BCM56630
®
Brief
SUMMARY OF BENEFITS
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Highly integrated aggregation layer solution for service
provider and enterprise modular and fixed configuration
systems
112 Gbps MULTILAYER ETHERNET SWITCH
FEATURES
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Seventh Generation of Broadcom
®
Switch Technology,
supporting switching and routing
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Nonblocking architecture, line rate for all packet sizes
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Port configurations tailored for highly integrated modular
system line cards
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Delivers the most popular existing and emerging transport
protocols in a flexible implementation for protocol bridging
applications
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Latest Carrier Ethernet transport protocols:
MPLS/VPLS and 802.1ah (PBB)
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Supports virtually all QinQ network architectures with
comprehensive VLAN manipulations
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Unified Wireless/Wireline Switching, supporting CAPWAP
tunneling and multiple mobility models
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Hardware-based Ethernet OA&M support for guaranteed
performance; completely alleviates software support of
high-bandwidth functions
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TR-101/156 compliant VLAN translation
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Control plane offload of 802.1ag CCM: message initiation and
fault monitoring in hardware
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Time synchronization suite provides all the tools necessary to
deliver systems for new timing-aware applications like mobile
backhaul
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Broadcom time synchronization suite: 1588v2 hardware
support, G.8261-compliant Synchronous Ethernet, and the
BroadSync™ interface
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Dynamic memory technology delivers optimum usage of
packet buffer resources
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Forwarding table expansion via an optional external TCAM
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Br o a d c om F l e x p o rt te ch n o l o g y for X AU I™ /S G M II
configuration options
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Broadcom’s Flexports provide on-the-fly transition from
10 GbE to 4 x SGMII
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Leverages Broadcom’s unified API for software reuse and
faster time-to-market
112 Gbps Integrated Multilayer Ethernet Switch
4 x 10 GbE or 4 x HiGig
TM
XAUI
PCI Express or PCI
XAUI
Statistics
XAUI
L2 Switching
TR-101/156
VLAN Translation
IPv4/v6 Routing
With VRF and RPF
XAUI
Ethernet OAM
Synchronous Ethernet
1588v2
ContentAware
TM
Processing Engine
Dynamic Memory Management
10/100/1000 or 10 GbE MACs
48 x GbE or 4 x 10 GbE
OVERVIEW
Op tional Tables
4 x HiGig
Backplane
48 x GbE
56634
HiGig
Fabric
24 x GbE + 2 x 10 GbE
Optional Tables
4 x HiGig
Backplane
56636
HiGig
Fabric
Optional Tables
4 x HiGig
Backplane
4 x 10 GbE
56638
HiGig
Fabric
Modular Ethernet Line Cards
The BCM56630 offers the right combination of cost- effective Ethernet
switch technology with the ability to deliver outstanding system
solutions for mobile and broadband aggregation equipment. With the
ability to dramatically scale the forwarding resources, the BCM56630
can serve a wide variety of roles in the aggregation network, from the
access layer to the services edge.
Ordering information and configurations appear in the following table.
Part Number
10/100/1000 Ports
24
48
24
n/a
24
XAUI/HiGig2™ Ports
4
4
6
8
8
Optional Tab les
56634
4 x 10 GbE
48 x GbE
Single-Chip 48 x GbE + 4 x 10 GbE Fixed Switch
The BCM56630 is Broadcom’s seventh generation of the
product line. It is a highly integrated multilayer switch designed to
address new and emerging Service Provider and enterprise networking
applications.
Broadcom
®
, BroadSync™, ContentAware™, StrataXGS
®
, HiGig™, HiGig2™, the pulse logo,
Connecting everything
®
, and the Connecting everything logo are among the trademarks of Broadcom
Corporation and/or its affiliates in the United States, certain other countries and/or the EU. Any other
trademarks or trade names mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
BCM56630
BCM56634
BCM56636
BCM56638
BCM56639
StrataXGS
®
®
BROADCOM CORPORATION
5300 California Avenue
Irvine, California 92617
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56630-PB00-R
11/13/09
Phone: 949-926-5000
Fax: 949-926-5203
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