VSC7512
10-Port Layer-2 Gigabit Ethernet Switch
Microsemi’s industrial Ethernet switch device delivers the industry’s
lowest power Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) switching solution.
The VSC7512 is a fully-integrated 10-port GbE switch with four copper
PHYs in a single package.
The VSC7512 leverages Microsemi's SimpliPHY™ technology, resulting
in the one of the most cost-effective and lowest power consumption
devices in the industry. The single-chip solution utilizes the most
advanced Energy Efficient Ethernet features for bringing low-power,
high-performance solutions to market.
The VSC7512 provides a rich set of unmanaged Ethernet switching
features such as Layer-2 forwarding with basic VLAN and QoS
processing, enabling the delivery of differentiated services. The
VSC7512 contains an 8051 CPU for configuration of the switch.
A comprehensive application software package is provided for LED
control, loop indication, device overheat protection, and other enhanced
functions.
Highlights
• Low-power and single-chip industrial
switch
• Four integrated copper PHY ports
• 2.5G SGMII NPI port or PCIe
Applications
• Industrial Ethernet switches
• SME and SMB switches
• Customer-premise Equipment (CPE) and
Network Termination Equipment (NTE)
2.5G NPI or PCIe
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VSC7512
10-port
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QSGMII
VSC8514
4-port
CuPHY
4 × 1G Cu
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VSC7512
10-Port Layer-2 Gigabit Ethernet Switch
Best-In-Class Power Consumption
• Single IC reduces overall power requirements
• Optimal power consumption for all link speeds
QoS
• Eight QoS queues per port with strict or deficit-weighted round
robin scheduling
• QoS classification based on IEEE 802.1p and IPv4/IPv6 DSCP
• Data rate shaper and policer per-queue, per-port for both
ingress and egress directions
• Full-duplex flow control (IEEE 802.3x) and half-duplex back-
pressure, symmetric and asymmetric
• Multicast and broadcast storm control with flooding control
Features
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4 integrated copper PHY ports
2 x 1G SGMII ports
2 x 2.5G SGMII ports (one port configurable as QSGMII)
Integrated 250 MHz 8051 CPU with 64 KB internal storage
PCIe and NPI for external CPU register access
Device overheat protection
Hardware loop detection
Integrated fan controller
4K MAC addresses and 4K VLAN support
Key Specifications
• 13 mm × 13 mm DRQFN package
• –40 °C to 125 °C temperature range
Related Products
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products:
• Ethernet switches
• 1G copper PHYs
Layer 2 Switching
• 10-port GbE switch with nonblocking wire-speed performance
• Link aggregation (IEEE 802.3ad) with programmable traffic
distribution based on Layer 2 through Layer 4 information
• Wire-speed hardware-based learning and CPU-based learning
configurable per port
• Independent and shared VLAN learning
• Jumbo frame support up to 12.2 KB with per-port program-
mable MTU
• Q-in-Q tagging support
• 1.75 Mb of integrated shared packet memory
L2 Forwarding
and Policers
Shared Queue System
1.75 Mb Memory
Audio/Video Bridging
DWRR Scheduler
and Shapers
VLAN Editing and
DSCP Remarking
2 × 2.5G
SGMII
2.5G SGMII
NPI or PCIe
Ingress and Egress
Statistics
Security Enforcement
VLAN and QoS
Classi cation/Translation
8051 CPU
64 KB Integrated
RAM
JTAG, SPI
22 × GPIO:
MIIM, LED
UART, SIO, IRQ
Two-Wire Serial
SyncE , 1588
Fan Controller
10 × 1G MAC
4×
Copper PHY
2 × 1G
SGMII
4×
10/100/1000 Mbps
2×
1G SGMII
1000BASE-X
100BASE-FX
2×
2.5G SGMII
(1× QSGMII)
1×
2.5G SGMII
or PCIe
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