
8 Classes of Service (COS) with WRED and WRR, DSCP/
802.1p priority
Spanning trees (802.1s and 802.1w)
32 link aggregation trunk groups; ECMP/WCMP; mirroring
IPMC groups and hardware packet replication
Flow control (802.3x) and HOL blocking prevention
64-bit DDR SDRAM with up to 32 MB of buffer memory
ContentAware
TM
network processing per port
Line-rate, multi-field packet classification
Support for 802.1p, TOS/DiffServ, rate limiting, policing, and
priority/VLAN (single or double) tagging and remapping
High-density 10/100/1000 Mbps L2/L3 Ethernet switches
New service offerings for ISPs
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Metro Ethernet-L2 VLAN (Q-in-Q) and MPLS VPN
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Voice over IP-guaranteed low latency prioritization
Advanced traffic management-metering, shaping, and
scheduling (SP, RR, WRR, WFQ), down to 64-kbps flows
ContentAware classification, tagging, and remapping provides
maximum security and flexibility
Broadcom switch API compatability enables software reuse
and faster time-to-market
High-density multi-layer scalable enterprise 10/100/1000
Mbps L2/L3 Ethernet switches
Multi-tenant unit (MTU) Metro Ethernet VPN multi-layer
switches
Service Provider Metro Ethernet VPN Edge Switches
F E A T U R E S
S U M M A R Y O F B E N E F I T S
T A R G E T A P P L I C A T I O N S
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BCM
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BCM5655
2 x 6 port
RJ-45
2 x 6 port
RJ-45
2 x 6 port
RJ-45
2 x 6 port
RJ-45
10/100 Mbps 10/100/1000
BCM
5238
BCM
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5248
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O V E R V I E W
Phone: 949-450-8700
Fax: 949-450-8710
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BROADCOM CORPORATION
16215 Alton Parkway, P.O. Box 57013
Irvine, California 92619-7013
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10/12/04
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BCM5655 Block Diagram
The BCM5655 network switch is the most advanced multi-layer, single
chip solution for high density 48 x 10/100 Mbps ports and 4 x 10/100/
1000 Mbps Ethernet uplinks.
Designed for multi-layer switching, the BCM5655 offers hardware
switching on both L2 and L3 traffic. Filtering, policing, priority tagging
can be performed in real time with no impact on forwarding
performance.
Supporting the latest Metro Ethernet L2 VPN applications, the
BCM5655 offers double 802.1Q VLAN stacking, also known as Q-in-Q.
This allows enterprise and service provider networks to breakthrough the
4K VLAN tag limitation. Furthermore, the BCM5655 also provides
MPLS Tunnel/VC packet labeling for standards-based IETF L2 VPN via
MPLS.
With 8 Class of Service (CoS) queues via SP, RR, WFQ and WRR
distribution, the BCM5655 enables full range of service applications
such as low latency VoIP and real time video, as well as mission critical
data.
Optimized for the most demanding network switching requirements, the
BCM5655 integrates an auto-learning/aging MAC and IP LPM tables.
Advanced Ethernet features such as multiple and rapid spanning tree
(802.1s and 802.1w), flow control (802.3x), prioritization (802.1p) and
9K jumbo frame are fully integrated. For load balancing as well as
redundancy purposes, ECMP and WCMP are incorporated. Up to 32
trunk groups (eight links per group) can be assigned for link aggregation
(802.3ad).
Providing line rate packet filtering and classification, the advanced Fast
Filter Processor (FFP) offers ContentAware
TM
network processing per
port. It supports TOS/DiffServ, rate limiting, policing, shaping,
metering, scheduling, priority tagging, and remapping down to flows as
small as 64 kbps, making it ideal for committed bandwidth usage and
firewall applications.
Designed for increasing multicast applications, the BCM5655 supports
L2/L3 multicast packets via hardware replication. IPMC packets are
hardware replicated up to 8 and 32 VLANs across the Fast and Gigabit
Ethernet ports, respectively. Multicast traffic can also be managed by
three port filtering modes to control the distribution behavior.
CPU I/O
FFP
ARL
L3
Advanced MMU
DDR SDRAM interface for
non-blocking performance
MAC(s)
MAC(s)
MAC(s)
Layer 3
On-chip Tables
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